Verbal Ability - Selecting Words - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Selecting Words - Section 1 (Q.No. 16)
Directions to Solve
Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
16.
The paths of glory lead ...... to the grave.
Discussion:
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Shashwati Pandya said:
6 months ago
The line "The paths of glory lead but to the grave" comes from Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard".
(4)
Prashanth said:
2 decades ago
Dont you think that this sentence should be broken? i.e The paths of glory lead, ----- to the grave.
To get B as the ans?
To get B as the ans?
Piyush said:
10 years ago
Since there is no break in the sentence, so but wouldn't be the right option. It is either straight or directly.
Nikhil said:
1 decade ago
If but is the answer. ', ' comma should have been used. ! without comma, "straight" looks like a right answer.
Priya said:
2 years ago
It should be "but" because it's a famous quotation from Thomas Gray. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
(23)
Naga Kiran L said:
1 decade ago
How to figure out the correct answer in questions like this, as straight and directly seems to the correct ?
Dinesh joshi said:
1 decade ago
But is the correct answer because it is used for bad news which are unexpected are used after but.
Suman said:
1 decade ago
This answer is either straightly or directly. If but is answer any contraction mighty become.
Sowjanya said:
10 years ago
'glory and grave' have opposite meaning it says that paths are glory but they lead to grave.
Shubham Puniani said:
1 decade ago
Thanks Saiviswanath for your explanation from the poem. Now the answer''but'' seems correct.
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