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Comment on Caring for Carpeting
Do we need parallelism here?
Thanks in advance, great work btw!
Yes, I believe we need
Yes, I believe we need parallelism here (the only way TO X is TO Y). That said, there are additional issues that still point us to the correct answer.
Hello Sir, I understand the
That's a good idea, but the
That's a good idea, but the only other noun that IT could refer to is HOMEOWNERS, and that word is plural.
Not one of the potential
A. is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were
B. is expected to make an offer for buying First Interstate Bank until they sign a merger agreement including a provision for penalties if the deal was
C. is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement be signed by them with a provision for penalties if the deal were
D. are expected to make an offer for buying First Interstate Bank until it signs a merger agreement with a provision for penalties included if the deal was
E. are expected to be making an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until they sign a merger agreement including a provision for penalties if the deal were
sir here option b is incorrect due to "they"?
B is incorrect for two
B is incorrect for two reasons:
1) The idiom is "make an offer TO BUY" not "make an offer FOR BUYING"
2) THEY (plural) represents ONE (singular)
Cheers,
Brent
Hi, Brent.
I was confused by thinking that "compounds" here is a verb, but from your explanation it is a noun. So it looks like "... compounds and soil accumulate" Is it correct?
That's a very reasonable
That's a very reasonable assumption, since COMPOUNDS can be either a verb or a noun.
In this case, the adjective ODOROUS is a nice hint that COMPOUNDS is a noun in this sentence.
Cheers,
Brent
Hi Brent ,
Isn't ... of their carpeting" a prepositional phrase and to ignore it? Then it should be them because X and Y of their carpeting , which is plural because it uses "and" to combine 2 items.
Eg : arms and legs of a man should be "are" and not "is" ?
Thanks
While it's true that we can
While it's true that we can ignore prepositional phrases in order to better understand the structure of a sentence, we must still keep in mind that the latter part of a sentence may still refer to something in that prepositional phrase.
That's the case with this sentence. Once we get to the words VACUUM THEM, we should ask ourselves "What exactly is getting vacuumed?"
We certainly aren't vacuuming the HOMEOWNERS, and we can't vacuum CLEANLINESS and APPEARANCE.
Since it must be the case that we're vacuuming the CARPETING (singular), we need the singular pronoun IT.
Does that help?