Q35
In each of the questions, four different ways of presenting an idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely to Standard English usage.
- If precision of thought had facilitated precision of behaviour, and if reflection had preceded action, it would be ideal for humans.
- It would be ideal for humans if reflection preceded action and precision of thought facilitated precision of behaviour.
- It would be ideal for humans if precedence of reflection was followed by action and precision of thought, by precise behaviour.
- It would have been ideal for humans, if precise action and behaviour preceded precise reflection.
Answer: B
Here’s a question which gives sentences where there is no blatant grammatical error. Instead you are asked to choose the best sentence.
Sentence D differs in meaning from the other sentences and should be eliminated.
Sentence C uses passive voice (there is a preference for active voice in English language) and can be ruled out as well.
Between A and B, sentence A is more verbose or wordy. A also has a parallelism error, “it would be ideal for humans” to ‘it would have been ideal for humans’.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.