Wednesday, November 10, 2010

INTERVAL BETWEEN

Whenever within a sentence you see the world INTERVAL make yourself very clear that it's talking about two parts so it has to be followed by "BETWEEN".

For e.g.

Because the economic cycle in the USA changes little during its twenty year interval between recessing , it is fairly easy for analyst to predict analogous trends in the stock market.
a) between recessing
b) of recessing
c) between its recessions
d) of it recessions
e) as it recesses

Since, its talking about the USA's economic cylce the pronoun should be "its", therefore answer is C.

2 comments:

  1. 163. Because Halley’s comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.

    (A) between passing
    (B) of passing
    (C) between its passes
    (D) of its passes
    (E) as it passes

    Solution:

    Idiom

    “Interval + between” is the correct usage. Hence, B, D, and E can be eliminated.
    ‘Between’ should be used for referring to nouns. “its passes” is a noun phrase while ‘passing’ is a verb. Hence, A can be eliminated.
    C is the best choice.

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