A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so

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A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so as to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government and the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request

A. chief minister so as to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government and
B. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government but
C. chief minister and were pleading towards revival of the benefit scheme as well as the revised compensation package offered by the government and
D. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government and
E. chief minister to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government but

prasadkhadpe · Answer

A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so as to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government and the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request

A. chief minister  so as to  plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government and
B. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government  but 
C. chief minister and  were pleading  towards revival of the benefit scheme as well as the revised compensation package offered by the government and
D. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government and--- correct 
E. chief minister  to plead  for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government  but

IMO D

aditi1903 · Answer

IMO A....
the correct idiom is..." call on TO " 
all others are wrong due the reasons cited in the above post...

what is d answer?

getgyan · Answer

Hi Aditi Please check your post if it is in-line with what you wanted to post. OA is D. :-D

Game · Answer

A delegation of 60 farmers called on the  chief minister so as to plead for revival of the
benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the
government and  the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request

A. chief minister so as to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with
the revised compensation package offered by the government and

B. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government but

C. chief minister and were pleading towards revival of the benefit scheme as well
as the revised compensation package offered by the government and

D. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together
with the revised compensation package offered by the government
and

E. chief minister to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government but

aditya8062 · Answer

it seems a poorly written question

SC  : A  delegation  of 60 farmers called on the  chief minister so as to plead for revival of the
benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the
government and  the chief minister has very graciously conceded  their  request----------->"delegation" can never go with "their"

also D is wrong for following reason 
 D says :   chief minister  and  pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together
with the revised compensation package offered by the government
and -------------->there is no need for parallelism between  "called"  and  "pleaded"  .

idontknowwhy94 · Answer

A. chief minister so as to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government and
 Wrong ; correct idiomatic expression is : so ...... as to not  so as to

B. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government but
But not required ; no contrast here
C. chief minister and were pleading towards revival of the benefit scheme as well as the revised compensation package offered by the government and
were pleading and as well as doesnt make any sense here

D. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government and
Best of the lot ; maintains ||'sm

E. chief minister to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government but
But not required ; no contrast here

sleepynut · Answer

Hi all,
A delegation of 60 farmers called on the  chief minister so as to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government  and   the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request

I have several questions with this sentence.The meaning lead us to the use of "and" to connect two sentence "A delegation...." and "the chef minister..";however,shouldn't a comma be placed before this "and"?

Also,the correct option(D) presents "called on the minister" and "pleaded for" in parallel.IMO,this two action shouldn't be parallel since the latter should be the purpose of this visit.To connect these actions with "and" creates the sense of two separate actions.Any thoughts?

sayantanc2k · Answer

The conjunction "but" depicts contrast, but there is no contrast in the last clause ("the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request").

warriorguy · Answer

why is Option A incorrect? Also, is the construction correct: "blah blah and   pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the government   and blah blah""

The highlighted part cannot stand on its own. Also, what should be the antecedent of their?

rakaisraka · Answer

Hi , What is wrong with the usage of SO AS TO in option A. It seems like they called TO plead. Whats wrong in this?

sayantanc2k · Answer

I do not see a problem with A - "so as to" is alright.

The construction is correct. Two verbs can be made parallel using a conjunction. (  I read and write. ..correct - similarly,  A delegation called on and pleaded .. grammatically correct)

"Its" (referring to delegation) is better than "their" (referring to farmers).

rakaisraka · Answer

Hi, I dont see usage of ITS anywhere. The only difference between option A and correct option D is  called so as to plead  and  CALLED and pleaded . I think option A is better. They called to plead.

Sirakri · Answer

If there is a COMMA before and in D, I will choose D. But two ANDs don't seem right :/ bread AND butter =! cm AND pleaded :roll:

egmat any help here?

Sirakri · Answer

Hi  rakaisraka , here sayantanc2k is referring to this HIGHLIGHTED part.

Their should be replaced with its to make the sentence  more  concise.

pulkitaggi · Answer

Hi sayantanc2k

Hi can you help why A is wrong over D? I understand that " so as to " is another (more formal way) form of infinitive of purpose, but when you say "Its" (referring to delegation) is better than "their" (referring to farmers), how does this help us figure out that option D is better?

AbhiGarg2007 · Answer

ChiranjeevSingh ,

Please explain why Option A is wrong?

chesstitans · Answer

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so + adj + as to + v

arunavamunshi1988 · Answer

Hi Sayantan,

What does ' Concede request ' mean? I initially thought it means ' turning down a request '... So I chose E first.

sandysilva · Answer

mikemcgarry   egmat 
Can you please confirm whether the usage of so as to is correct in choice A.
No clear decision has been made out of the discussions so far. I have checked with Aristotle and according to them the usage of so as to is incorrect here because so as to can never replace in order to in a sentence.

A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so

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