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Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband [#permalink]
 13 Oct 2009, 06:58
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Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels; travelers to Egypt can still stay at the Old Cataract Hotel, the model for the hotel in one of Christie's most famous books.
A. Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels
B. Agatha Christie used her travels with her archaeologist husband to inspire several mystery novels
C. Because her husband was an archaeologist, Agatha Christie was able to use their travels as inspiration for several of her mystery novels
D. Together with her archaeologist husband, Agatha Christie was inspired to incorporate their travel into several of her mystery novels
E. Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband served as inspiration for several of her mystery novels
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Last edited by hogann on 13 Oct 2009, 07:48, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Tuesday Q2 - Agatha Christie [#permalink]
13 Oct 2009, 12:22
OA is E
This choice corrects the original pronoun agreement error by moving the second instance of "her" in front of "mystery novels," which changes it from an object pronoun to a possessive pronoun: "Agatha Christie's travels...her [Agatha Christie's] mystery novels..."
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Re: Tuesday Q2 - Agatha Christie [#permalink]
11 Nov 2009, 08:23
I'll go with the above explanations
E for me as well
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Re: Tuesday Q2 - Agatha Christie [#permalink]
13 Nov 2009, 21:41
Good Q
Source:MGMATfight between A &E mgmat-agatha-christie-65460.htmlsc-750-level-question-please-explain-your-answers-65099.htmlhogann wrote: Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels; travelers to Egypt can still stay at the Old Cataract Hotel, the model for the hotel in one of Christie's most famous books.
A. Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels
B. Agatha Christie used her travels with her archaeologist husband to inspire several mystery novels
C. Because her husband was an archaeologist, Agatha Christie was able to use their travels as inspiration for several of her mystery novels
D. Together with her archaeologist husband, Agatha Christie was inspired to incorporate their travel into several of her mystery novels
E. Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband served as inspiration for several of her mystery novels
OA to come
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13 Nov 2009, 21:41
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