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More than 300 rivers drain into

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RonPurewal
 Post subject: Re: More than 300 rivers drain into
 Post Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:11 am 
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ntr1989512 wrote:
hi ron
is the phrase "more than all the North American Great Lakes combined" a absolute phrase? if not, what is it ?

please help, thanks in advance.


i don't know the answer to this question.
my response is the same as it was here:
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jp.jprasanna
 Post subject: Re: More than 300 rivers drain into
 Post Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:01 am 
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RonPurewal wrote:
mundada.aditya wrote:
Can you please clarify what is the mistake with option D?

Thanks,
Adi


(d) contains
20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

this is a direct comparison:
(amount of water) IS MORE THAN (specific lakes)
that's an illogical comparison; you can't compare a numerical amount of water (a numerical quantity) to a lake (a physical object).

there's also the fact that (d) contains a "which" modifier that's modifying another "which" modifier.
that's not actually ungrammatical, but i would bet big money that you will never see that sort of thing in a correct answer.


also can we knock out D because of wrong usage of "while"

"while" should be used in one of two circumstances:
(1) if the first act takes place during the second act, or
(2) if there is some sort of contrast between the two acts – most of the time used as this way when used at the beginning

Both these situation doesn't apply to this answer right!

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jlucero
 Post subject: Re: More than 300 rivers drain into
 Post Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:36 pm 
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jp.jprasanna wrote:
RonPurewal wrote:
mundada.aditya wrote:
Can you please clarify what is the mistake with option D?

Thanks,
Adi


(d) contains
20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

this is a direct comparison:
(amount of water) IS MORE THAN (specific lakes)
that's an illogical comparison; you can't compare a numerical amount of water (a numerical quantity) to a lake (a physical object).

there's also the fact that (d) contains a "which" modifier that's modifying another "which" modifier.
that's not actually ungrammatical, but i would bet big money that you will never see that sort of thing in a correct answer.


also can we knock out D because of wrong usage of "while"

"while" should be used in one of two circumstances:
(1) if the first act takes place during the second act, or
(2) if there is some sort of contrast between the two acts – most of the time used as this way when used at the beginning

Both these situation doesn't apply to this answer right!

Cheers


Yup. Perfect explanation too.

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