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Nhật Bình Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Grammar Structure

1. They bought a good number of novels yesterday, .... are those written by Charles Dicknes
A. some of them
B. of which some
C. some which
D. that some

2. Under no circumstances .... gratuities from clients.
A. are members of staff to accept
B. must members of staff accept
C. may members of staff accept
D. do members of staff accept

Key: 1.B 2.A
Why is that?
  

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AWhy is that? Those are rather rare and somewhat stilted turns of phrase. I suspect that most native English speakers would have trouble with them.

  • AWhy is that?
  • Those are rather rare and somewhat stilted turns of phrase.
  • I suspect that most native English speakers would have trouble with them.
  • The first sentence is faulty in that it seems to be saying that the selection of novels includes every novel Charles Dickens ever wrote, which I doubt is what was meant.
  • " Some of the novels of that number were by Dickens.
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Nh?t BìnhKey:1.B 2.AWhy is that?

Those are rather rare and somewhat stilted turns of phrase. I suspect that most native English speakers would have trouble with them.

The first sentence is faulty in that it seems to be saying that the selection of novels includes every novel Charles Dickens ever wrote, which I doubt is what was meant. It should say "

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(B) is the only grammatical choice for (1), but it results in a convoluted or odd sentence. Normally we would say e.g. "They bought a good number of novels yesterday, some of which are (written) by Charles Dickens". What was your answer for (1)?

With no more information or specific instruction, (2) is a faulty question. (A) and (C) are equally possible, and (D) is possible too in the ri

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