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In no other historical sighting did Halleys comet cause such [#permalink]
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In no other historical sighting did Halley’s Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911. (A) did its return in 1910–1911 (B) had its 1910–1911 return (C) in its return of 1910–1911 (D) its return of 1910–1911 did (E) its return in 1910–1911
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Re: SC: Halley's comet [#permalink]
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cover_52 wrote: In no other historical sighting did Halley’s comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911.
A. did its return in 1910-1911
B. had its 1910-1911 return
C. in its return of 1910-1911
D. its return of 1910-1911 did
E. its return in 1910-1911
My answer is D.
@_@ any ideas?
It is a bit confusing ..but the key to realize is that we need to maintain parallel construction
...did Halley’s comet ....as did its...
which is only in A
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'A' is good. Only 'A' maintains the llism.
'D' does not fit in llism, just fit back 'A' & 'D' in original sentence & read.
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In no other historical sighting did Halley’s comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did sighting its return in 1910-1911.
just replace did with sighting, it will sound much beter. so A is the right answer.
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In no other historical sighting did Halley’s comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911.
A. did its return in 1910-1911
B. had its 1910-1911 return
C. in its return of 1910-1911
D. its return of 1910-1911 did
E. its return in 1910-1911
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I`ll take (A) for the simple past tense. B was the next best choice but the sentence doesn`t need the past perfect.
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I would choose C here because of parallelism in.. in
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'C' it is...
The llism, "In no other historical sighting ....as in...."
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A it is
1) A past tense returned is needed to refer to the period 1910-1911, so did return makes sense
2) use of Inversion || "did"
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I'll guess A. Very tough question. I'm a kind of unfamiliar with this structure.
Can anyone give a formal GMAT explanation to this one, please. If you get a question like this one, what should be do? Should we memorize the standard structure or use our logic.
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I think C is the best option. Had the sentence said "No other historical sighting of Halley's comet caused such a worldwide sensation as ......" then I would go with A or E. But the subject of the sentence is Halley's comet and hence the end needs to relate to the comet and hence in its return of 1910-1911.
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I was stuck between A and C... C solved the prob of parallelism but in return of 1910-1911 sounded awkward... A was not parallel..
So guess we have to pick the better of the eveils..which is C
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IMO C is the best..to maintain IIism with "in no other"
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In no other historical sighting did Halleys comet cause such [#permalink]
05 Sep 2006, 07:27
In no other historical sighting did Halley’s comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911.
A. did its return in 1910-1911
B. had its 1910-1911 return
C. in its return of 1910-1911
D. its return of 1910-1911 did
E. its return in 1910-1911
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A for ||ism.
Cant be C and D. "return of" illogically suggests the return of 1910, rather than of the commet.
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Should be A.
In no other historical sighting did Halley’s comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911
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One more for A.
A. did its return in 1910-1911 - parallel. Good.
B. had its 1910-1911 return - not parallel.
C. in its return of 1910-1911 - 'as in its return' is just plain wrong. should be 'as its'. Also of should be replaced by in.
D. its return of 1910-1911 did - wrong. should be its return in .
E. its return in 1910-1911 - wrong. not parallel(need did)
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SC-Halley’s comet [#permalink]
05 Sep 2006, 10:32
I just realised after reading it again that the answer should be A.
Because I realised that the X before the as has to be parallel to the Y. Since its GMATClub I can afford to change, but I can't do it in the exam 
Definitely making a note of this.
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Re: SC-HalleyтАЩs comet [#permalink]
05 Sep 2006, 15:21
jerrywu wrote: In no other historical sighting did HalleyтАЩs comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911.
A. did its return in 1910-1911
B. had its 1910-1911 return
C. in its return of 1910-1911
D. its return of 1910-1911 did
E. its return in 1910-1911
I'll pick C for the parallel "in" construction. return of 1910-1911 sound acceptable when speaking of historical events (as in: the revolution of 1917)
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In no other historical sighting did Halley’s comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911.
A. did its return in 1910-1911
B. had its 1910-1911 return
C. in its return of 1910-1911
D. its return of 1910-1911 did
E. its return in 1910-1911
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