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Equally necessary is it #1 (permalink) Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:30 am   Equally necessary is it
 

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #216 "The Victorian Apprentice (2)", question 6

Equally necessary is it that the mental and bodily ......... should be considered before apprenticeship.

(a) facilities
(b) faculties
(c) strictures
(d) structures

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #216 "The Victorian Apprentice (2)", answer 6

Equally necessary is it that the mental and bodily faculties should be considered before apprenticeship.

Correct answer: (b) faculties

Your answer was: correct
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Hello,

This sentence of test Question 6 does not seem like an interrogative sentence because there is no question mark at the end of the sentence even though the subject and verb are inverted. Could you please verify this ambiguity?

Thank you.

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Equally necessary is it #2 (permalink) Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:37 am   Equally necessary is it
 

It is an old-fashioned style seldom used nowadays outside of literature.
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Equally necessary is it #3 (permalink) Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:02 am   Equally necessary is it
 

Hello Mister Micawber,

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