753. The filibuster, a parliamentary device that slows the snails pace that prevails even in the best of times in congressional sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems more and more an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.
(A) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems
(B) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone who is associated with it, seeming to be
(C) sessions, tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems
(D) sessions, that tests the endurance of everyone associated with it and seems
(E) sessions, testing the endurance of everyone associated with it and seeming
Solution:
Idioms + Modifiers
In B and E, seeming to be/ seeming is incorrect. Seeming can only be used as an adjective. Eg. Seeming honesty
In C, conjunction and is required that is missing.
In D, it is incorrectly suggested that congressional sessions tests the endurance of everyone. It is the filibuster that does that.
In A, the phrase after the coma modifies the filibuster and hence, A is the best choice.
The filibuster, , seems more and more an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.
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(A) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems
(B) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone who is associated with it, seeming to be
(C) sessions, tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems
(D) sessions, that tests the endurance of everyone associated with it and seems
(E) sessions, testing the endurance of everyone associated with it and seeming
Solution:
Idioms + Modifiers
In B and E, seeming to be/ seeming is incorrect. Seeming can only be used as an adjective. Eg. Seeming honesty
In C, conjunction and is required that is missing.
In D, it is incorrectly suggested that congressional sessions tests the endurance of everyone. It is the filibuster that does that.
In A, the phrase after the coma modifies the filibuster and hence, A is the best choice.
The filibuster, , seems more and more an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.
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