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MaverickK Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

in port/partly because/partly to

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00Please look at the following sentence.Only one of the 5 options is correct.I can not understand which is correct and why the rest are incorrect.I am able to understand that C is incorrect.Please explain and help.02br
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00In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, 01u00in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics 02u00and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.02br
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00(A) in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics02br
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00(B) in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers02br
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00(C) partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics02br
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00(D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers02br
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00(E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers0-
  

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02br 01i 01b 00The grammar and/or semantics of all except B don't work:02b 02i 02br 02br 01b 00(X)02b 00 Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding 00(A) that their steers should acquire certain characteristics 02br 02br 00Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding (B) for the acquisition of certain characteristics02br 02br 01b 00(X) 02b 00Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding (C) because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics02br 02br 01b 00(X) 02b 00Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding (D) because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers02br 02br 01b 00(X) 02b 00Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding (E) to acquire certain characteristics in their steers0-

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  • 02br 01i 01b 00The grammar and/or semantics of all except B don't work:02b 02i 02br 02br 01b 00(X)02b 00 Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding 00(A) that their steers should acquire certain characteristics 02br 02br 00Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding (B) for the acquisition of certain characteristics02br 02br 01b 00(X) 02b 00Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding (C) because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics02br 02br 01b 00(X) 02b 00Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding (D) because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers02br 02br 01b 00(X) 02b 00Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding (E) to acquire certain characteristics in their steers0-
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01i01b00The grammar and/or semantics of all except B don't work:02b02i02br
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01b00(X)02b00 Cattle breeders have used crossbreeding 00(A) that their steers should acquire certain characteristics 02br
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0Thanks for your reply Mister Micawber. But I am still confused. I dont feel there is much difference between B and E. Option B is "for the acquisition of sth" which is the gerund form. Option E is "to acquire sth" which is the infinitive form. They are just 2 different ways of saying the same thing.Please correct me where I am wrong.I can not understand what is wrong with option D either. Pleas
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01i00For the accquisition of 02i00does not point to 01i00cattle breeders02i00 as subject, but 01i00to acquire02i00 does. 01i00Should02i00 posits a responsibility or rightness which is inappropriate. 0-
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0I have still not understood.There is only one subject in the sentence "Cattle breeders have used cross breeding ....... " and that is "Cattle breeders". So there is no confusion about what is the subject.0-
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00The cattle breeders do not acquire the characteristics; the cows do. 0-
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0Now I understood your point and agree that B is the correct option. But the correct option is E ( mentioned at the place from where I saw this sentence). So I am confused again. Any other opinions/ideas ?0-
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