645). The manager of the plastic fork factory tried to convince the unruly factory workers they should join forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attempting to be contrary.
(A) they should join forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attempting to be contrary.
(B) that they should join forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attempt to be contrary.
(C) about joining forces to optimize production on the belt instead of attempting to be contrary.
(D) for the joining of forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attempt to be contrary.
(E) to join forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attempting to be contrary.
646). Of all the major developments in information technology that have influenced literary production, maybe none is more influential as the printing press, which brought the entire classical canon to people throughout Europe within 60 years of its invention.
(A) maybe none is more influential as
(B) it may be that none is more influential as
(C) perhaps it is none that is more influential than
(D) maybe it is none that was more influential than
(E) perhaps none was more influential than
Answers:
645). OA - B - Subjunctive - ...tried to convince ...that...
A, C, D, E - incorrect - violating parallelism and the required subjunctive verb structure
646). Ans - E - idiomatic - X is more than Y
A, B - incorrect - unidiomatic
C, D - incorrect - no clear referent for it, wordy
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