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Post subject: SC - Guernsey and Hereford cows  Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:03 am |
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A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency has said that the surveillance capabilities of United States satellites would enable a skilled photographic interpreter to distinguish between Guernsey and Hereford cows grazing in a meadow.
(A) between Guernsey and Hereford cows grazing
(B) between Guernseys and Hereford cows that graze
(C) among Guernseys and Hereford cows that are grazing
(D) among Guernsey and Hereford cows as they graze
(E) Guernseys from Hereford cows grazing
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Post subject: Re: SC - Guernsey and Hereford cows Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:53 am |
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last three options are OUT
I believe its A
i have a related Q..
can we use that?
"...Cows(Plural) that..."
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Post subject: Re: SC - Guernsey and Hereford cows Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:15 pm |
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Distinguish between X and Y
Distinguish X from Y
Between A and E, A is correct.
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Post subject: Re: SC - Guernsey and Hereford cows Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:31 am |
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Post subject: Re: SC - Guernsey and Hereford cows Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:46 am |
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The expanded version of A is "to distinguish between Guernsey and hereford cows (that were) grazing in a meadow. But 'that' usage in B changes meaning and is wrong in this context even if we replace "Guernseys' with 'Guernsey'. It implies that surveillance capabilities will enable to distinguish between Guernsey hereford cows that usually graze in a meadow.
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Post subject: Re: SC - Guernsey and Hereford cows Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:49 am |
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A and E uses correct idioms and grammatically they both are correct
then why go for A and not E ?
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Post subject: Re: SC - Guernsey and Hereford cows Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:14 am |
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E - incorrect - ambiguous - A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency has said that the surveillance capabilities of United States satellites would enable a skilled photographic interpreter to distinguish Guernseys(cows) from Hereford cows grazing in a meadow --- how do you know what are Guernseys??
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Post subject: Re: SC - Guernsey and Hereford cows Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:47 pm |
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but even in A how are we sure that what Guernsey are??
(A) between Guernsey and Hereford cows grazing
(E) Guernseys from Hereford cows grazing
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Post subject: Re: SC - Guernsey and Hereford cows Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:35 pm |
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Distinguish between X and Y
Distinguish X from Y
Here X and Y must be parallel
A - between Guernsey and Hereford cows grazing
E - Guernseys from Hereford cows grazing --- cows modifying Guernseys...so plural Guernseys is wrong here
E - Guernsey (cows) from Hereford cows grazing
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Post subject: Re: SC - Guernsey and Hereford cows Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:44 pm |
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Unlike preposition 'from' in E, coordinating conjunction 'and' in A makes 'cows grazing in a meadow' to apply to both Guernsey and Hereford. So E implies "to distinguish 'Guernseys' from 'Hereford cows grazing in a meadow' ". Wrong comparison imo.
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