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Why is option A different from original sentence?

Option E, "their" is plural pronoun conflicts with singular antecedent - "the soft drink company", Among option C, D and E, option E fits parallelism well.



It's E

Reason-company is singular and hence has to be specified as it rather than they
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According to Italy's top anti mafia prosecutor, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of the The Godfather and near to those he most trusted.

1. the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of The Godfather and near to those he most trusted
2. famous because of The Godfather, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town near to those he most trusted
3. the ailing mobster, famous because of The Godfather, came to take refuge in Corleone, a town near to those he most trusted
4. near to those he most trusted, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of The Godfather
5. Corleone, famous because of The Godfather, was the town that the ailing mobster came to take refuge in because it was near to those he most trusted



I selected the answer option (5), but the correct option was given as (1).

Could anyone please guide me on this....

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Hi guys,

I have booked slot for D-Day on 7th may. I believe pattern is changing in June...
After finishing Kaplan and OG, I washed my hands on GMATPrep-Test1 (downloaded from GMAT site), and I literally screwed-up scroing 580. I know what i did wrong in quant that I can improve but in verbal I need ur help.
I was able to attempt only 32/41 questions. (rest just randomly answered).
In these 32 question 14 were wrong. 10 (SC), 2(RC), 2(CR).
I think I should join some test series may be TIME to improve my speed. But in SC (Sentence correction), I have no clue what to do.....HELP.....!!!!!

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. But in SC (Sentence correction), I have no clue what to do.....HELP.....!!!!!


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9463

Hi

If any one is having the soft copy of aristotle solutions for og please do pm me i will share my email .I am week in sentence correction i need help


Thanks
Happy creck

9464

Hi

My weaker area is sentence correction , if any one is having the soft copy of Aristotle sc grail kindly share it with me , pls pm me i will share my email id.


Thanks
Viswa

9465

Hi
I am looking forward to improve my hold on SC problems.I have downloaded Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction verbal strategy guide 2003 edition n have read it.But i have seen that a newer version is also available.Is that edition worth buying provided that i have already finished 2003 edition??
Also suggest me any other book or notes that can help me hone my skills.

Thanks in advance...

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Hi

If any one is having the

og quant review
og verbal review

please post it to me.

or you can pm me.

Thanks
Viswa

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As contrasted with Walter Scott, Carles ****ens wrote novels that include comic characters to elicit laughter from readers.

1. As contrasted with Walter Scott
2. In contrast to Walter Scott's
3. Unlike the novels of Walter Scott,
4. Unlike those of Walter Scott,
5. unlike Walter Scott,

I think the answer is 3.
But appreciate a second opinion on the same.

Thanks

Apana
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As contrasted with Walter Scott, Carles ****ens wrote novels that include comic characters to elicit laughter from readers.

1. As contrasted with Walter Scott
2. In contrast to Walter Scott's
3. Unlike the novels of Walter Scott,
4. Unlike those of Walter Scott,
5. unlike Walter Scott,

I think the answer is 3.
But appreciate a second opinion on the same.

Thanks

Apana



I will go with 5 and here is my logic,correct me if i am wrong

Here the modifier modifies the noun carles not his novels this eliminates choices 2,3 and4 and leaves us with 1 and 5 .In 1 "As contrasted with" is unidiomatic since idiom is "in contrast to " so only 5 is left as a probable option.
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As contrasted with Walter Scott, Carles ****ens wrote novels that include comic characters to elicit laughter from readers.

1. As contrasted with Walter Scott
2. In contrast to Walter Scott's
3. Unlike the novels of Walter Scott,
4. Unlike those of Walter Scott,
5. unlike Walter Scott,

I think the answer is 3.
But appreciate a second opinion on the same.

Thanks

Apana


answer - 5
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ps25 Says
answer - 5

Correct answer is 5
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As contrasted with Walter Scott, Carles ****ens wrote novels that include comic characters to elicit laughter from readers.

1. As contrasted with Walter Scott
2. In contrast to Walter Scott's
3. Unlike the novels of Walter Scott,
4. Unlike those of Walter Scott,
5. unlike Walter Scott,

my take: 5

in 1 - in contrast with might be correct..
in 2,3,4 - charles is wrongly compared to novels..

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As contrasted with Walter Scott, Carles ****ens wrote novels that include comic characters to elicit laughter from readers.

1. As contrasted with Walter Scott
2. In contrast to Walter Scott's
3. Unlike the novels of Walter Scott,
4. Unlike those of Walter Scott,
5. unlike Walter Scott,

I think the answer is 3.
But appreciate a second opinion on the same.

Thanks

Apana



Should be 5. As sentence should compare Carles ****ens and Walter Scott Which is being done by sentence 5 only.

3rd option you selected, here mail noun is novels which should not be the case...

As in Unlike the novels , Carles ****ens wrote novels that include comic characters to elicit laughter from readers.

I hope i am clear about the flaw. :)

Cheers!
Jatin
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Hi please tell me the grammmar rule behing these sentences:

He suggests to go to that restaurant.(Wrong)
He suggests going to that restaurant.(Correct)

This screen allows to view the details..(Wrong)
This screen allows viewing the details..(Correct)

Please tell how to decide on using infinitive or -ing form.

Thanks.



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Hi please tell me the grammmar rule behing these sentences:

He suggests to go to that restaurant.(Wrong)
He suggests going to that restaurant.(Correct)

This screen allows to view the details..(Wrong)
This screen allows viewing the details..(Correct)
Please tell how to decide on using infinitive or -ing form.
Thanks.



Not sure of any rule but subject+verb+object (noun) is general rule.

infinitive cant be used as object, although it can be used as noun at times, it cant be used as object of verb or preposition.

"going to that movie" here is "gerund" and can be used as object of verb

he suggests(verb) going(noun) to the movie

he suggests(verb) to go(verb or noun?) to the movie


Any other expert opinions are welcome
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HI

If any body is having og solutions one minute part of aristotle please let me know or req to pm me . i am pretty weak in sc part



Thanks

happy creck

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Here is the question that is bugging me.......

Scientist have recently recieved pemission to research embryonic stem cells, derived from blastocysts or early-stage embryos, (which they believe to be capable) of generating new ccell growth and curing previously incurable ailments.

1. which they believe to be capable
2. which they believe are capable
3. which they believe will be capable
4. believed as capable
5. believed to be capable.

What do you think should be the answer?
Thanks

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Here is the question that is bugging me.......

Scientist have recently recieved pemission to research embryonic stem cells, derived from blastocysts or early-stage embryos, (which they believe to be capable) of generating new ccell growth and curing previously incurable ailments.

1. which they believe to be capable
2. which they believe are capable
3. which they believe will be capable
4. believed as capable
5. believed to be capable.

What do you think should be the answer?
Thanks

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Here is the question that is bugging me.......

Scientist have recently recieved pemission to research embryonic stem cells, derived from blastocysts or early-stage embryos, (which they believe to be capable) of generating new ccell growth and curing previously incurable ailments.

1. which they believe to be capable
2. which they believe are capable
3. which they believe will be capable
4. believed as capable
5. believed to be capable.

What do you think should be the answer?
Thanks


It cannot be 1,2 and 3 because in all these sentences "which" refers to blastocysts or early-stage embryos.....and that's wrong as it distorts the meaning of the sentence.

4 and 5 are also not correct options...they are not correctly modifying the part- "Scientist have recently recieved pemission to research embryonic stem cells"

I think this question is wrong...what's the source?

IMO the question should be-

Scientist have recently recieved pemission to research embryonic stem cells that,.....,they believe to be capable (Subjunctive)