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As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may

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As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 19 May 2018, 14:52
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As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may actually be the works of his students or other admirers.


(A) the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may

(B) the 720 paintings attributed to be Rembrandt’s might

(C) the 720 paintings that were attributed to be by Rembrandt may

(D) the 720 Rembrandt paintings that were once attributed to him might

(E) Rembrandt’s paintings, although 720 were once attributed to him, may
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Originally posted by jitgoel on 11 Sep 2012, 08:01.
Last edited by Bunuel on 19 May 2018, 14:52, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may [#permalink] New post   11 Sep 2012, 09:06
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As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may actually be the works of his students or other admirers.

(A) the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may >> Correct Idiom "attributed to"
(B) the 720 paintings attributed to be Rembrandt’s might >> Wrong Idiom "attributed to be"
(C) the 720 paintings that were attributed to be by Rembrandt may >> "attributed to be by" -- wrong form
(D) the 720 Rembrandt paintings that were once attributed to him might >> "Rembrandt paintings" is wrong
(E) Rembrandt’s paintings, although 720 were once attributed to him, may >> Wrong structure.
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Re: As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may [#permalink] New post   14 Sep 2012, 18:23
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The correct idiom here is 'attributed to'. Therefore, we can eliminate (B), (C).

(D) shifts the tense, since we don't know for sure whether the paintings are his. (E) is wordy.

That leaves us with (A), which uses the correct idiom, 'attributed to.'
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Re: As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may [#permalink] New post   15 Sep 2012, 16:35
Also in E, him is referring to Rembrandt, which is used as a possessive. The subject is still the paintings. So him is wrong.
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Re: As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2012, 06:10
A looks right.

However if the question was paraphrased, could this be correct?

As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt were actually the works of his students or other admirers.
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Re: As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2012, 06:24
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A. Correct answer.
B. There is no need for a possessive noun.
C. “Attributed to be by” – idiomatically incorrect.
D. The 720 paintings are still being attributed to Rembrandt.
E. Meaning error.
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Re: As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2014, 03:39
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should be A.

B, C --> attributed to be (incorrect idiom)
E --> 'him' does not have an antecedent ( remember possive cases are poor antecedents?)

(D) the 720 Rembrandt paintings that were once attributed to him might

was not sure about D but found that 'Rembrandt' is used as a modifier here and it modifies paintings, suggesting that there are some kind of paintings. This leaves 'him' without an antecedent
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As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may [#permalink] New post   29 Jul 2018, 10:25
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jitgoel wrote:
As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may actually be the works of his students or other admirers.


(A) the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may Correct

(B) the 720 paintings attributed to be Rembrandt’s might [to be Rembrandt’s is awakward]

(C) the 720 paintings that were attributed to be by Rembrandt may [Wordy]

(D) the 720 Rembrandt paintings that were once attributed to him might [Wordy and awakword]

(E) Rembrandt’s paintings, although 720 were once attributed to him, may
[Wordy and awakword]


Option A is Correct.

All other options clearly have sentence construction problem. The sentence is telling about the paintings, which may not Rembrandt's work.
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Re: As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may [#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2020, 00:02
Is it is incorrect to use although in the middle of the sentence, can this be a reason for elimination of option E
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As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may [#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2020, 00:31
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yashmatai wrote:
Is it is incorrect to use although in the middle of the sentence, can this be a reason for elimination of option E

Don't believe it can be safe to assume this as a rule.
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Re: As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may [#permalink] New post   14 Jan 2021, 13:57
ChrisLele wrote:
The correct idiom here is 'attributed to'. Therefore, we can eliminate (B), (C).

(D) shifts the tense, since we don't know for sure whether the paintings are his. (E) is wordy.

That leaves us with (A), which uses the correct idiom, 'attributed to.'


Can we eliminate the options based on the usage of 'may/might'?
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