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94. Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist. (A) while being an adolescent (B) while in adolescence (C) at the time of her being adolescent (D) as being in adolescence (E) as an adolescent
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noboru wrote: 94. Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
(A) while being an adolescent
(B) while in adolescence
(C) at the time of her being adolescent
(D) as being in adolescence
(E) as an adolescent it is between B and E.. eventhough E doesn't have any grammer mistakes,B sounds better than E does. B
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ugimba wrote: noboru wrote: 94. Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
(A) while being an adolescent
(B) while in adolescence
(C) at the time of her being adolescent
(D) as being in adolescence
(E) as an adolescent it is between B and E.. eventhough E doesn't have any grammer mistakes,B sounds better than E does. B I´m afraid that´s not correct
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noboru wrote: ugimba wrote: noboru wrote: 94. Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
(A) while being an adolescent
(B) while in adolescence
(C) at the time of her being adolescent
(D) as being in adolescence
(E) as an adolescent it is between B and E.. eventhough E doesn't have any grammer mistakes,B sounds better than E does. B I´m afraid that´s not correct oops ... 'being' can be used with persons .. so A is good ..
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[/quote] I´m afraid that´s not correct oops ... 'being' can be used with persons .. so A is good ..[/quote] try again dude
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18 Aug 2009, 16:32
E, as an adolescent...correct usage
(A) while being an adolescent -being an adolescent....wordy
(B) while in adolescence - while is really not needed here...
(C) at the time of her being adolescent -wordy
(D) as being in adolescence -wordy as well..
(E) as an adolescent
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I will go with E as well , however i am not sure what is wrong with B
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This is purely based on idioms...
The only version that is correct is "as an adolescent"...so E is the correct answer.
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sdrandom1 wrote: This is purely based on idioms...
The only version that is correct is "as an adolescent"...so E is the correct answer. But "as" should not introduce a clause?
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noboru wrote: sdrandom1 wrote: This is purely based on idioms...
The only version that is correct is "as an adolescent"...so E is the correct answer. But "as" should not introduce a clause? here 'as' is used for "in the capacity of" here, no comparison is made with the usage of 'as'.
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being is generally wrong in gmat eliminate a , c, d e fits that question
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Hi all, If a sentence starts with Although then WHILE is not required in the same sentence part. Please correct me if I am wrong. noboru wrote: 94. Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
(A) while being an adolescent
(B) while in adolescence
(C) at the time of her being adolescent
(D) as being in adolescence
(E) as an adolescent
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Re: Frances Willard [#permalink]
06 Jul 2010, 23:36
I chose B. what is wrong with B???
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OA is E, by the way.
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still didn't get why B is incorrect? any explanations?
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My choice was E. Sounds more appropriate than B, but I dont have a clear explanation for the reason. Experts any advice?
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24 Sep 2010, 15:26
Agree with the OA E sounds the best while is not required due to Although.
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Re: Frances Willard [#permalink]
24 Sep 2010, 19:39
E MGMAT SC guide has a very similar question with in childhood vs. as a child
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noboru wrote: 94. Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
(A) while being an adolescent
(B) while in adolescence
(C) at the time of her being adolescent
(D) as being in adolescence
(E) as an adolescent i am going with the option E here. "as" here used as preposition here. for example " as a child, i thought i could fly". so E wins
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