<p>The television station has received many complaints about the clothing advertisements, which some viewers condemn to be tasteless.</p>
<p>I thought it was D, and it is, but I chose E, cause I encountered a similar problem in the past on the QAS, but I got it wrong, because it was supposed to remain as "to be". Though I know it's supposed to be condemn "as", it's just that problem I encountered on a QAS in the past made me somehow think differently. anybody mind explaining this to me? </p>
<p>Many ancient Eastern rulers favored drinking vessels made of celadon porcelain because of supposedly revealing the presence of poison by cracking it. </p>
<p>A) because of supposedly revealing the presence of poison
E) because it was supposed to reveal the presence of poison</p>
<p>I chose E but later changed it to A, because I thought E was wrong since it didn't agree with the noun "drinking vessels".</p>
<p>i believe the Q1 is from either OC or one of the practice tests from CB. i think OC. wat similar prob did u find in the QAS? i did all the QAS except one left, and i dont think i encounter something like this. however, about a week ago, this one guy brought up the similar question, it was something like....
The television station has received many complaints about the clothing advertisements, which some viewers complain to be tasteless.
either way of course, it has to be "as", i remember clearly i got this wrong early in the summer when i did this prob too.
Q2 i think "it" refers to the ingredient---porcelain, hmm not too sure, cuz i dont think vessels can reveal the presence of poison..</p>
<p>@Ren ... They did. They were made of special porcelain material.</p>
<p>Many ancient Eastern rulers favored drinking vessels made of celadon porcelain because of supposedly revealing the presence of poison by cracking it.</p>
<p>A) because of supposedly revealing the presence of poison
E) because it was supposed to reveal the presence of poison</p>
<p>It will be (E).. Here 'drinking vessel' is a noun in itself, maybe u got confused with drinking as a verb.</p>
<p>The clause "because it was supposed to reveal" is related not to "drinking vessels" (plural) but to "celadon porcelain" (singular). The drinking vessels weren't going to crack; the porcelain was.</p>
<p>I think you use "condemned to be" when the term following "to be" does not apply already. So, for example, a pirate could be "condemned to be hanged," when he hasn't been hanged already. On the other hand, some viewers thought that the ads were <em>already</em> tasteless. So they condemned them "as" tasteless.</p>
<p>ThisCouldBeHeavn~, QuantMech is not talking about the answer here. hes saying using 'condemned to be' in another case, and i think hes right. that makes sense too.</p>
<p>The last poster asks why the original is wrong as is – i.e.</p>
<p>“Many ancient Eastern rulers favored drinking vessels made of celadon porcelain because of supposedly revealing the presence of poison by cracking it.”</p>
<p>The (intended) sentence is structured as a independent clause, followed by a (subordinating) conjunction (“because”) followed by a dependent clause.</p>
<p>The dependent clause requires a subject and a verb. As written it has an ambiguous (and awkward) subject “supposedly revealing” where “revealing” is used as a gerund. It’s unclear what “revealing” refers to. Then there’s a missing verb in the dependent clause.</p>
<p>Perhaps the writer of the original meant for “because of” to be something other than a conjunction – i.e. a preposition(?) but then that use is at best very awkward.</p>