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hey ElNino , please explain how if only because is idiomatic ? i guess i have never read it ...

The answer is given as D ..... confusion :hmm:

Madhur , Can you tell me when to use suppossed and when to use supposedly ?

1. Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors. (A) as old as any of their supposed (B) older than any of their supposed © as old as their supposed (D) older than any of their supposedly (E) as old as their supposedly

1. Camus broke with Sartre in a bitter dispute over the nature of Stalinism. (A) in a bitter dispute over (B) over bitterly disputing © after there was a bitter dispute over (D) after having bitterly disputed about (E) over a bitter dispute about

1. Camille Claudet worked continuously through the 1880’s and early 1890’s with the sculptor Auguste Rodin; since there are very few signed works of hers, the inescapable conclusion seems to be one of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period. (A) inescapable conclusion seems to be one of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period (B) conclusion of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period seems inescapable © conclusion seems inescapable that part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period was conceived and executed by Claudet (D) conclusion of part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period having been conceived and executed by Claudet seems inescapable (E) seemingly inescapable conclusion is that Claudet would have conceived and executed part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period

1. By showing that South Africa does not have a free market and is in fact a kind of collectivist welfare state for Whites only, Sowell argues that American conservatives have no valid ideological grounds to be in sympathy with the Pretoria regime. (A) to be in sympathy with (B) to sympathize with © for sympathizing with (D) that they should sympathize with (E) that they should have sympathy for

1. Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone. (A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone (B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone © solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided (D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided (E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

1. Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman, herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide other slaves along the Underground Railroad to freedom. (A) herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide (B) being an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland so as to guide © an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland for guiding (D) herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland so as to be the guide of (E) who had been herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland for the guiding of

1. Because the Earth’s crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West. (A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West (B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West © will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of the comparable magnitude occurring in the West (D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West (E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West

Experts please explain your answers !!

Hey VenkPeters ..... IMO is A ..but m still confused with the explanation you gave .. Can you please explain it once again ?

Hey elder ...Congratulations for the awesome score ..... 770 is indeed a dream .... nice debrief also

1. Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane, a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel. (A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel (B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gasoline or diesel fuel do © less of certain pollutants than gasoline or diesel fuel (D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel (E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel

1. Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as the Galapagos tortoise and examinations of fossils of juvenile dinosaurs, scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs probably lived to be between 100 and 200 years old. (A) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as (B) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles such as © Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles like (D) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles, like those of (E) Based on such growth rates as those of large modern reptiles like

A recent survey of all auto accident victims in Dole County found that, of the severely injured drivers and front-seat passengers, 80 percent were not wearing seat belts at the time of their accidents. This indicates that, by wearing seat belts, drivers and front-seat passengers can greatly reduce their risk of being severely injured if they are in an auto accident. The conclusion above is not properly drawn unless which of the following is true? (A) Of all the drivers and front-seat passengers in the survey, more than 20 percent were wearing seat belts at the time of their accidents. (B) Considerably more than 20 percent of drivers and front-seat passengers in Dole County always wear seat belts when traveling by car. © More drivers and front-seat passengers in the survey than rear-seat passengers were very severely injured. (D) More than half of the drivers and front-seat passengers in the survey were not wearing seat belts at the time of their accidents. (E) Most of the auto accidents reported to police in Dole County do not involve any serious injury.

Blood banks will shortly start to screen all donors for NANB hepatitis. Although the new screening tests are estimated to disqualify up to 5 percent of all prospective blood donors, they will still miss two-thirds of donors carrying NANB hepatitis. Therefore, about 10 percent of actual donors will still supply NANB-contaminated blood. 19. The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions? (A) Donors carrying NANB hepatitis do not, in a large percentage of cases, carry other infections for which reliable screening tests are routinely performed. (B) Donors carrying NANB hepatitis do not, in a large percentage of cases, develop the disease themselves at any point. © The estimate of the number of donors who would be disqualified by tests for NANB hepatitis is an underestimate. (D) The incidence of NANB hepatitis is lower among the potential blood donors than it is in the population at large. (E) The donors who will still supply NANB-contaminated blood will donate blood at the average frequency for all donors. 20. Which of the following inferences about the consequences of instituting the new tests is best supported by the passage above? (A) The incidence of new cases of NANB hepatitis is likely to go up by 10 percent. (B) Donations made by patients specifically for their own use are likely to become less frequent. © The demand for blood from blood banks is likely to fluctuate more strongly. (D) The blood supplies available from blood banks are likely to go down. (E) The number of prospective first-time donors is likely to go up by 5 percent.

but in D , ain't we comparing two different things ? thinking with people ? shouldn't it be "could be programmed to think like people do" ?

1. As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round, taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize its sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance. (A) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize (B) taking advantage of off-season demand, to standardize © taking advantage of off-season demand, standardizing (D) take advantage of off-season demand, standardizing (E) take advantage of off-season demand, to standardize

1. Artificial intelligence emerged during the late 1950’s as an academic discipline based on the assumption that computers are able to be programmed to think like people. (A) are able to be programmed to think like people (B) were able to be programmed to think as people © can be programmed to think as people can (D) could be programmed to think like people (E) are capable of being programmed to think like people do

1. Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form. (A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been (B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been © be generated if a portion of the capital were (D) be generated if a portion of the capital was (E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been

1. Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders. (A) to keep from (B) to keep it from © to avoid (D) in order that it would avoid ( E) in order to keep from Confused between A and B .. explain the logic please

A,B and E are straight forward out since they have "they" instead of it . That leaves us with C and D ... in D use of would makes it future tense in this year which is not correct . Hence C

imo c as well .... well explained by ps36363

close between A and E ..... should be E