448. It may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater, but at present this process is prohibitively expensive.
(A) It may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater
(B) Someday, it may be worthwhile to try and recover uranium from seawater
(C) Trying to recover uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(D) To try for the recovery of uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(E) Recovering uranium from seawater may be worthwhile to try to do someday
Solution:
Idioms + Awkwardness + Redundancy
B: “to try and recover” is awkward.
C: “out of seawater” suggests that uranium, in big volumes, is kept in sea and it just has to be taken out from there. Actually Uranium is processed out.
D: “try for the recovery” is not idiomatic. Same as C.
E: “Recovering may be worthwhile to try to do…” is awkward in redundant.
A: “to try to recover” is idiomatic. Best choice.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution:
(A) It may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater
(B) Someday, it may be worthwhile to try and recover uranium from seawater
(C) Trying to recover uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(D) To try for the recovery of uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(E) Recovering uranium from seawater may be worthwhile to try to do someday
Solution:
Idioms + Awkwardness + Redundancy
B: “to try and recover” is awkward.
C: “out of seawater” suggests that uranium, in big volumes, is kept in sea and it just has to be taken out from there. Actually Uranium is processed out.
D: “try for the recovery” is not idiomatic. Same as C.
E: “Recovering may be worthwhile to try to do…” is awkward in redundant.
A: “to try to recover” is idiomatic. Best choice.
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