Monday, February 05, 2007

SC's Question number - 981, 982

981). The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania affords the visitor with unequaled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

(A) The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania affords the visitor with unequaled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

(B) The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania permits the visitor unequaled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

(C) The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania gives the visitor the unequalled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees without telephoto lenses.

(D) The visitor to the Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania has the unequaled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

(E) Even without the aid of telephoto lenses, the visitor to Tanzania's Lake Manyara Park has an unequaled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees.


982). The rise in the price of crabmeat and an increase in demand has convinced some Floridians they should try to harvest and sell a species of large crab that lives deep in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

(A) has convinced some Floridians they should try to harvest and sell a species of large crab

(B) has convinced some Floridians to try harvesting and selling a large crab species

(C) has convinced some Floridians that they should try the harvest and sale of a large crab species

(D) have convinced some Floridians to try to harvest and sell a species of large crab

(E) have convinced some Floridians to try and harvest and sell a large crab species


Answers --

981). Best choice is E

A, B, C, D - incorrect - modifier error - wrongly suggests -- lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

982). Best choice is D

A, B, C - incorrect - should be have not has -The rise in the price of crabmeat and an increase demand ...have

E - incorrect - awkward construction -- "have convinced some Floridians to try and harvest and sell a large crab species"

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