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193. Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time.
(A) makes his letters as a group the rival of
(B) makes his letters as a group one to rival
(C) makes his letters a group rivaling
(D) make his letters as a group the rival of
(E) make his letters a group which is the rival of
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D wins.
A, B and E are out because of using singular verbs.
C is out -'rivaling the best novels' does not sound correct. 'rival of the best novels' sounds correct.
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sidbidus wrote: 193. Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time.
(A) makes his letters as a group the rival of
(B) makes his letters as a group one to rival
(C) makes his letters a group rivaling
(D) make his letters as a group the rival of
(E) make his letters a group which is the rival of
"powers of observation " calls for a plural verb
-> "make" is required. So A,B,C are out.
make XY is an idom
X-his letters as a group
Y-rival of best novels
D
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not convinced with D. Going by the logic given in the post above, there should have been "those" instead of "that". C seems to be the best...although D is the OA. Maybe I still need to grasp GMAT english 
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'powers' would need plural in verb. So its between D & E.
E changes the meaning and I'm not even sure if its sound right...
D.
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sidbidus wrote: 193. Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time.
(A) makes his letters as a group the rival of
(B) makes his letters as a group one to rival
(C) makes his letters a group rivaling
(D) make his letters as a group the rival of
(E) make his letters a group which is the rival of
powers...make
ABC are wrong.
E uses which incorrectly.
D is correct.
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i like this question. i was looking for parallelism because that...and that. that is used to start a restrictive clause and also used as a pronoun.
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Will go with D because observations of powers (plural) of observation .........make (plural) ....
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Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time.
(A) makes his letters as a group the rival of
(B) makes his letters as a group one to rival
(C) makes his letters a group rivaling
(D) make his letters as a group the rival of
(E) make his letters a group which is the rival of
No doubt A,B and C are eliminated due to sub verb disagreement.. and which is awkward over here..
Hence D...so is the OA
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gr8..every1 seems to hav got that
agree with D
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powers is plural and so we need 'make'
Hence D.
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Agree with D.
A-C doesn't work as it needs to be singular as its referring to Byron. E doesn't work due to the fact that its awkward, leaving us with D.
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Re: Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made [#permalink]
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D. powers --- make. E is verbose.
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