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Sb70012 Posted 11 years ago
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A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims
A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims ......... more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.
A. from a one-page writing sample that it can assess
B. being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample
C. to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess (Answer key)
D. the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
Source: Iran University Entrance Examination for Master of Arts students.
Hello,
I wonder why option B (being ....) does not work here. Would you please be kind enough to tell me why B doesn't work here? Don't we use [ing] after [claim]? Is this the reason?
(I have asked this question in WR forum too but I haven't received the answer of my question. I have received an answer there but the answer posted there is not the answer of what I have really asked.)
This is the link: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2965976
Thank you.
A. from a one-page writing sample that it can assess
B. being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample
C. to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess (Answer key)
D. the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
Source: Iran University Entrance Examination for Master of Arts students.
Hello,
I wonder why option B (being ....) does not work here. Would you please be kind enough to tell me why B doesn't work here? Don't we use [ing] after [claim]? Is this the reason?
(I have asked this question in WR forum too but I haven't received the answer of my question. I have received an answer there but the answer posted there is not the answer of what I have really asked.)
This is the link: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2965976
Thank you.
Top answer
Yes. A correct wording of answer B would be: to be able to assess, from a one-page writing sample , Notice that this is very similar to answer C.
- Yes.
- A correct wording of answer B would be: to be able to assess, from a one-page writing sample , Notice that this is very similar to answer C.
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Yes. A correct wording of answer B would be:
to be able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,Notice that this is very similar to answer C.
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sb70012Would you please be kind enough to tell me why B doesn't work here? Don't we use [ing] after [claim]? Is this the reason?It is the reason. Yes.
We don't claim being sick; we claim to be sick.
We don't claim knowing the truth; we claim to know the truth.
We don't claim believing Henry; we claim to believe Henry.
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Study catenative constructions (chain-like ones) and learn verb collocations.
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