Monday, July 14, 2008

SC's Question number - 695 , 696

695). The average weekly wage nearly doubled in the 1970’s, rising from $114 to $220, yet the average worker ended the decade with a decrease in what their pay may buy.

(A) with a decrease in what their pay may buy

(B) with what was a decrease in what they were able to buy

(C) having decreased that which they could buy

(D) decreasing in purchasing power

(E) with a decrease in purchasing power

696). The Baldrick Manufacturing Company has for several years followed a policy
aimed at decreasing operating costs and improving the efficiency of its distribution system.

(A) aimed at decreasing operating costs and improving

(B) aimed at the decreasing of operating costs and to improve

(C) aiming at the decreasing of operating costs and improving

(D) the aim of which is the decreasing of operating costs and improving

(E) with the aim to decrease operating costs and to improve


Answers:

695). OA - E

A - incorrect - pronoun error - ..the average worker...their..

B, C - incorrect - pronoun error -
..the average worker....

D - incorrect - awkward

696). (OG 10th - Ques no 212) - OA - A
OE: The best choice, A, offers an adjective phrase unequivocally modifying policy and exhibiting grammatical parallelism (decreasing ... and improving).

B, - incorrect - gerund the decreasing is not grammatically
parallel with the infinitive to improve.

C, D - incorrect - the decreasing of... costs is not parallel with
improving the efficiency.

E - incorrect - infinitives to decrease and to improve, while parallel, are less idiomatic
than the prepositional phrase of decreasing ... and improving in modifying the noun aim. Also, with the aim...improve can easily be construed as referring to the Baldrick Manufacturing Company and so does not refer
unequivocally to policy.


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