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The Confederate general Stonewall

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ganile
 Post subject: The Confederate general Stonewall
 Post Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:50 pm 
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The Confederate general Stonewall Jackson led a feared army that idolized him; they all mourned his ironic death from “friendly fire.”

A.him; they all mourned his

B.him; they mourned his

C.him; it mourned his

D.him; it mourned their

E.him, it mourned his

SRC MGMT.

MGMT says A is wrong because The plural “they” is supposed to refer to “army.” Like many collective nouns, "army” is singular. Furthermore, “all” is unnecessary.
However, I think both A and C are correct ..but C slightly changes the original meaning ..and A sort of put emphasis on each and every individual of the army? Ron, Please let me know what do you think about it?
Or Am I missing something?
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: The Confederate general Stonewall
 Post Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:04 pm 
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Again, the biggest issue here is that the GMAT regards "army" as SINGULAR. You cannot use "they" to refer to army, even if "they" is followed by "all". An army is singular and is thus an "it"; therefore, we have to rule out A and B. The semicolon is used correctly here since we have independent clauses on either side of the semicolon, leaving us with C and D. Since Stonewall Jackson is a singular person, the army must have mourned "his" death rather than "their" death. Thus, the answer is C.

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mehtamaulikd
 Post subject: Re: The Confederate general Stonewall
 Post Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:47 am 
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jnelson0612 wrote:
Again, the biggest issue here is that the GMAT regards "army" as SINGULAR. You cannot use "they" to refer to army, even if "they" is followed by "all". An army is singular and is thus an "it"; therefore, we have to rule out A and B. The semicolon is used correctly here since we have independent clauses on either side of the semicolon, leaving us with C and D. Since Stonewall Jackson is a singular person, the army must have mourned "his" death rather than "their" death. Thus, the answer is C.

On the same lines is police singular or plural...as per my reasoning it is singular...
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jnelson0612
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 Post Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:05 pm 
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mehtamaulikd wrote:
On the same lines is police singular or plural...as per my reasoning it is singular...


Unfortunately "police" would be plural. For example:

The police are at the scene of the crime.

We would not say:

The police is at the scene of the crime.

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vinaykumarreguri
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 Post Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:27 am 
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Answer C
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tim
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 Post Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:32 pm 
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Exactly. Just as Jamie said..

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