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16 Jul 2020, 23:48
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Before they became a team, Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote a series of hit musicals in the 1950s and collaborating with other partners: Rogers with Lorenz Hart and Hammerstein with Jerome Kern.
A) Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote a series of hit musicals in the 1950s and collaborating
B) Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, whose series of hit musicals in the 1950s had collaborated
C) Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, who wrote a series of hit musicals in the 1950s, collaborating
D) Richard Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, who wrote a series of hit musicals in the 1950s and had collaborated
E) Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, who wrote a series of hit musicals in the 1950s, had collaborated
16 Jul 2020, 23:51
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
THE OPTIONS
→ collaborating should be collaborated
ELIMINATE A
ELIMINATE B
• The compound subject (Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein) does not have a verb
→ the verb wrote belongs to the relative pronoun who (remove the nonessential who-clause -- the sentence should still makes sense, but it does not)
ELIMINATE C
→ similar to wrote in option C the verbs wrote and had collaborated belong to who, the subject of the relative clause, rather than to the main subjects
ELIMINATE D
• I see no errors
• Unlike options C and D, in this sentence, when the nonessential clause is removed, the sentence makes sense
• This option correctly describes two actions in the past:
(1) Rogers and Hammerstein worked with other partners; and
(2) Rogers and Hammerstein became a team.
The use of past perfect (had collaborated), a tense that is used to convey the earlier of two past events, is correct.
The answer is E
COMMENTS
I will post the other OE within 12 hours.
KaramveerBakshi and Varunsawhney8 , welcome to SC Butler.
Many more people than I anticipated saw right through option D, btw.
Someone asked the other day whether I write these SC questions.
No, not these ones that I post on Butler.
I do spend many long hours looking for them, though.
Writing SC questions is a Herculean task. You should try writing one.
GMAC spends thousands of dollars to produce one SC question.
These answers range from good to excellent.
Those of you who take a few words to explain what you mean make learning easier for aspirants to follow. Well done.
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Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
Before they became a team, Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote a series of hit musicals in the 1950s and collaborating with other partners: Rogers with Lorenz Hart and Hammerstein with Jerome Kern.
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
A) Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote a series of hit musicals in the 1950s and collaborating
• collaborating is not a working verb, nor is it parallel to wrote→ collaborating should be collaborated
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
B) Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, whose series of hit musicals in the 1950s had collaborated
• Musicals do not collaborate. Full stop.ELIMINATE B
Quote:
C) Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, who wrote a series of hit musicals in the 1950s, collaborating
• The sentence lacks a main verb• The compound subject (Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein) does not have a verb
→ the verb wrote belongs to the relative pronoun who (remove the nonessential who-clause -- the sentence should still makes sense, but it does not)
ELIMINATE C
Quote:
D) Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, who wrote a series of hit musicals in the 1950s and had collaborated
• the sentence lacks a main verb→ similar to wrote in option C the verbs wrote and had collaborated belong to who, the subject of the relative clause, rather than to the main subjects
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
E) Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, who wrote a series of hit musicals in the 1950s, had collaborated
• Unlike options C and D, in this sentence, when the nonessential clause is removed, the sentence makes sense
• This option correctly describes two actions in the past:
(1) Rogers and Hammerstein worked with other partners; and
(2) Rogers and Hammerstein became a team.
The use of past perfect (had collaborated), a tense that is used to convey the earlier of two past events, is correct.
The answer is E
COMMENTS
I will post the other OE within 12 hours.
KaramveerBakshi and Varunsawhney8 , welcome to SC Butler.
Many more people than I anticipated saw right through option D, btw.
Someone asked the other day whether I write these SC questions.
No, not these ones that I post on Butler.
I do spend many long hours looking for them, though.
Writing SC questions is a Herculean task. You should try writing one.
GMAC spends thousands of dollars to produce one SC question.
These answers range from good to excellent.
Those of you who take a few words to explain what you mean make learning easier for aspirants to follow. Well done.
17 Jul 2020, 00:38
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Error in option A
Before they became a team, Richard and Oscar wrote....and collaborating...
-'Wrote & collaborating' is not parallel
Option B,C and D is incorrect.
(SV error: What's the verb of Roger and Oscar? There's no IC)
Option E is the correct answer.
-No SV error
-To link sequence of related events in past, we need to use past perfect for earlier event and simple past for later event.
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Before they became a team, Richard and Oscar wrote....and collaborating...
-'Wrote & collaborating' is not parallel
Option B,C and D is incorrect.
(SV error: What's the verb of Roger and Oscar? There's no IC)
Option E is the correct answer.
-No SV error
-To link sequence of related events in past, we need to use past perfect for earlier event and simple past for later event.
Posted from my mobile device
