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Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher learning for people of African descent, founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife. Sarah Emlen Cresson. and later renamed Lincoln University after President Abraham Lincoln.

A. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson, and
B. which was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
C. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
D. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson,
E. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, which was

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A. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson, and --- a fragment with no verb for the subject Ashmun Institute

B. which was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was¬- wrong structure -- a fragment again since the subject has no min verb. The conjunction - and - spoils the show.

C. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was --- correct choice with proper //ism of verbs ---was founded and was renamed ---.

D. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson, --- distorted meaning implying that the Institute renamed Lincoln University

E. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, which was --- which was – touch rule problem

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Re: Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher [#permalink]

24 Nov 2012, 23:48

Answer is C, similar to question no 103 of OG 13 SC section

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Re: Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher [#permalink]

27 Nov 2012, 03:51

[Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher learning for people of African descent, founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife. Sarah Emlen Cresson] and {later renamed Lincoln University after President Abraham Lincoln.}

There are 2 clauses in the sentence, have marked with the brackets. We need the verb for both the clauses as founded and renamed are modifiers not verb. Adding "was" before both the modifiers will convert them to verb.

Choice C does that and is the right answer.

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Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher learning for people of African descent, founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife. Sarah Emlen Cresson. and later renamed Lincoln University after President Abraham Lincoln.

A. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson, and -ed modifier corresponds to closest noun - African descent - WRONG!. Also sentence is a fragment
B. which was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was which makes modifier correspond to African descent noun. WRONG!!
C. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was CORRECT!!!
D. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson, fragment
E. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, which was which was modifies Sarah Emlen incorrectly

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Re: Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher [#permalink]

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ritumaheshwari02 wrote:

Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher learning for people of African descent, founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife. Sarah Emlen Cresson. and later renamed Lincoln University after President Abraham Lincoln.

A. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson, and
B. which was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
C. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
D. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson,
E. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, which was

A. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson, and
Founded is a past participle and is working as a modifier so SV error
Ashmun Institute is subject but there is no verb for subject

B. which was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
No verb for the first part of the sentence
C. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
HOLD ON
correct SV agreement and Correct Parallelism
was....and was...
D. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson,
Same As A
E. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, which was[
Which is wrongly modifying Sarah Emlen Cresson
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31 May 2016, 09:21

ritumaheshwari02 wrote:

Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher learning for people of African descent, founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife. Sarah Emlen Cresson. and later renamed Lincoln University after President Abraham Lincoln.

A. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson, and
B. which was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
C. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
D. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson,
E. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, which was

Answer will be (C) for the following reasons -

Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher learning for people of African descent, was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was later renamed Lincoln University after President Abraham Lincoln.

Ashmun Institute, was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, and was later renamed Lincoln University after President Abraham Lincoln.

The verb was is absolutely needed in the sentence , all other option except (C) and (E) is devoid of any verb in the sentence, however the which in (E) clearly refers to Sarah Emlen Cresson which is clearly not correct..

Hence answer will be (C)

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Re: Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher [#permalink]

06 Jul 2016, 06:53

Hi daagh , chetan2u,

Thank you for your clear and helpful explanation . Can you please explain about "working Verb". When should we use it or the conditions needed.
E.g "was spotted " or "was founded "

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Re: Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher [#permalink]

12 Jul 2016, 11:34

Answer is C for SV and parallel structure
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ritumaheshwari02 wrote:

Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher learning for people of African descent, founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife. Sarah Emlen Cresson. and later renamed Lincoln University after President Abraham Lincoln.

A. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson, and
B. which was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
C. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
D. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson,
E. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, which was

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Re: Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher [#permalink]

12 Jul 2016, 19:21

ritumaheshwari02 wrote:

Ashmun Institute, the first United States school of higher learning for people of African descent, founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife. Sarah Emlen Cresson. and later renamed Lincoln University after President Abraham Lincoln.

A. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson, and
B. which was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
C. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, and was
D. founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Ernlen Cresson,
E. was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, which was

Answer should be C. Parallelism with and - was founded and was renamed.
was is required else it might be read as AI renamed LU after PAL

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