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The tired mechanic, happily to be finished with a hard days [#permalink]
 19 Jul 2007, 00:44
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The tired mechanic, happily to be finished with a hard day’s work, closed the
hood over the newly tuned engine.
A. The tired mechanic, happily to be finished with a hard day’s work
B. Happily, the tired mechanic being finished with a hard day’s work
C. Tired but happy with a hard day’s work being done, the mechanic
D. The tired mechanic, happy to be finished with a hard day’s work
E. With the pleasant fatigue of a job well done, the mechanic
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I would say the answer is E although I was initially leaning towards D at first..
Last edited by beckee529 on 19 Jul 2007, 00:51, edited 1 time in total.
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Not sure. I would go for D.
E changes the stem too much.
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D seems perfect to me.
Can you tell me why you think E is right and D is wrong.
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I agree that E changes stem too much. But in D do you think happy to be finished is correct usage?
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flip E and it looks a bit ambiguous.
The mechanic closed the hood over the newly tuned engine, with the pleasant fatigue of a job well done.
Modifier should be as close to the noun as possible.
D should be it
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D is my answer
A. The tired mechanic, happily to be finished with a hard day’s work
B. Happily, the tired mechanic being finished with a hard day’s work
C. Tired but happy with a hard day’s work being done, the mechanic
D. The tired mechanic, happy to be finished with a hard day’s work
E. With the pleasant fatigue of a job well done, the mechanic- chnage meaning
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Balvinder wrote: D is my answer
A. The tired mechanic, happily to be finished with a hard day’s work
B. Happily, the tired mechanic being finished with a hard day’s work
C. Tired but happy with a hard day’s work being done, the mechanic
D. The tired mechanic, happy to be finished with a hard day’s work
E. With the pleasant fatigue of a job well done, the mechanic- chnage meaning
Thanks mate. I've read that answer choices with "BEING" are often wrong.
D is the correct answer, according to Cliff GMAT. However, can anyone tell me the structure "happy to be finished a work" is okay?[/b]
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For D to be right, there should be a comma after work. Unless the underlined portion of the sentence does not include the comma.....
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Ashwin_Mohan wrote: For D to be right, there should be a comma after work. Unless the underlined portion of the sentence does not include the comma.....
Ashwin, you are right. Perhaps it's a typo mistake. 
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