Sentence correction
On the tournament roster are listed several tennis students, most all of which play as good as their instructors.
A. most all of which play as good
B. most all of whom play as good
C. almost all of which play as well
D. almost all of whom play as good
E. almost all of whom play as well
Why not option D is correct ?
After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation’s semiconductor industry, which makes chips that run everything from computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have made a long-awaited recovery.
A. computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have
B. computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears having
C. computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears that it has
D. computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears that it has
E. computers and spy satellites as well as dishwashers, appears to have
Considering idiom, options A and B fulfills the requirement. But why have in infinitive form is used in option A, making option A correct ?
- Option D is incorrect simply because in the adverb form (play is what is being modified), we use “as well as” in English.
- Option B doesn’t follow the pattern for the idiom. Option D does, but it has to use the “to have” before the past participle ‘made’ to express it in the correct preent perfect tense.