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The reason why Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2011, 03:34
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The reason why Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew that, having attained this stunning victory, his fortunes could only turn for the worse.

The reason why Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew
Scipio Africanus's weeping after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew
Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal because he knew
The reason Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew
Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal, the reason being that he knew
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Re: Scipio Africanus [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2011, 04:49
C.
E--the reason being that--too awkward and wordy
B--Scipio Africanus's weeping--again too awkward
A--the reason...was because--too wordy
between D and C, C "sounds" more correct
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Re: Scipio Africanus [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 18 Jan 2011, 12:55
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'the reason ... was because' ... is unidiomatic
'the reason ... was that' ... is correct.

the rest of the choices are easy to eliminate .... so C

Sean called me because he needed a loan
The reason Sean called me was that he needed a loan
The reason Sean called was because he needed a loan

you can see that the use of 'the reason' and 'because' in the same sentence introduce redundancy.

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Originally posted by dimitri92 on 18 Jan 2011, 05:13.
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Re: Scipio Africanus [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2011, 06:21
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The style of using both ‘the reason and because’ in the same sentence is awkward due to redundancy since reason itself is a cause. On that score, we can eliminate A and D. In B, the pronoun ‘he’ is stranded clumsily, without a proper referent as it can not refer to the possessive ‘Africanus’s’. E, of course is wrong because of using the phrase, “the reason being”, as if the reason exists even now . C is the remainder which is short and sweet.
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Re: Scipio Africanus [#permalink] New post   21 Jan 2011, 08:00
The reason doesn't go along with because => C is correct. I think so.
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Re: Scipio Africanus [#permalink] New post   22 Jan 2011, 11:14
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The reason why Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew that, having attained this stunning victory, his fortunes could only turn for the worse.

The reason why Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew
Scipio Africanus's weeping after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew
Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal because he knew
The reason Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew
Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal, the reason being that he knew

There are two things to keep in mind when you approach a q like this
1. Redundancy- for that reason you can eliminate A (The reason why... was because...- the two phrases express the same idea), D and E.
2. Construction is awkward b/c we want to properly express that the man was weeping... not that the weeping was caused by something.) We're talking about him (Scipio) not about it (weeping)
C is your answer IMO
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Re: Scipio Africanus [#permalink] New post   26 Jan 2011, 00:30
should be C

A) The reason why Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew

B) Scipio Africanus's weeping after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew

C) Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal because he knew CORRECT

D) The reason Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew

E) Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal, the reason being that he knew
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Re: The reason why Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of [#permalink] New post   24 Sep 2014, 21:00
PTK wrote:
The reason why Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew that, having attained this stunning victory, his fortunes could only turn for the worse.

The reason why Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew
Scipio Africanus's weeping after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew
Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal because he knew
The reason Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal was because he knew
Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of Hannibal, the reason being that he knew


I am able to narrow down to option C. But I have doubt in option E. Why in option E "The Reason Being" is awkward and wrong usage. Request help here?
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Re: The reason why Scipio Africanus wept after his defeat of [#permalink] New post   01 Oct 2015, 22:01
on sc, gmat test un grammar and logic.

though it is simple to explain grammar errors, it still takes a long time to know the grammar rules used on sc, though basic rules

but the main point gmat test is still logic/meaning. and gmat can use simple grammar rules to test hard point of meaning

come back to question, why e is wrong.

IMO, e has no grammartical problem . the pattern : main clause+noun+doing , is correct.

so, I decide to see look at meaning problem.

is meaning in e is logic, clear and not redundant?

meaning is not clear. reason for what. not clear.
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