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Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be [#permalink] New post   19 May 2008, 01:26
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82. Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be acceptable to its membership, the Youth Canorous finally endorsed Gorge for city council.
A) Appearing to be
B) Seeming to be
C) Because he appeared to be
D) Because he seemed
E) Being



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Re: Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be [#permalink] New post   19 May 2008, 02:07
Answer is C. "He appeared to be" is the good structure.
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Re: Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be [#permalink] New post   19 May 2008, 19:05
god, only I am wrong!

OA is C
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Re: Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be [#permalink] New post   18 Jun 2008, 20:51
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god, only I am wrong!

OA is C

No, I choose E. :lol:
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Re: Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2008, 15:31
what is wrong with E i was thinking being can replace the whole phrase so it is a better choice
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Re: Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2008, 15:33
AH!!!!!
I think it will be better if we viewed the sentence like this
the Youth Canorous finally endorsed Gorge for city council,Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be acceptable to its membership

then i think only C will fit..... :(
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Re: Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2008, 15:50
apurva1985 wrote:
what is wrong with E i was thinking being can replace the whole phrase so it is a better choice


Even I was confused with E as being looks concise and good. But heres the problem:

You SHOULDNOT use passive voice unless or unitll the nonunderlined part is passive.
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Re: Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2008, 17:46
This qn seems wrong!

the first part is a dangling modifier and no choice seems to correct that!

did anyone else catch this or am i reading this wrong? what is the source?

edit: i take that back..i guess the use of "he" fixes the modifier problem in C. Its still unusual to see the pronoun before the noun
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Re: Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2008, 20:53
sondenso wrote:
82. Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be acceptable to its membership, the Youth Canorous finally endorsed Gorge for city council.
A) Appearing to be
B) Seeming to be
C) Because he appeared to be
D) Because he seemed
E) Being


In A,B,E (appearing.., seeming..., being... are modifing "Youth Carnorous" instead of "Gorge")

Between C and D

C sounds better.
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Re: Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2008, 20:37
A,B, E have modifier issues.

"Because he seemed the only candidate" has idiom issues, so D is gone
The verb seem is always followed by an infinitive, so, the correct usage is "seemed to be".



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