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The FBI investigation included the Mafia and anyone [#permalink]
 11 Jul 2006, 18:55
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The FBI investigation included the Mafia and anyone financially related to them, however distant.
A) financially related to them, however distant.
B) with financial relationships to them, even distantly.
C) financially related to them, however distantly.
D) with a financial relationship to them, however distantly.
E) that had any financial relation to them, however distant.
please explain
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The FBI investigation included the Mafia and anyone financially related to them, however distant.
A) financially related to them, however distant.
B) with financial relationships to them, even distantly.
C) financially related to them, however distantly.
D) with a financial relationship to them, however distantly.
E) that had any financial relation to them, however distant.
I am debating between A and E. I would rather go with E. But I am not sure about the explanation.... That doesn't help.... Does it? 
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I think C.
Points:
1. "related" is implicit in the end. This is called Ellipsis
2. to modify "related" we need an adverb "distantly". A and E out.
3. B and D are unnecessarily wordy
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C it should be.
' financially related to ' requires ' distantly '.
Or it could have been :
' a financial relationship to them ' ......' however distant '
Nice explaination ps_Dahiya 
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Re: SC: FBI investigation [#permalink]
12 Jul 2006, 22:57
u2lover wrote: The FBI investigation included the Mafia and anyone financially related to them, however distant.
A) financially related to them, however distant.
B) with financial relationships to them, even distantly.
C) financially related to them, however distantly.
D) with a financial relationship to them, however distantly.
E) that had any financial relation to them, however distant.
please explain
C.. We need adverbial phrase here.. "however distantly" that modifies "related"..
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Wow, great SC! I also fell for the A/E trap, but have been convinced as to why the answer should be (C). distantly+related
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I also fell for the A or E trap. But now Iam convinced its C.
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OA is C
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Mafia is singular. Its a group of people.
E.g. The Mafia is in town.
Where are you getting these questions from u2lover?
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Re: SC: FBI investigation [#permalink]
20 Jul 2006, 13:26
u2lover wrote: The FBI investigation included the Mafia and anyone financially related to them, however distant.
A) financially related to them, however distant.
B) with financial relationships to them, even distantly.
C) financially related to them, however distantly.
D) with a financial relationship to them, however distantly.
E) that had any financial relation to them, however distant.
please explain
C
He ran slowly, we slept peacefully, as you drank merrily. A is related to B distantly (not distant). A and E out.
B: "even distantly" can only be used interrogatively or in negation. e.g. Are you even distantly related to me?
You are not even distantly related to me.
so B is out
D wordy compared to C
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Re: SC: FBI investigation
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20 Jul 2006, 13:26
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