Saturday, March 10, 2007

"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"

The aspiring candidate’s performance in the
debate all but any hope he may
have had of winning the election.
(A) nullifies
(B) encourages
(C) guarantees
(D) accentuates
(E) contains
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3 comments:

goyalakshay said...

wher is d blank space dude...!

March 10, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Unknown said...

d

March 11, 2007 at 12:24 AM
Admin said...

CORRECT ANS IS A
The phrase “all but” implies that the debate
was a make-or-break event for the candidate.
Suppose the candidate did well. Then his spirits
would be high, and we would expect the missing
word to be positive. However, a positive word in
the phrase “all but any hope” is awkward.
Hence, the candidate must have done
poorly in the debate and had his hopes for election
nixed. So we turn to the answer-choices
looking for “nixed.” It’s not there, but a
synonym—nullifies—is. The answer is (A).


SO CONGRATS ADITYA

March 14, 2007 at 11:19 AM

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