Word order in a sentence was much freer in Old French than it is in French today; this _____ disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.A. restriction
B. license
C. similarity
D. rigidity
E. imperative
GRE Sentence Completion: Word order in a sentence
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B
I would go for C…….
since the languages are no longer similar….
can all of u give th reason when u post ananswer…
in old french word sentence is much freer.
in today french word sentence is not much freer.
can we go for rigidity…
ans->D
correct me if i am wrong.
if it would have been other way round, from tighter to freer, then we would have say that it lost its rigidity…
but i think its reverse, so answer should be license
madhur, license has a connection to freedom.. and the question says the words in past were free now they are a little less.. so its kind of now got rigid rite..? so how can it be B?
rashmi,
you are correct!
see the blank, it says _____ disappeared …. so the thing which was in the past obviously disappeared …. so obviously license disappeared(not rigidity) as it moved from free to tighter … got it ?