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On 3 February 2010, The walking man, a life size bronze

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On 3 February 2010, The walking man, a life size bronze [#permalink] New post   10 Oct 2010, 12:12
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On 3 February 2010, “The walking man”, a life size bronze piece sculpted by Swiss Sculptor Alberto Giacometti was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, for the highest price ever paid for a sculpture sold at public auction, beating the record of a 5000-year old anthromorphic lioness sold for $57.2 million in 2007.

(A) Alberto Giacometti was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, for
(B) Alberto Giacometti, which was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, was
© Alberto Giacometti, was auctioned for a record $103.7 million,
(D) Alberto Giacometti, auctioned for a record $103.7 million, was
(E) Alberto Giacometti, was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, and was



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Re: On 3 February 2010, The walking man, a life size bronze [#permalink] New post   10 Oct 2010, 15:09
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On 3 February 2010, “The walking man”, a life size bronze piece sculpted by Swiss Sculptor Alberto Giacometti was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, for the highest price ever paid for a sculpture sold at public auction, beating the record of a 5000-year old anthromorphic lioness sold for $57.2 million in 2007.

(A) Alberto Giacometti was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, for
(B) Alberto Giacometti, which was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, was
© Alberto Giacometti, was auctioned for a record $103.7 million,
(D) Alberto Giacometti, auctioned for a record $103.7 million, was
(E) Alberto Giacometti, was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, and was


IMO C!!

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Re: On 3 February 2010, The walking man, a life size bronze [#permalink] New post   10 Oct 2010, 19:27
Hi

IMO - its C.

What is the OA and the source of this question?
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Re: On 3 February 2010, The walking man, a life size bronze [#permalink] New post   11 Oct 2010, 04:26
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The OA is C and the source is daagh's own SC tutorials
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Re: On 3 February 2010, The walking man, a life size bronze [#permalink] New post   16 Oct 2010, 03:01
daagh wrote:
On 3 February 2010, “The walking man”, a life size bronze piece sculpted by Swiss Sculptor Alberto Giacometti was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, for the highest price ever paid for a sculpture sold at public auction, beating the record of a 5000-year old anthromorphic lioness sold for $57.2 million in 2007.

(A) Alberto Giacometti was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, for
(B) Alberto Giacometti, which was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, was
© Alberto Giacometti, was auctioned for a record $103.7 million,
(D) Alberto Giacometti, auctioned for a record $103.7 million, was
(E) Alberto Giacometti, was auctioned for a record $103.7 million, and was

Good question Daagh. I choose C as the correct answer.
A- incorrect because we need a comma after Alberto Giacometti.
B- Incorrect because of the use of "which" as it modifies the incorrect noun. The use of "was" also makes the whole sentence awkward. "was" is already there in the clause and you don't need another verb form in this sentence-
D- eliminated for the use of "was".
E- eliminated for the use of "and" and "was". You don't need "and2 here because its not joining two main clauses.
C- clear winner. correctly uses comma and removes "for". Also there is no conjunction present.
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Re: On 3 February 2010, The walking man, a life size bronze [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2011, 11:19
A - There should be a comma after Alberto Giacometti and the use of for which is awkward.
B,D,E - USe of was at the end is incorrect
and also in D there is no was before auctioned which means Alberto Giacometti auctioned itself which alters the meaning.

So we are left with C which i sthe ans..



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