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· 1 Months ago

About answer (Question:881835.2)

Why only i is not answer?

Question:

DIRECTIONS: Select the phrase/connector (it must be at the start/beginning) from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. 

(1) The urbanization drive began. 

(2)  There was a rush to build apartments—and the quickest way was to churn out cookie-cutter towers on superblocks.  

(I) No sooner than the urbanization drive began …

(II) In contrast with the urbanization drive began 

(III) As the urbanization drive began …

Options:
A)

Only i

B)

Only ii

C)

Only iii

D)

Both i and ii

E)

Both ii and iii 

Solution:

Ans: (c)

Explanation: The correct answer choice is option (c). The correct connector to be used here is ‘As’ which indicates ‘used to indicate that something happens during the time when something else is taking place’ and the sentence should read ‘As the urbanization drive began, there was a rush to build apartments—and the quickest way was to churn out cookie-cutter towers on superblocks’.  

ABHII

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· 1 Months ago

Dear student,

No sooner than is often used with the past perfect tense. Here, the sentence is in simple past tense, not in past perfect tense. Also, the first sentence is the cause of the second sentence. Hence, here we use "As" in the sense of Because.

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