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Chivalry Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Question out of a error-identifying question
The question goes as below:
"The startling is such a pest in rural areas that it has become necessary to find ways of controlling the growth of their
A B C D
population."
And it requires the test takers to recognize errors that occur at the underlined parts of the sentence.
The answer is D, which is supposed to be "of its" instead of " of their."
But I still wonder how come part A is not erroneaus,
since it should be "such a common" in my opinion.
"The startling is such a pest in rural areas that it has become necessary to find ways of controlling the growth of their
A B C D
population."
And it requires the test takers to recognize errors that occur at the underlined parts of the sentence.
The answer is D, which is supposed to be "of its" instead of " of their."
But I still wonder how come part A is not erroneaus,
since it should be "such a common" in my opinion.
Top answer
The bird is a starling . There is no need to add 'common' to 'pest'; therefore, A is fine. Why would you think that you need to add an arbitrary adjective?
- The bird is a starling .
- There is no need to add 'common' to 'pest'; therefore, A is fine.
- Why would you think that you need to add an arbitrary adjective?
- You could just as well call it 'an irritating pest', 'an egregious pest' or 'a ubiquitous pest', but those would not make A more correct.
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The bird is a starling.
There is no need to add 'common' to 'pest'; therefore, A is fine. Why would you think that you need to add an arbitrary adjective? You could just as well call it 'an irritating pest', 'an egregious pest' or 'a ubiquitous pest', but those would not make A more correct.
There is no need to add 'common' to 'pest'; therefore, A is fine. Why would you think that you need to add an arbitrary adjective? You could just as well call it 'an irritating pest', 'an egregious pest' or 'a ubiquitous pest', but those would not make A more correct.
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Mister MicawberThe bird is a starling. There is no need to add 'common' to 'pest'; therefore, A is fine. Why would you think that you need to add an arbitrary adjective? You could just as well call it 'an irritating pest', 'an egregious pest' or 'a ubiquitous pest', but those would not make A more correct.I just have never seen the word "such" being used alo
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Not possible, chivalry. The structure is 'such a + noun + that'.
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