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| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5132 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes  Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 1 of 11 14 June 2014 at 6:14am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Hey guys, need your help here. There were some sentences in which I had to find out which parts were wrong. I could only guess, because I was not sure about the real answers. Here are the questions:
"Dentistry is a branch of medicine that has developed very dramatic in the last twenty years." I figured that "dramatic" should be "dramaticly". "Norman rockwell is well-known painter of magazine covers and illustrations, principally for the Saturday Evening Post" a. is well-known b. of c. magazine d. principally I was not sure which was wrong in that sentence whether it should be "is a well-known" (a), "painter for magazine" (b), or "magazines' covers and illustrations" (c). As for the d option, I was not even sure whether "principally" was appropriate in that sentence regarding the context or not. "Humus, a substance found in soil, is soft and spongy and enables plant roots to send out tiny hairs throught that they absorb water and food." a. found b. soft c. out d. that This one I was also not sure whether "found" (a) should be prefixed by "which is", "soft" (b) should be replaced by "smooth", "send out tiny hairs" (c) should be "send tiny hairs out", or "that" should be replaced by "which". "His recommendation that Air Force investigates the UFO sighting was approved by the commission and referred to the appropriate committee." a. investigates b. was approved c. referred d. appropriate I thought that the existence of "was" (b) automatically made the sentence in Past Tense, thus "investigates" (a) might be wrong. But then, I thought both could be right at the same time. As for "referred" (c) and "appropriate" (d) I was also not sure which one didn't fit the context. "Ornithology, the study of birds, is one of the major scientific field, in which amateurs play a role in accumulating, research, and publishing data." a. major b. field c. in which d. publishing I went with "field" (b) because I thought "is one of the major scientific field" implied that "major scientific field" was plural, so it must be "major scientific fields" instead. Was I wrong? Thanks in advance for all your helps. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Retinend Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4305 days ago 283 posts - 557 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), French | Message 2 of 11 14 June 2014 at 11:31am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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1a (a well-known painter) 2d (which) 3a (should investigate) 4b (fields)
Was there no list of answers with the questions? Where do the questions come from? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5317 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 3 of 11 14 June 2014 at 1:43pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
The adverb form of dramatic is dramatically.
Was there no definite article before Air Force in this sentence in the book? I would have expected the Air Force.
AFAIK, in formal American English, investigate (=subjunctive) would also be possible. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4079 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 4 of 11 14 June 2014 at 2:34pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
+1 Also, the last sentence is a bit off. "in which amateurs play a role in accumulating, research, and publishing data." The problem is that accumulating data and publishing data force a verb for research. So "in which amateurs play a role in accumulating, researching, and publishing data." 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Paco Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 4274 days ago 145 posts - 251 votes Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 5 of 11 14 June 2014 at 3:33pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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You are right that an adverb should be used to modify a verb, as I see you changed "dramatic" with "ly". But remember, not all adjectives can be changed to adverbs by adding "ly". Most of the time if you want to change an adjective ending with "tic" to adverb, you make it "tical" before adding "ly", as in "dramatically". Examples: ironic -> ironically; basic -> basically 2) A - It should be "a well-known painter". Here, the noun is singular, so an article is needed. More examples: he is a student: you are an amazing teacher; she is the killer; they are painters. - I do not know how I should explain the difference between "of" and "for". For now, I think you should simply remember this usage. Here are more example sentences: I am a student of English; they are makers of pies; she is a slayer of dragons. - In English, sometimes we can combine 2 nouns to form a "noun phrase", as in a "magazine cover". You can see the whole phrase "magazine cover" as 1 noun, so you only add an "s" to "cover". More examples: bus stop -> bus stops. 3) D - It should be "send out tiny hairs through which". "Which" must be instead of "that" after prepositions. I can say both "this is the cat THAT he looks for" and "this is the cat WHICH he looks for", but only "through which", "in which, "of which", and so on. - "Found" can be preceded by "which is", but is is not necessary here. Both usages are correct. - Why do you think it should be replaced by "smooth"? Humus is really soft. - As for "send out", this is tricky. The meanings are the same in "send out something" and "send something out", but we only say "I will get you in the car". You should simply remember this usage. 4) A "Should investigate". Not grammar problem here. "Should" should be added when we believe it is obligatory to do something. Example: My recommendation is that you should read more. You should really read more easy native materials, like books for young people and easy news articles. Learning from this kind of grammar book exercises without explanations are very inefficient. Do you have a teacher, or an exercise book with explanations? If you do, I think you should consult them first, and post here only if you still do not understand. If you do not, get them, or just read more. 5) B You got it right. Be confident! --------- Now I do have some questions... I won't say it's wrong, but like Doitsujin, I would have expected "the Air Force". Also, I think his/her opinion about subjunctive is right. However, in "amateurs play a role in accumulating, research, and publishing data", I would have written "researching". Am I wrong? -------- EDIT I read Gemuse's comment only after publishing my own. I absolutely agree with him. Edited by Paco on 14 June 2014 at 11:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5013 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 6 of 11 14 June 2014 at 6:38pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Perhaps, "... accumulating reasearch, and publishing data." 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| smallwhite Pentaglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5305 days ago 537 posts - 1045 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin, French, Spanish | Message 7 of 11 14 June 2014 at 7:24pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
I would've answered C. "His recommendation that Air Force investigates the UFO sighting was approved by the commission and WAS referred to the appropriate committee". Someone approved his recommendation; someone referred his recommendation to the appropriate committee. What does the sentence mean without that "WAS"?
fieldS, to remove the comma after it, researchING. "Ornithology, the study of birds, is one of the major scientific fieldS in which amateurs play a role in accumulating, researchING, and publishing data". Does one "research data", though? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| dampingwire Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4662 days ago 1185 posts - 1513 votes Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Japanese | Message 8 of 11 14 June 2014 at 8:47pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Written this way it means "the recommendation was {approved and referred}".
Written this way it means "the recommendation was approved" and then "the recommendation was referred". So basically no real difference that I can see. I don't even see a shade of difference in meaning. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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