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More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number of African American soldiers were awarded, some of them posthumously, with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in recognition of their outstanding bravery.
A) with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in
B) with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
C) the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, long-overdue in
D) the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
E) the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, in long-overdue
Please explain
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Re: SC - Medal of Honor [#permalink]
17 Jun 2007, 22:48
[quote="Caas"]More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number of African American soldiers were awarded, some of them posthumously, with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in recognition of their outstanding bravery.
A) with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in
B) with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
C) the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, long-overdue in
D) the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
E) the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, in long-overdue
Another A
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Its an A for me
What I feel is in the sentence. The two phrases "which was the nation’s highest military award" and "which was long overdue " are modifiers. Hence they need to be separated in the sentence preferably with which. Now if you read the complete sentence without the 2 modifiers, it makes perfect sense.
More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number of African American soldiers were awarded, some of them posthumously, with the Congressional Medal of Honor in recognition of their outstanding bravery.
ALl other choices do now follow this pattern or has something wrong in them.
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guys the idiom is "in recognition of"
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A& B eliminate- with is wrong
C& D does not have 'in recognition of'
my answer is E
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OA is E
I like this SC very much
It actually tests 2 good idioms to remember
1) to reward somebody a medal
2) in recognition of
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Re: More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number [#permalink]
18 Dec 2012, 10:09
Caas wrote: More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number of African American soldiers were awarded, some of them posthumously, with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in recognition of their outstanding bravery.
A) with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in
B) with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
C) the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, long-overdue in
D) the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
E) the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, in long-overdue
Please explain The answer must be E. X was awarded Y is the right usage. Using WITH is not correct. So that leaves us with C,D, & E. Out of these contenders "in long-overdue recognition..." is the right usage. That eliminates C, D. E is the correct choice.
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Re: More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number [#permalink]
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Edvento wrote: Caas wrote: More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number of African American soldiers were awarded, some of them posthumously, with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in recognition of their outstanding bravery.
A) with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in
B) with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
C) the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, long-overdue in
D) the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
E) the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, in long-overdue
Please explain The answer must be E. X was awarded Y is the right usage. Using WITH is not correct. So that leaves us with C,D, & E. Out of these contenders "in long-overdue recognition..." is the right usage. That eliminates C, D. E is the correct choice. Why not C here ? Even C is similar to E...
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Re: More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number [#permalink]
19 Dec 2012, 08:28
shanmugamgsn wrote: Edvento wrote: Caas wrote: More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number of African American soldiers were awarded, some of them posthumously, with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in recognition of their outstanding bravery.
A) with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in
B) with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
C) the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, long-overdue in
D) the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
E) the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, in long-overdue
Please explain The answer must be E. X was awarded Y is the right usage. Using WITH is not correct. So that leaves us with C,D, & E. Out of these contenders "in long-overdue recognition..." is the right usage. That eliminates C, D. E is the correct choice. Why not C here ? Even C is similar to E... C) the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, long-overdue in C is ambiguous because of past tense use. Is the " Medal of Honor" no more nation's highest military award now ? Or it was no more the highest military award when it was honored to soldiers.
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Re: More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number [#permalink]
13 Jan 2013, 07:58
i am confused in option d &e .pls help
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