352. In 1933 the rubber, clothing, and shipbuilding industries put into effect a six-hour workday, believing it a seeming permanent accommodation rather than a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was an economy made overproductive by advances in technology.
(A) believing it a seeming permanent accommodation rather than a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was
(B) believing it a seeming permanent accommodation instead of a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was
(C) believing that it was not a temporary expedient but a seeming permanent accommodation to what many observers thought of as a
(D) not as a temporary expedient but as a seemingly permanent accommodation to what many observers thought was
(E) not as a temporary expedient but believing it a seemingly permanent accommodation for what many observers thought
Solution:
Modifier + Idioms
seeming(adjective) can modify accommodation(noun).
But here permanent(adjective) needs to be modified.
Therefore, seemingly(adverb) is required to modify permanent(adjective).
A, B, and C: Incorrect because of the use of seeming.
E: not as a temporary expedient but believing it a is not idiomatic.
D: not as a temporary expedient but as a is idiomatic.
seemingly correctly modifies permanent(adjective). D is the best choice.
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(A) believing it a seeming permanent accommodation rather than a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was
(B) believing it a seeming permanent accommodation instead of a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was
(C) believing that it was not a temporary expedient but a seeming permanent accommodation to what many observers thought of as a
(D) not as a temporary expedient but as a seemingly permanent accommodation to what many observers thought was
(E) not as a temporary expedient but believing it a seemingly permanent accommodation for what many observers thought
Solution:
Modifier + Idioms
seeming(adjective) can modify accommodation(noun).
But here permanent(adjective) needs to be modified.
Therefore, seemingly(adverb) is required to modify permanent(adjective).
A, B, and C: Incorrect because of the use of seeming.
E: not as a temporary expedient but believing it a is not idiomatic.
D: not as a temporary expedient but as a is idiomatic.
seemingly correctly modifies permanent(adjective). D is the best choice.
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