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General Wolfe answered the French sentry in French

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General Wolfe answered the French sentry in French [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2004, 10:24
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General Wolfe answered the French sentry in French, and thus the young officer tragically mistook the enemy ship as one of his own, and let Wolfe and his men slip past him to victory at Quebec.

A as one of his own, and let Wolfe
B as his own, and let Wolfe
C for one of his own, leaving Wolfe
D for one of his own, and let Wolfe
E to be his own, leaving Wolfe

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Re: General Wolfe answered the French sentry in French [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2004, 11:12
I will go with C on this one.

D would introduce two "and"s
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Re: General Wolfe answered the French sentry in French [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2004, 11:23
D..!!........In C, "leaving" Wolfe & his men.........aint correct usage....it might be "leaving Wolfe & his men TO slip by or something of that sort....!!
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Re: General Wolfe answered the French sentry in French [#permalink] New post   03 Mar 2004, 00:43
it should be C. suggests that Wolfe intentionally let his men slip past him to victory at Quebec.
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Re: General Wolfe answered the French sentry in French [#permalink] New post   04 Mar 2004, 10:31
The correct answer is D. The correct idiom is mistake X for Y. Thus, we can eliminate A and B for the incorrect mistake X as Y. E uses the incorrect mistake X to be Y, and therefore should also be discarded. As well, both B and E say his own, which incorrectly suggests the ship belonged to the French officer. Additionally, both C and E inappropriately use leaving rather than and let, making the rest of the sentence ungrammatical.

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