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In his experiments with gravity, Isaac Newton showed how the motion of each planet in the solar system results from the combined gravitational pull of the Sun and of all the other planets, each contributing according to their mass and distance from the others.
A. of all the other planets, each contributing according to their
B. of all the other planets, with each of them contributing according to their
C. all the other planets, each of which contributing according to its
D. all the other planets, each contributing according to its
E. all the other planets, each of which contribute according to their
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each takes singular verb.
Only D seems okay. I would go with D.
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Allen760 wrote: In his experiments with gravity, Isaac Newton showed how the motion of each planet in the solar system results from the combined gravitational pull of the Sun and of all the other planets, each contributing according to their mass and distance from the others.
A. of all the other planets, each contributing according to their
B. of all the other planets, with each of them contributing according to their
C. all the other planets, each of which contributing according to its
D. all the other planets, each contributing according to its
E. all the other planets, each of which contribute according to their
A ...I guess "their" refer to "planets"
of the sun and of all the other plants ..we need "of" to qualify the noun
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D
A. of all the other planets, each contributing according to their
B. of all the other planets, with each of them contributing according to their
C. all the other planets, each of which contributing according to its
D. all the other planets, each contributing according to its
E. all the other planets, each of which contribute according to their
Highlighted portion negates all except D, which is concise and correct.
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Allen760 wrote: In his experiments with gravity, Isaac Newton showed how the motion of each planet in the solar system results from the combined gravitational pull of the Sun and of all the other planets, each contributing according to their mass and distance from the others.
A. of all the other planets, each contributing according to their
B. of all the other planets, with each of them contributing according to their
C. all the other planets, each of which contributing according to its
D. all the other planets, each contributing according to its
E. all the other planets, each of which contribute according to their
D
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ak_idc wrote: each takes singular verb.
Only D seems okay. I would go with D.
Agreed. The only other contender here is C, but "of which" is redundant.
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anandsebastin wrote: D
A. of all the other planets, each contributing according to their
B. of all the other planets, with each of them contributing according to their
C. all the other planets, each of which contributing according to its
D. all the other planets, each contributing according to its
E. all the other planets, each of which contribute according to their
Highlighted portion negates all except D, which is concise and correct.
Why is of wrong in A and B? It is parallel.
combined gravitational pull of the sun and of all the other planets
What is the correct use of of which?
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Quote: Agreed. The only other contender here is C, but "of which" is redundant.
whats the correct usage of
"of which "
I narrowed it down to C and D!
Would be interested to know why C is wrong
Thanks folks!
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Ozmba2006 wrote: Quote: Agreed. The only other contender here is C, but "of which" is redundant. whats the correct usage of "of which " I narrowed it down to C and D! Would be interested to know why C is wrong Thanks folks! It says COMBINED gravitational pull of sun and other planets...
if you repeat OF before other planets - it'll become the combined gravitational pull of sun and the combined gravitational pull of other planets which would obviously be absurd.
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Ozmba2006 wrote: Quote: Agreed. The only other contender here is C, but "of which" is redundant. whats the correct usage of "of which " I narrowed it down to C and D! Would be interested to know why C is wrong Thanks folks! 'Each of' expects either dependent clause or noun following it. But there is a pronoun 'Which', that follows without a dedicated [verb +noun] - incorrect . misplaced/dangling modifier
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i dont understand this one. far as i know, sun & all planets --> plural plural + each should be followed by a plural verb. why do we have "it" instead of "their" ??? The brutal SC doc. has the answer as but you guys are saying its .please explan!!
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tejal777 wrote: i dont understand this one. far as i know, sun & all planets --> plural plural + each should be followed by a plural verb. why do we have "it" instead of "their" ??? The brutal SC doc. has the answer as but you guys are saying its .please explan!! In his experiments with gravity, Isaac Newton showed how the motion of each planet in the solar system results from the combined gravitational pull of the Sun and of all the other planets, each contributing according to their mass and distance from the others. the 'and' is connecting gravitational pull " of the sun" and "of all the other planets" - so C,D,E can be eliminated since they dont start with "of" A. of all the other planets, each contributing according to their B. of all the other planets, with each of them contributing according to their between A and B , in B 'with' is wrong I am still not sure why thier and not its ---
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Re: SC - Experiment [#permalink]
30 Nov 2009, 08:39
I guess " mass and distance " are the antecedent for the "Their.
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Re: SC - Experiment [#permalink]
30 Nov 2009, 09:38
According to me,there are only two options left c and d.
In all other options we are using their with each .which is incorrect usage.
Hope it will help
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In his experiments with gravity, Isaac Newton showed how the motion of each planet in the solar system results from the combined gravitational pull of the Sun and of all the other planets, each contributing according to their mass and distance from the others.
A. of all the other planets, each contributing according to their
B. of all the other planets, with each of them contributing according to their
C. all the other planets, each of which contributing according to its
D. all the other planets, each contributing according to its
E. all the other planets, each of which contribute according to their |
I choose C but now I agree that option D is better. Each is referring to Gravitational pull of Sun,planets..and Each always takes a singluar pronoun.As a subject of sentence, each or every requires a singular verb form. Ex: Each dog has paws. : Every dog and cat has paws. : Each of these shirts is pretty. except SANAM (Some, Any ,None, All, More/most) Pronouns. These indefinitive pronouns can be either singular or plural depending upon the context of sentence. Watch out for "Of phrase" which will guide you towards numbers.
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One catch ball is there with usage of Each... Please see that each following a subject has NO Bearing on the verb form. Ex: They each are great tennis players. Here, the plural subject "They" preceeds each, and hence requires the plural form Are.
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praveenism wrote: One catch ball is there with usage of Each...
Please see that each following a subject has NO Bearing on the verb form.
Ex: They each are great tennis players.
Here, the plural subject "They" preceeds each, and hence requires the plural form Are. Hi . I understand that you are referring to usage of each from MGMAT ..but in the example that u mentioned above they is before" each " and becomes the subject ... however in the question above each is before the word planets and hence should take a singular pronoun as well i.e its and not their ( as given in E)
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Re: SC - Experiment [#permalink]
29 Jul 2010, 20:41
+1 for D as well. Each is considered singular and hence the use of its. Great explanation by praveenism
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its a case of faulty ellipsis here.. you don't need another "of" here .. the first one follows the suit for the second too.. of (the Sun and the planets) Plus, D also uses the correct subject verb agreement.. each contributing according to its
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It is between C and D because their is plural and we need singular (each). What do you say?C or D?
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