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Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew how to use a good story to generate good will.
A. Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew
B. Discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, Lincoln knew
C. Lincoln, discovering the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned in young manhood before him, knew
D. In young manhood Lincoln discovered the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him;
E. Lincoln, discovered in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him, knew
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Usage of "has" is incorrect A and B. C seems to change the meaning. Its a close call between D and E. I'll go for D - it sounds more right. nightwing79 wrote: Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew how to use a good story to generate good will.
A. Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew
B. Discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, Lincoln knew
C. Lincoln, discovering the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned in young manhood before him, knew
D. In young manhood Lincoln discovered the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him;
E. Lincoln, discovered in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him, knew
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IMO D
Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew how to use a good story to generate good will.
A. Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew
B. Discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, Lincoln knew
C. Lincoln, discovering the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned in young manhood before him, knew -->distorts original meaning
D. In young manhood Lincoln discovered the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him; -->the best
E. Lincoln, discovered in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him, knew
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Minheequang wrote: IMO D
Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew how to use a good story to generate good will.
A. Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew
B. Discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, Lincoln knew
C. Lincoln, discovering the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned in young manhood before him, knew -->distorts original meaning
D. In young manhood Lincoln discovered the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him; -->the best
E. Lincoln, discovered in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him, knew For me All options look wrong. in D after semicolon, "how to use a good story to generate good will." not stand by itself. What is the source.
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x2suresh wrote: Minheequang wrote: IMO D
Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew how to use a good story to generate good will.
A. Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew
B. Discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, Lincoln knew
C. Lincoln, discovering the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned in young manhood before him, knew -->distorts original meaning
D. In young manhood Lincoln discovered the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him; -->the best
E. Lincoln, discovered in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him, knew For me All options look wrong. in D after semicolon, "how to use a good story to generate good will." not stand by itself. What is the source. I think the clause how to use a good story to generate good will makes a completed clause: Subject (how) + Verb (to use) + Object (a good story) + modifier for Object(to generate good will) After the semi colon, such clause can stand isolately and create a meaning to modify for the first clause (stands before the semi colon)
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Source: Gmatter OA = D p.s: was there a semicolon?
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agree with D, even though the second clause can not stand alone, a semicolon can be used to indicate a strong pause(stronger than a comma) in a sentence. http://www.ehow.com/how_5955_semicolon.html
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Seems a poor question to learn from.
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nightwing79 wrote: Source: Gmatter
OA = D
p.s: was there a semicolon? OA is not D, but B This is #970 from the 1000 series. Any explanations?
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@sid3699 Can you please give us some explanations how B is the right answer ? sid3699 wrote: nightwing79 wrote: Source: Gmatter
OA = D
p.s: was there a semicolon? OA is not D, but B This is #970 from the 1000 series. Any explanations? |
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jn.mohit wrote: @sid3699 Can you please give us some explanations how B is the right answer ? sid3699 wrote: nightwing79 wrote: Source: Gmatter
OA = D
p.s: was there a semicolon? OA is not D, but B This is #970 from the 1000 series. Any explanations? I have no idea. I too am trying to get an explanation. Per the 1000 SC, the OA given is B.
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None of the option looks correct, there are few questions in 1000 SC pack those are completely wrong
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B is right - the use of past perfect is right only if the other verb in the clause is in past simple tens. In this case, there is no past simple, only present participle (Discovering) - thus the use of present perfect is right.
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B for me.
"Discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him" is modifying Linclon
Discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, Lincoln knew how to use a good story to generate goodwill.
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yep D for me. concise, correct meaning and both clauses can stand independant.
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Re: Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the [#permalink]
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This question is wrong in semicolon, it should be colon. I found other source that state the colon. So semicolon in here is wrong
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Re: Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the [#permalink]
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In my opinion, B is better than D. Since D has ";" which requires 2 parallel clauses.. B is my answer
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