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Rising inventories, Uwhen unaccompaniedcorrespondingly bv increases in sales, can leadUto production cutbacks that would hampereconomic growth.
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.. The modifying phrase when ... sales is needlesslydifficult to understand. The adverb correspondinglyis incorrectly and ambiguously used; usingtheadjective corresponding to modify increases insalesmakes the intendedmeaningclearer. Unaccompaniedis not wrongbut not accompanied'more effectivelyexpresses the intended negation. if not accompanied by corresponding increasesin sales, can lead |
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.. UUnlike the conviction held by many of her colleaguesthat genes wereU relatively simple and static, BarbaraMcClintockadhered to her own more complicatedideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983,at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for herdiscovery that the genes in corn are capable ofmovingfrom one chromosomal site to another. (A) Unlike the conviction held by many of hercolleagues that genes were (B) Although many of her colleagues were of theconviction of genes being (C) Contrary to many of her colleagues beingconvinced that genes were (D) Even though many of her colleagues wereconvinced that genes were (E) Even with many of her colleagues convinced ofgenes being |
... A Incorrect comparison between convictionand Barbara McClintock. B Were ofthe conviction ofgenes being relativelysimple is wordy and awkward. C Contrary to many ofher colleagues beingconvinced is wordy and awkward. D Correct. A dependent clause describing thebeliefs of McClintock's colleagues isfollowed bythe main clause presenting thecontrasting beliefs of McClintock. E Even with many ofher colleagues ... iswordyand indirect. |
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refiners are paying about S5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were/did? |
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Muller's career began in an unpromisingapprenticeship as/of a Sanskrit scholar. |
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The WorldWildlife Fund has declared that globalwarming, Ua phenomenon most scientists agree to becaused bv human beings in burning fossil fuelsU, willcreate havoc among migratory birds by altering theenvironment in ways harmful to their habitats (A) a phenomenon most scientists agree to becaused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, (B) a phenomenon most scientists agree that iscaused by fossil fuels burned by human beings, (C) a phenomenon that most scientists agree iscaused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels, |
The underlined portion of the sentence is anappositive definingglobal warming as aphenomenon causedby the burning of fossil fuelsby humans. Because this appositive intervenesbetween the subject {global warming) and verb{will create) of a clause, it shouldbe expressed asclearlyand economically as possible so as not toconfuse the meaning of the sentenceas a whole. A To be caused and in burning arewordy,awkward, and indirect. B That isshould immediatelyfollowphenomenon, not agree. C Correct. The phrase human beings' burningis more economical than constructions withprepositionalphrases or relative clauses. |
