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7 months agoContributor-Level 10
the highest profit if commercial aircrafts sold on Marked Price in the year 2020
= 38 – 14 = 24 crores
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7 months agoContributor-Level 10
Total increase in selling price is the highest as compared to last year ago
(2019 – 2018) = (34 – 30) = 4crores
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7 months agoContributor-Level 6
There are several prepositions in English. However, have a look at the commonly used top 10 prepositions in English:
- In
- On
- At
- For
- With
- By
- To
- From
- Into
- About
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7 months agoContributor-Level 10
Number of TATA car owner in Surat = 26
Number of Suzuki cars owner in Darjeeling = 38
Acc. to question
= = 31.57 lakhs
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7 months agoContributor-Level 10
Number of total car owners of TATA = 30 + 20 + 24 + 42 + 23 + 33 + 26 + 50 = 251 lakh
Now, 13% of 251 = 32.63 lakh
Those states which enjoy more than 34.45 Lacs car owners of TATA are Pune and Guwahati.
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7 months agoContributor-Level 6
Yes, we often use transferred epithets in our daily conversation, knowingly or unknowingly. Though transferred epithets are more commonly used in poems and literature, they have become a natural part of our spoken and written English as they help give an emotional appeal to our thoughts.
Phrases like “Sleepless night”, “lucky pen”, “nervous cup of tea”, “lonely road” are some common examples of transferred epithets used in daily conversation.
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7 months agoContributor-Level 6
Transferred Epithet Examples:
- She walked through the silent corridor.
- They shared a hopeful coffee before the interview.
- She clutched the guilty ticket as she snuck into the theater.
- I spent the afternoon under a melancholy tree.
- He stared at the troubled mirror, unsure of what he saw.
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7 months agoContributor-Level 6
A transferred epithet is a figure of speech in which an adjective is shifted from the person it logically describes to an object or idea closely associated with them. It is a poetic device that cleverly gives a dramatic or poetic effect to the sentence.
Transferred Epithet Examples:
- “He clung to the hopeful letter, re-reading her words under a dim lamp.”
- “Let's go for a walk. This peaceful breeze is too good to miss.”
- “Wrap yourself in a lazy weekend with the cozy blankets.”
- “Say goodbye to tired skin with our refreshing face wash.”
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