求教GWD26-17

yuanyen100

我認為答案是C耶

因為

how likely
        a particular asteroid or comet will be 是說明可能性會有多少?

而是什麼的可能性呢?

再接to  collide with Earth.

然而，把how拿掉變成 a particulat asteroid or comet will be likely to collide w/ earth. 很完美!!

open to discuss

jessiejie

同意楼上的，应该是不要把will be to 连着看，想成to collide with earth, how likely it will be？ 就顺了

hardballlee

个人觉得， how likely will be to do没 the likelihood that sth will do正式，并且scale for rating也没啥原则性的错误

双鱼游

后半部分同意楼上，how likely will be to do 就是错的结构，E有两处错误，1）may和likelihood语义重复2）a scale that rates the likelihood，that修饰scale，语意上就成了这个scale评定可能性，逻辑不对

newport

c: sb. be likely to do sth (future tense & how..?)

silvia03

manhattangmat 上有讨论这道题的帖子，RonPurewal 老师说选D.
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/responding-to-the-public-s-fascination-with-and-sometimes-t8246.html

摘录如下：
(d) is the best answer, although (c) is not too far behind.

• 关于C的解释：
  

i can see that (c) is unacceptably informal / casual, and maybe even unidiomatic, but i can only see that because i'm a seasoned writer and reader of formal english.

for those of you who are not native speakers of english - the best approach to problems such as this one is:
* note the differences in usage between the formal and informal
    - e.g., "rate how likely" vs. "rate the likelihood that..."
* remember what these differences look like, so that you can make similar distinctions in the future.

• 关于E的解释
  

(e) is wrong, since you can't use both "likelihood" and "may"... redundancy.

shri312 wrote:
Ron,
Doesn't answer Choice " E "states the scale itself rates the likelihood of a asteroid?
yes, that's another problem -- an asteroid itself doesn't have a "likelihood".  good find.
i.e., only EVENTS have a "likelihood".  an asteroid is a physical object, not an event, so it makes no sense to speak of its "likelihood".
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• 另一个老师关于scale to rate 还是scale for rating的解释：
  

hello
could you please explain whether phrase 'developed a scale for rating ' is correct .
I thought correct choice of words would be 'developed a scale to rate '
thanks in advance

It's because the author intends the purpose (rate something) to be more closely related to the scale than the development process.  It's a "scale for rating"; either one can be used correctly depending on the author's preference.  lease keep in mind that just because one answer choice is correct doesn't mean that EVERYTHING that's different about another choice is wrong.  Sometimes the GMAT tosses out a split that just doesn't matter (although this is far less common than splits that matter)..

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当然选C
be to 是虚拟语态

edwinwos

the RON said that  (c) is unacceptably informal / casual, and maybe even unidiomatic

(d) is the best answer, although (c) is not too far behind.

lemonsong

manhattangmat 上有讨论这道题的帖子，RonPurewal 老师说选D.
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/responding-to-the-public-s-fascination-with-and-sometimes-t8246.html

摘录如下：
(d) is the best answer, although (c) is not too far behind.

关于C的解释：

i can see that (c) is unacceptably informal / casual, and maybe even unidiomatic, but i can only see that because i'm a seasoned writer and reader of formal english.

for those of you who are not native speakers of english - the best approach to problems such as this one is:
* note the differences in usage between the formal and informal
    - e.g., "rate how likely" vs. "rate the likelihood that..."
* remember what these differences look like, so that you can make similar distinctions in the future.

关于E的解释

(e) is wrong, since you can't use both "likelihood" and "may"... redundancy.

shri312 wrote:
Ron,
Doesn't answer Choice " E "states the scale itself rates the likelihood of a asteroid?
yes, that's another problem -- an asteroid itself doesn't have a "likelihood".  good find.
i.e., only EVENTS have a "likelihood".  an asteroid is a physical object, not an event, so it makes no sense to speak of its "likelihood".
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另一个老师关于scale to rate 还是scale for rating的解释：

hello
could you please explain whether phrase 'developed a scale for rating ' is correct .
I thought correct choice of words would be 'developed a scale to rate '
thanks in advance

It's because the author intends the purpose (rate something) to be more closely related to the scale than the development process.  It's a "scale for rating"; either one can be used correctly depending on the author's preference.  lease keep in mind that just because one answer choice is correct doesn't mean that EVERYTHING that's different about another choice is wrong.  Sometimes the GMAT tosses out a split that just doesn't matter (although this is far less common than splits that matter)..

-- by 会员 silvia03 (2010/10/7 13:25:12)

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stevenisgenius

这个要顶上去