pzazz12 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized. A. or nothing that has been B. or that has been C. and nothing that is D. or anything that has been E. and anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pashri Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 ANS: D - the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain ..... anything that has been synthesised. What is an OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 The question is a tricky one (though the look is simple!) the key term is " to restrict the use of the word 'natural' to foods that donot contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, ..." now we have to choose between 2 conjuction - and / or. If we go for and , the rest will reflect some element that must be NOT characteristic of natural foods. C is out. If we go for 'or', the correct option is to be the sequence is to be " ... foods that contain ..... anything ...." A - reverse the meaning (donot containt nothing ... two negative words mean something that contain) OUT D & E - actually D and E has similar meaning. And interestingly they do not refer to "foods"... they are sequence of do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives. THIS CAN NOT BE A SEQUENCE as no "or" before chemical preservatives. So, the rest part of sentence is to refer directly to " food" B is the answer. Still I am not convinced ! Please share your views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vik1985 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 IMO - D A - Reverses the meaning B - unclear. What is synthesized? C - Reverses the meaning D - Correctly, it refers to each and everything that is not natural E - AND limits the meaning i.e. not natural = X + Y + Z only when it can be X OR Y OR Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mundasingh123 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hi Whats the source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnbp9 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 IMO D A, B out: Double negation C, E out: 'and' does not fit into overall meaning - it is not about a series of things that are included, but about different things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Su Zuki Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 C, E out... "and" changes the meaning of the sentence. A and B...illogical D wins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mocka Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Imo..d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divineacclivity Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 ANS: D - the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain ..... anything that has been synthesised. What is an OA? That helps. One doubt: Had E option been "or anything synthesized", would E be better than D (= or anything that has been synthesized) for concision? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 That helps. One doubt: Had E option been "or anything synthesized", would E be better than D (= or anything that has been synthesized) for concision? thanksLike this? 1. The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized. or nothing that has been or that has been and nothing that is or anything and anything or something like this? 2. The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized. or nothing that has been or that has been or anything that has been or anything and anything In question #1, I'd go with D. In #2, still D. Don't get confused about the difference between the usage of and and or--and would require all three components, whereas or would allow one, two, or three of the the components. (If you need more examples of that, please let me know.) Hope that helps. Erin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divineacclivity Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Like this? 1. The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized. or nothing that has been or that has been and nothing that is or anything and anything or something like this? 2. The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized. or nothing that has been or that has been or anything that has been or anything and anything In question #1, I'd go with D. In #2, still D. Don't get confused about the difference between the usage of and and or--and would require all three components, whereas or would allow one, two, or three of the the components. (If you need more examples of that, please let me know.) Hope that helps. Erin That perfectly answers my question. Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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