Parts of a sentence are given below. While the first and the last parts, (S1)…
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Parts of a sentence are given below. While the first and the last parts, (S1) and (S6), are in the correct order, the parts in between are jumbled up. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.
S1. Once we have assessed
P. the diverse patterns and
Q. shades at your disposal
R. specific preferences for you
S. we will communicate our
S6. to prepare samples accordingly.
Answer: D. PQSR — Concept: In a jumbled-parts item the order is fixed by grammatical dependency, not by meaning alone. Three dependencies do the work: a transitive verb must be…
- A.
RPSQ
- B.
SQRP
- C.
QRPS
- D.
PQSR
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Correct answer: D
Concept: In a jumbled-parts item the order is fixed by grammatical dependency, not by meaning alone. Three dependencies do the work:
a transitive verb must be followed by the noun phrase that serves as its object;
a coordinating conjunction such as "and" must be followed at once by the second item it joins;
a possessive determiner such as "our" must be followed at once by the noun phrase it introduces, whose head noun it modifies.
A subordinate clause opened by "Once …" must then be completed by a main clause.
Application: Two of the jumbled parts end in a word that cannot close a block. "the diverse patterns and" ends in the coordinating "and", so the noun phrase it joins must follow immediately — "shades at your disposal" — which locks the block "the diverse patterns and shades at your disposal". "we will communicate our" ends in the possessive "our", so the noun phrase it introduces must follow immediately — "specific preferences for you", whose head noun is "preferences" — which locks the block "we will communicate our specific preferences for you". Only the order of these two blocks is still open, and S1 ends in the transitive verb "assessed", which needs its object next: the block "the diverse patterns and shades at your disposal" is that object, so it comes before the main clause, giving P–Q–S–R.
Cross-check: each part that ends in a dependent word forces exactly one continuation, and the three forced continuations are mutually consistent.
Word that ends a part | Grammar it forces | Part that must follow at once |
|---|---|---|
"and" — in "the diverse patterns and" | the second half of a coordinated noun phrase | "shades at your disposal" |
"our" — in "we will communicate our" | the noun phrase the possessive introduces | "specific preferences for you" |
"assessed" — in S1 | the object of the transitive verb | "the diverse patterns and shades at your disposal" |
Contrast: reading each of the other arrangements out in full shows which dependency it breaks.
RPSQ separates "the diverse patterns and" from "shades at your disposal", so the coordinating "and" is joined to the clause "we will communicate our" instead of to a noun phrase.
SQRP puts "we will communicate our" straight after "assessed", so the transitive verb never receives an object, and it ends with "the diverse patterns and" just before S6, leaving "and" with nothing to join.
QRPS does give "assessed" a noun phrase in "shades at your disposal", but it strands the possessive "our" at the end of "we will communicate our" just before S6, so "our" introduces no noun phrase.
Result: the parts run P–Q–S–R — "Once we have assessed the diverse patterns and shades at your disposal, we will communicate our specific preferences for you to prepare samples accordingly."