SC's Question number - 755 , 756

755). The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants.

(A) being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign

(B) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether they should be signing

(C) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether or not they sign

(D) conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign

(E) conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign

756). The five hundred largest manufacturing firms in the United States produce goods that are worth almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain.

(A) that are worth almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain

(B) of a worth that is almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain

(C) almost as much in worth as those of the remaining four hundred thousand firms

(D) almost as much in worth as that of the remaining four hundred thousand firms.

(E) worth almost as much as those of the remaining four hundred thousand firms


Answers:

755). (OG 10th Ques No. 24) - OA - E

OE: Only E, the best choice, idiomatically completes whether with an infinitive, to sign, that functions as a noun equivalent of decision. Choice E also uses the noun conversion, which grammatically completes the phrase begun by undergoing.

A, B, C - incorrect - the phrase being converted is awkward and redundant, since the sense of process indicated by being has already been conveyed by undergoing.

A, D - incorrect - wrongly saying if rather than whether, since the sentence poses alternative possibilities, to sign or not to sign.

756). OA - E - idiomatic -.. as much as..

A - incorrect - wordy

B - incorrect - unidiomatic and wordy - of a worth that is

C, D - incorrect - unidiomatic