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Camille Claudet worked continuously through the 1880s and [#permalink]
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Camille Claudet worked continuously through the 1880’s and early 1890’s with the sculptor Auguste Rodin; since there are very few signed works of hers, the inescapable conclusion seems to be one of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period.
(A) inescapable conclusion seems to be one of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period
(B) conclusion of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period seems inescapable
(C) conclusion seems inescapable that part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period was conceived and executed by Claudet
(D) conclusion of part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period having been conceived and executed by Claudet seems inescapable
(E) seemingly inescapable conclusion is that Claudet would have conceived and executed part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period
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i like E, but not completley comfortable with 'Claudet would have'
(E) seemingly inescapable conclusion is that Claudet would have conceived and executed part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period
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A seems to be fine. 
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Re: SC - Camille Claudet [#permalink]
18 Oct 2006, 16:19
Only C is grammatically correct and gives the correct meaning.
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"inescapable conclusion seems to be one of" in A doesnt sound well.
E is my choice.
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Should be (C).
In (E) the 'would have' is redundant
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C --Just going by Ear..Moreover as stated abaove most of the choices can be eliminated.
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Jumping on the (E) train here for the correct modifier (after the semiclon).
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Re: SC - Camille Claudet [#permalink]
19 Oct 2006, 18:53
anandsebastin wrote: Only C is grammatically correct and gives the correct meaning.
OA is C
Anand could you expand on that .
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Re: SC - Camille Claudet [#permalink]
20 Oct 2006, 08:37
ivymba wrote: anandsebastin wrote: Only C is grammatically correct and gives the correct meaning. OA is C Anand could you expand on that . I'll try.
Since the conclusion is in the present, I formed the question: What is the inescapable conclusion?
You'll see that only C correctly answers this. "The inescapable conclusion is that".
In E, use of "would have" implies that she, in fact, did not conceive and execute part of Rodin's work.
Not the perfect explanation, but that's how my mind works. 
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Thanks for the explanation Anand .. Like others I tripped on this one..
IMHO
"The" should be followed by a noun or adjective and not a verb or an adverb.
Camille Claudet worked continuously through the 1880’s and early 1890’s with the sculptor Auguste Rodin; since there are very few signed works of hers, the conclusion seems inescapable that part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period was conceived and executed by Claudet .
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In option E I doubt " the seemingly"
An adverb after the is a doubtful one
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