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According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property even if the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution occurred before the title changed hands.


(A) the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution

(B) the owner is not responsible for pollution that

(C) it was not the owner’s responsibility that pollution would have

(D) the responsibility of the owner is not that pollution

(E) the responsibility was not the owner’s that pollution would have
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According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of pollute [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2018, 07:02
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If this question were to appear in the Test, one could simply select B without any more thought. The adjective 'responsible' is always one up above the noun responsibility in the hierarchy of formal writing. Strangely all the other four choices are ridden with the noun 'responsibility' and all the four are lousy.
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Re: According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of pollute [#permalink] New post   03 Jul 2020, 04:12
GMATNinja, I marked the correct choice as it is conveying the meaning in a concise way but wanted to check what can be the concrete reasons to eliminate other options. I feel other options are not conveying the meaning properly but couldn't find any grammatical error as such. Can you please throw some light here?
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According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of pollute [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2020, 02:57
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GMATNinja, I marked the correct choice as it is conveying the meaning in a concise way but wanted to check what can be the concrete reasons to eliminate other options. I feel other options are not conveying the meaning properly but couldn't find any grammatical error as such. Can you please throw some light here?


daagh has already mentioned a great trick to spot the correct answer. :thumbsup: :)

Though I'll add few more points for your Suneha123 clarity:

According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property even if the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution occurred before the title changed hands.


(A) the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution

(B) the owner is not responsible for pollution that

(C) it was not the owner’s responsibility that pollution would have

(D) the responsibility of the owner is not that pollution

(E) the responsibility was not the owner’s that pollution would have


"would and should" must not be used in the "if" clause. Hence (C) and (E) are eliminated.

Option (D) is wordy and Passive and Awkward. " the responsibility of the owner" can be written in Active form "the owner is not responsible". It is Awkward because "responsibility...is not that".

Option (A) can be eliminated for it being awkwardly wordy "did not have the responsibility". This can be simply put as "is not responsible".

Hope this helps :thumbsup: :angel:
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Re: According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of pollute [#permalink] New post   26 Mar 2022, 19:27
We can also say "That" relative pronoun is wrongly addressing Responsibly for other options which is not logical. Please add your thoughts if my approach is right.
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Re: According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of pollute [#permalink] New post   29 Mar 2022, 05:18
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yasaswygmat@gmal.com wrote:
We can also say "That" relative pronoun is wrongly addressing Responsibly for other options which is not logical. Please add your thoughts if my approach is right.


Hello yasaswygmat@gmal.com,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, this reasoning is not actually correct because in this sentence "that" serves as a preposition rather than as a pronoun.

We hope this helps.
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Re: According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of pollute [#permalink] New post   14 Sep 2022, 03:46
Bunuel wrote:
According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property even if the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution occurred before the title changed hands.


(A) the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution

(B) the owner is not responsible for pollution that

(C) it was not the owner’s responsibility that pollution would have

(D) the responsibility of the owner is not that pollution

(E) the responsibility was not the owner’s that pollution would have


I am fine with SC part. But what does this sentence says. Would anyone convey in plain , especially - occurred before the title changed hands.
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Re: According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of pollute [#permalink] New post   14 Sep 2022, 04:29
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Bunuel wrote:
According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property even if the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution occurred before the title changed hands.


(A) the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution

(B) the owner is not responsible for pollution that

(C) it was not the owner’s responsibility that pollution would have

(D) the responsibility of the owner is not that pollution

(E) the responsibility was not the owner’s that pollution would have


I am fine with SC part. But what does this sentence says. Would anyone convey in plain , especially - occurred before the title changed hands.


Hello san10789,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the intended meaning here is that in case any pollution occurred before the title changed hands, the owner is responsible for cleaning it up, even if the owner was not responsible for the pollution occurring.

We hope this helps.
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