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Post subject: Sentence Correction 700-800 question  Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:34 pm |
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Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.
a Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.
b Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of how he famously and masterfully uses irony, evident in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
c Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
d Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
e Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony.
Whats the right approach--- what should be the first thing that needs to come to my mind ??
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:29 am |
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:00 pm |
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To be able to help, we need to know the original source of this question. Can you please provide? Thanks! :-)
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:22 am |
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IMO answer is D.
A and C out bcoz modifier 'Famed for using irony in a masterful way' is modifying stories which is incorrect.
E follows them for same modifier issue.
Between B and D, I went for D as B seemed bit awkward to me.
Can anyone give proper reason to choose the correct option between B and D?
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:05 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:18 am |
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still waiting for a source..
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:58 am |
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This is from the Manhattan question banks. I just saw this question and not following their explaination. They say that for choice E, 'he' has no antecedent. Isn't Guy the antecedent?
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:31 am |
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adrianaw88 wrote: This is from the Manhattan question banks. I just saw this question and not following their explaination. They say that for choice E, 'he' has no antecedent. Isn't Guy the antecedent? Here HE is used to refer - Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories Can't be the antecedent of HE. Just keep in mind if you have a possessive noun, then you have to use a possessive pronoun to refer to it. Here only option D makes sense.
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:45 am |
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Along with the pronoun error in option E , is there also a tense error ("have become" and "revealed") ? Was wondering if simple past ( revealed) works fine here , cos this is a general observation made about the author and his books. So I thought present tense makes sense.
Just trying to figure out all the issues with wrong answers .
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 8:00 am |
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jyothi h wrote: Along with the pronoun error in option E , is there also a tense error ("have become" and "revealed") ? Was wondering if simple past ( revealed) works fine here , cos this is a general observation made about the author and his books. So I thought present tense makes sense.
Just trying to figure out all the issues with wrong answers . hershpuri18885 wrote: e Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony. I think 'revealed' is fine here. Another big mistake option E makes is it changes the intended meaning of the sentence.
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:59 pm |
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thanks Willy! let us know if there are any other questions about this one..
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:59 am |
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tim wrote: thanks Willy! let us know if there are any other questions about this one.. Willy wrote: jyothi h wrote: Along with the pronoun error in option E , is there also a tense error ("have become" and "revealed") ? Was wondering if simple past ( revealed) works fine here , cos this is a general observation made about the author and his books. So I thought present tense makes sense.
Just trying to figure out all the issues with wrong answers . hershpuri18885 wrote: e Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony. I think 'revealed' is fine here. Another big mistake option E makes is it changes the intended meaning of the sentence. Thanks Willy and Tim .
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Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction 700-800 question Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:19 pm |
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Thanks everyone for helping out.
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