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Vivien Thomas, who had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds, he became a cardiac surgeon and eventually to receive an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.
A) who had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds, he became
B) having had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds to become
C) who, having no formal medical training, he struggled against overwhelming odds in becoming
D) who, having had no formal medical training and struggled against overwhelming odds, became
E) who had no formal medical training, struggled against overwhelming odds to become
Please explain why an answer is wrong.
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Re: SC1000 #991 Vivien Thomas [#permalink]
20 Jun 2007, 11:42
bmwhype2 wrote: Vivien Thomas, who had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds, he became a cardiac surgeon and eventually to receive an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.
A) who had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds, he became
B) having had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds to become
C) who, having no formal medical training, he struggled against overwhelming odds in becoming
D) who, having had no formal medical training and struggled against overwhelming odds, became
E) who had no formal medical training, struggled against overwhelming odds to become
Please explain why an answer is wrong.
"Who had " correctly modifies Vivian Thomas.
> eliminates B,C,D
A has tense problem - "had'..."struggling"
E is my pick
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A) who had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds, he became
B) having had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds to become
C) who, having no formal medical training, he struggled against overwhelming odds in becoming
D) who, having had no formal medical training and struggled against overwhelming odds, became
E) who had no formal medical training, struggled against overwhelming odds to become <-- CORRECT
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Re: SC1000 #991 Vivien Thomas [#permalink]
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Vivien Thomas, who ...(non defining clause), struggled against overwhelming odds to become X and eventually to receive X.
Furthermore, when you recognize the correct structure of the sentence you know it must be (B) or (E), since both have the correct 'to become', and voilà you have the 2-3 split! (E) is the correct answer. Cheers
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good explanations...the OA is E.
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OA is E.
Vivien Thomas, who had no formal training, struggled against overwhelming odds to become a cardiac surgeon and eventually to receive an honorary doctorate from JHU.
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Re: Vivien Thomas, who had no formal medical training, in [#permalink]
20 Oct 2012, 22:45
Could the answer choice D become a good contender if it were, "who, having had no formal medical training, struggled against overwhelming odds to become......."? Verbal experts, need help.
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Re: Vivien Thomas, who had no formal medical training, in [#permalink]
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Marcab wrote: Could the answer choice D become a good contender if it were, "who, having had no formal medical training, struggled against overwhelming odds to become......."?
Verbal experts, need help. Though i m not an expert but below is my take on this: there is no verb for main sub Vivien Thomas.
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Re: Vivien Thomas, who had no formal medical training, in [#permalink]
17 Feb 2013, 13:14
If option D was modified as mentioned, then the structure of the sentence would become Subject, non essential modifier, descriptive clause. There would be no main verb as sujit2k7 mentioned. Marcab wrote: Could the answer choice D become a good contender if it were, "who, having had no formal medical training, struggled against overwhelming odds to become......."?
Verbal experts, need help.
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