Tuesday, June 30, 2009

SC - Republic of Phillipines

Open for discussion and comments

The republic of Philippines encompasses more than seven thousand islands, two of them with two thirds of its area.

A) two of them with two thirds of its area
B) two thirds of their area being in two of them
C) and its area is two thirds in two islands
D) two of them have two thirds of its area
E) which have two thirds of its area in two of them

and the right answer is....

1 comment:

  1. D

    Apart from A and D, all are unidiomatic, and A suggests that both the islands have 2/3 area, which is not possible.

    By the way, why is third"S" being used. I thought its two-thirds, seven-tenth, nine-nineteenth etc.

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