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MGMAT, SC, Chap 2, Problem Set, Q - 10

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lovesnows08
 Post subject: MGMAT, SC, Chap 2, Problem Set, Q - 10
 Post Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:45 am 
"Planting all these seeds is more involved than I thought"

Could you please help me understand the above sentence better? as the book suggest that the above sentence is completely correct.

I feel: "Planting all these seeds is more involving than I thought" would be more appropriate.

Thanking You,
Neha
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lovesnows08
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 Post Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:20 am 
it's almost been a week..but no reply, it would be kind enough to reply soon.

Thank You,

Neha
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StaceyKoprince
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 Post Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:23 pm 
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Sorry it has taken us so long to get back to you! Forum traffic has been very high for the past couple of weeks.

Yes - you want a past participle here (involved) not a present participal (involving). This is a bit of an unusual usage of the word involved - it means something similar to "complicated."
eg:
Planting these seeds is more complicated than I thought.
Planting these seeds is more complicating than I thought.

In either case, you're simply saying that the situation is a complicated situation. If you were trying to say that a situation is currently causing another situation to become more complicated, then you would use complicating. eg, The strong winds are complicating our efforts to stop the spread of the fire.

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lovesnows08
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 Post Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:44 am 
Thank you... Stacey....
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We're glad it was helpful!
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carolina.carvalho063
 Post subject: Re: MGMAT, SC, Chap 2, Problem Set, Q - 10
 Post Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:40 am 
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I don't understand why we should use "is" instead of "are" in this problem. I was under the impression that "All these seeds" should be considered plural. "All" is part of the SANAN pronouns and seeds is plural.

Planting all these seeds (IS/ARE) more involved thant I thought.

I know that "are" does not sound right, however, I can't explain why it should be "IS."

Thank you!
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carolina.carvalho063
 Post subject: Re: MGMAT, SC, Chap 2, Problem Set, Q - 10
 Post Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:49 am 
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Got it. The subject of the above quote is "planting"

Planting IS...

Thanks anyway!
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StaceyKoprince
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 Post Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:25 pm 
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Glad you figured it out yourself! :)

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