Qn:200
(A) as old as any of their supposed
(B) older than any of their supposed
(C) as old as their supposed
(D) older than any of their supposedly
(E) as old as their supposedly
Official Answer: B
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Anonymous said...
Can anybody explain OA.
Poonam said...
2000 years can not be completed with 'as old as....'. It should be 2000 years 'older than ...'
Unknown said...
could anybody explain why not D? what is the difference between "supposed" and "supposedly" ?
thanks..
Anonymous said...
descriptive words that end in an -ly must describe a verb. in this case, supposed is being used as an adjective describing a noun "Meditterean predecessors"
uglyguywithnomoney said...
sorry guys, the answer is D.
supposed is an adjective, which would have to modify the noun predecessors not the adjective Mediteranean.
but supposedly is an adverb which can modify an verb, adjective or another adverb.
Frédéric said...
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Frédéric said...
Sorry uglyguywithnomoney but the answer is definitely B. In D, "supposedly" modifies Mediterranean, not "predecessors": this is wrong. These were not supposedly Mediterranean. They WERE Mediterranean but they were the supposed predecessors.
Anonymous said...
Agree with Frederic. Mgmat SC books gives clear explanation of the difference between 'supposed' and 'supposedly'.
Pouya said...
Supposedly is adverb and adverb modifies the verb, adjective or adverb. As a result, using supposedly before Mediteranean predecessors is wrong, because Supposed is modifying predecessors, not mediteranean.
D cannot be correct asnwer; A is correct.
Pouyq said...
Sorry, I meant B is correct answer. I mistyped A in previous post
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