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The Navy used the nuclear submarine accident off the coast [#permalink]
 15 Mar 2004, 10:54
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The Navy used the nuclear submarine accident off the coast of Hawaii to show that everyone must be held responsible for their actions.
A. to show that everyone must be held responsible for their actions.
B. to demonstrate their belief that everyone must be held responsible for their actions.
C. to demonstrate its belief that everyone must be held responsible for their actions.
D. to signal how no one should be able to get away with committing acts of terrible negligence.
E. to show that everyone must be held responsible for his actions.
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I choose C.
I can't think of what's wrong with A though.
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IMO the best choice is E.
All other including A is using their as a pronoun for everyone.
However D is completely different in meaning as it is talking about terrible negligence!!
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if Everyone is singular...which I believe it is....E is the answer
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I thought E uses sexist launguage. I heard somewhere that GMAT does not like such language. Otherwise E is grammatically correct.
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anandnk wrote: I thought E uses sexist launguage. I heard somewhere that GMAT does not like such language. Otherwise E is grammatically correct.
I agree your opinion.
And, I think the correct answer is E because this question test the unity of whole sentence. Thus, E is compatible..........
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hi Rajbhai,
Can you please p[ost the answer to the question....
thanks,
monarc
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OFFICIAL ANSWER:
E. The pronoun everyone is singular. (If somone doesn't want to trust me on this, one can use this pronoun in a simple sentence. "Everyone is happy that you are applying to bschool" versus "Everyone are happy that you are applying to bschool.") Answer choices A, B, and C can now be quickly eliminated. Answer choice D changes the meaning of this sentence too much. One could reasonably argue that the speaker of the sentence did not intend to convey that strong of an opinion on the accident.
Rajbhai 
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E it is....the same applies for everbody...
Vivek.
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