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The "international subject," as Henry james called it,

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The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2005, 11:50
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The "international subject," as Henry james called it, consists of the bringing together, in intimate situations, persons of various nationalisties.
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B.the bringing together, in intimate situations, of persons
C.bringing people together in intimate situations who are
D. the bringing intimately together of people
E. bringing together intimately persons
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2005, 12:06
A.

C is tempting but "bringing people together" is an action not noun(international subject)
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2005, 12:32
ong wrote:
The "international subject," as Henry james called it, consists of the bringing together, in intimate situations, persons of various nationalisties.
A.
B.the bringing together, in intimate situations, of persons
C.bringing people together in intimate situations who are
D. the bringing intimately together of people
E. bringing together intimately persons
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:-D :-D :-D keep your smile


I choose C.


I would immediately erase D and E since they alter the meaning of the sentence. B is too wordy. The choice between A and C is difficult. I choose C because I eschew -ing forms as much as possible and C sounds more plain.
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2005, 12:46
C is wrong because the relative pronoun who is misplaced. The underlined part of the sentence must be an action, something expressing what the internations subject does. The only answer that reflects this is E, my choice.

Where is this question from?
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2005, 13:10
hää?? B) ...i mean it cant be E) b/c the situation is intimate and not the person, is it...
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2005, 21:43
IMO - its b/w A and B.

B has alliteration of "of" so I choose A.
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2005, 21:51
B. - awkard phrasing
C. - modifier misplaced
D. - awkward phrasing
E. - awkward, and the use of 'persons' is wrong

A is the best choice.
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2005, 23:52
A is the only correct answer.
Rest all are changing the meaning or wordy.
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   08 Nov 2005, 04:28
can someone please explain why "who" in C is misplaced?
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 09 Nov 2005, 09:58
I vote for A

I was stuck between A and C for a while.

now C has few problelms. First of all pronoun who in C is misplaced. Who is modifying people, it should have been right after people.
Another problem is Bringing people together is a verb phrase. we need a noun phrase after consist of.

so C is not correct.

B is using misplaced modifier
D and E are awkward.

So A wins.

Originally posted by nakib77 on 08 Nov 2005, 05:01.
Last edited by nakib77 on 09 Nov 2005, 09:58, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   08 Nov 2005, 14:23
tobiastt wrote:
can someone please explain why "who" in C is misplaced?


Because it is modifying situations. BTW, what's the OA?
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2005, 09:55
the choice is between A and C, in C the 'who' is misplaced- it refers to the situations. my vote is for A.
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2005, 10:28
guys i am still confused between A and E.

A has "the bringing" after consists of .
C has "who" misplaced modifier .....

What is the OA here and the correct explanation for that........ :roll: :roll:
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   15 Nov 2005, 14:27
OA is B
I don't understand why it answer B, so I posted it.
Untill now, I think it 's time to leave this question
thank you for everybody to fix it out.
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Re: The "international subject," as Henry james called it, [#permalink] New post   15 Nov 2005, 20:20
Bhai wrote:
B.

the bringing together of


Good catch Bhai. This is exactly the explanation.



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