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Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   07 May 2010, 11:29
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Abraham Lincoln’s simple writing style and enduring themes—the spirit of the common man, the importance of hard work, and the necessity of cooperation—was as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it is to ours.

A) was as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it is
B) were as inspirational to his fellow citizens as they are
C) has been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as they are
D) had been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it was
E) have been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as



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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   08 May 2010, 06:00
B as it maintains s-v agreement and the PARALELISM

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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   08 May 2010, 20:25
GurpreetSingh,

I think in E, we need sub+verb not just verb. Please check.

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Abraham Lincoln’s simple writing style and enduring themes—the spirit of the common man, the importance of hard work, and the necessity of cooperation—was as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it is to ours.

A) was as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it is is SINGULAR- rejected
B) were as inspirational to his fellow citizens as they are correct
C) has been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as they are has SINGULAR- rejected
D) had been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it was was SINGULAR- rejected
E) have been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as we need pronoun here.

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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   11 May 2010, 14:32
Choice B is correct

Choice E is not the correct answer. The verb "have been" suggests that Lincoln's fellow citizens are presently inspired by his work; however, this is not the case.

This choice is tricky.
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   11 May 2010, 14:43
Can someone explain this

Astronomers have recently deduced the age of the oldest living star in the known universe, a metal-poor star that is a fossil formed in the early history of the universe and endured some 13.2 billion years.

A endured
B endures
C enduring
D it endured
E is enduring
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   11 May 2010, 22:06
C.

Astronomers have recently deduced the age of the oldest living star in the known universe, a metal-poor star that is a fossil formed in the early history of the universe and endured some 13.2 billion years.

The star is still living and the age is in progressive form.
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 24 May 2010, 14:23
zest4mba wrote:
Can someone explain this

Astronomers have recently deduced the age of the oldest living star in the known universe, a metal-poor star that is a fossil formed in the early history of the universe and endured some 13.2 billion years.

A endured
B endures
C enduring
D it endured
E is enduring


IMO A, maintains tense and parallelism.

Originally posted by gurpreetsingh on 11 May 2010, 22:28.
Last edited by gurpreetsingh on 24 May 2010, 14:23, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   12 May 2010, 13:31
sentence kinda doesn't make sense...how can star be a fossil from billions of years ago?
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   25 May 2010, 13:04
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Abraham Lincoln’s simple writing style and enduring themes—the spirit of the common man, the importance of hard work, and the necessity of cooperation—was as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it is to ours.

A) was as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it is
B) were as inspirational to his fellow citizens as they are
C) has been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as they are
D) had been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it was
E) have been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as



A, C are out due to subject agreement. am confused with 'B', D, E
I picked 'D' due to tense mood. Wats OA??
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   18 May 2011, 15:34
+1 B

Simple past is required because the sentence refers to Lincon's fellow citizens, who lived in the past.
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   18 May 2011, 18:42
for original question, it is B. But E is very close. Can someone tell me what is the error in E other than if we assume that 'Abraham Lincoln’s fellow citizens were in past'
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   18 May 2011, 21:20
i think the answer is B. i think subject -verb agreement issue and the usage of right tenses eliminate A and D and C quite clearly. E uses present perfect , but for an event which happened in the past and ended in the past we can not use present perfect , 'had been ' may be a bit closer to the right option but 'have been' is wrong .
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   19 May 2011, 10:53
whats the OA of 2nd question?

A and C are contenders..

c makes more sense...long time back I answered it as A.
reason: the star is still enduring, so the answer should have present participle.

the answer must be participle.
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   22 May 2011, 04:47
gurpreetsingh wrote:
whats the OA of 2nd question?

A and C are contenders..

c makes more sense...long time back I answered it as A.
reason: the star is still enduring, so the answer should have present participle.

the answer must be participle.


see this gurpreet

https://quizlet.com/1914524/iuhjkj-flash-cards/
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   25 May 2011, 00:42
after as we require a pronoun referring to the writings.

B does the same.
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   26 May 2011, 02:38
For the 1st Questions I am going with E.

B says:

were as inspirational to his citizens as they ARE( and not were) to ours
( the choice has are , which doesnt make sense)
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Re: Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe [#permalink] New post   10 Aug 2011, 23:10
B for the original question.

Rephrase ours to our fellow citizens (ours in effect means our fellow citizens).

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