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 28 Jan 2004, 00:44
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There is no man but would give ten yeasr of his life to accomplish that deed.
B no man but who would give
C no man who would but give
D not any man would give
Please explain the answer...
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A seems Ok
But is a conjunction seperating two clauses.
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A does not seem right to me...I would like to go for C.
Shouldn't man...be followed by a 'who'
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Think C.
no man who would but give
but = not. So, complete the sentence.. first as
There is no man who would give ten years of his life to accomplish that deed.
To negate it, add "but".
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Here is the analysis
There is no man but [one who] would give ten yeasr of his life to accomplish that deed.
= Everybody would give ten years of his life to accomplish that deed with implicit "if asked"
B and C change the meaning of A.
D is structually incorrect.
BTW, but is a preposition in this case.
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I've spoken English for 27 years, and read thousands of books. There is no flipping way that A is the right answer.
Maybe you can find test prep material that says that A is correct, but if a sentence like that ever winds up on the GMAT, I'll eat my hat.
I vote for "typo".
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That is an archaic usage.
p.276 of Modern English: A Practical Reference Guide by Marcella Frank, Regents/Prentice Hall, 1992.
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but(literary usage--appears after a negative verb and is itself negative)
There is not one of us but would (=who would not) find the work difficult.
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Samples from Google:
1. there is no man but would be ashamed to be thought not to have as much of it as his neighbours.
2. there is no man but would recognise that he was beautiful
3. there is no man but would diligently pursue pleasure by right or wrong.
4. So humble that no man but would say тАЬNoтАЭ to such bidding if he dare.
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This website http://www.gmac.com/gmac/TheGMAT/WhatIstheGMAT/WhattheGMATMeasures.htm states that the GMAT tests Standard Written English.
I believe you'll have a tough time making a valid argument that the "archaic" usage suggested in this question fits within SWE.
I don't mean to discourage anyone from posting or participating, but efforts, IMO, ought to be focused away from questions like this one.
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Stoolfi, I agree with you.
- native english speaker.
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BTW, I dont wanna twist the argument(native, archaic != SWE) Please be advised to check whether the question posted is from ETS material. Archaic does not mean outdated. You can find many examples in modern literature and legalese too.
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Well My friends the official ans is
A.....
n i think Zhung Gazi was able to explain his stand..
but i shud admit that i'm still confused with the usage of 'BUT'
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"but" is a preposition in this case.
but = save = except
but(adverb) = merely, just, only
regarding "can but" vs. "cannot but" check
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cannot
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Hi stoolfi,
What should be the answer according to you. Or you think all the answers suck. This is possible though. I would like to know as I am not a native speaker.
Anand.
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This is the most yuk  question I came across.
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I got a hang of this...but no matter what I would have chosen C.
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