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In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the federal advisory committee of experts they assigned to do a report on the history and ethics of the government’s radiation experiments on humans in the 1950’s and 1960’s .

(A) they assigned to do
(B) to be assigned doing
(C) that was being assigned doing
(D) assigned for doing
(E) it assigned to do
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Originally posted by windy_city on 22 May 2007, 22:34.
Last edited by BillyZ on 29 Jun 2018, 00:49, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2013, 07:07
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‘for doing a report’ in D is idiomatically inferior to ‘to do a report” because there is a purpose. But does it mean that GMAT is ideologically opposed to the gerund ‘doing’ and that you have no instance of the gerund being passable? In sum, can we pardon an idiomatic goof-up? If yes, then choose D;

On the contrary, the pronoun ‘it’ can refer undoubtedly both to house or the committee; Ambiguity has very crept in; now can we pardon ambiguity as has GMAT done in many cases. If yes, then choose E. I would rather pardon idiom thing than ambiguity
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   23 May 2007, 05:38
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In 1994 the white house named Dr RuthR. Faden
chairperson of the federal advisory committee of
experts they assigned to do a report on the history
and ethics of the government’s radiation experiments
on humans in the 1950’s and 1960’s .

1) they assigned to do => "they" who ? - no logical ref
2) to be assigned doing avoid on GMAT
3) that was being assigned doing =>awkward construction
4) assigned for doing
5) it assigned to do => "it" ambigious ref

Thought it dosent sound correct ;)

My Answer : 4 ( or D ;) )
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2018, 06:25
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DhruvPatelD10 wrote:
Can you please explain what is wrong with OE - E ?

I feel E should be the correct response, but other answers indicate D.


E is alright.
D is wrong because "for doing" has been used to depict purpose. To depict purpose, infinitive "to + verb" is to be used.
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   22 May 2007, 23:05
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I think the correct idiom is "assign to do sth"
so, B C D out
not sure A and E? :(
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   24 May 2007, 01:55
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D!

It seems to me "it" in E doesn't have a clear referent ( committe or house)
Althoughcorrect idiom is "assigned to do" , D is best among the worst.
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   24 May 2007, 02:37
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I guess we can conclude D as the OA by majority vote ;)
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   24 May 2007, 02:49
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In 1994 the white house named Dr RuthR. Faden
chairperson of the federal advisory committee of
experts they assigned to do a report on the history
and ethics of the government’s radiation experiments
on humans in the 1950’s and 1960’s .

1) they assigned to do - who is they referring to? White house or FACE?
2) to be assigned doing -
3) that was being assigned doing - WORDY
4) assigned for doing - Assigned for does not sound idiomatic.. Does it?
5) it assigned to do - BEST ANSWER[/b]
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2013, 15:20
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It seems that OA is not available for this.
But this is what one of the expert has to say about it :

E is definitely the best choice. While "it" is technically ambiguous (both the White House and the Federal Advisory Committee of experts are possible antecedents), none of the other choices provide a better alternative. Remember, while the GMAT prefers non-ambiguous references, if the reference is clear from the context of the sentence then seemingly ambiguous references aren't considered ambiguous.

Since the White House "named", parallelism dictates that the White House also "assigned", making "it" non-ambiguous.

Idiomatically we can "do a report", so (E) is also the idiomatic winner. "assigned for doing a report" will never be correct on the GMAT (as an aside, "assigned to do a report" without the "it" would be fine and arguably superior to (E)).
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   16 Apr 2019, 23:03
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I don't know why there is so few discussions about this sentence. In my opinion, the test maker "deliberately" dropped a vital word "that" in the sentence.

In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the federal advisory committee of experts that(refers to committee) it (white house) assigned to do a report on the history and ethics of the government’s radiation experiments on humans in the 1950’s and 1960’s .
However, I would like to ask for someone's expert opinion: why the word "that" is dropped here? Without it the sentence can become really confusing.

Please comment whether my understanding is correct. If it is, please help explain why "that" is dropped here? Many thanks!!!
You're right. The that has been dropped from the sentence. However, this is quite common, and is not incorrect.

For example, take a look at this official question.

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A professor at the university has taken a sabbatical to research the books James Baldwin wrote while he lived in France.

Here the that after books has been dropped.

More (short) examples:
1. I like the movie you made.
2. I accidentally broke the instrument you gave me.

Here is another question you could try.
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2019, 09:01
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Hi Rajeet, doing does not have any tense at all; in fact, in this sentence, doing is used as a noun (gerund).

As you would appreciate, a Noun does not have any tense.
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   23 May 2007, 21:21
Narrowed down to D or E

Like Yogesh, I beleive we should avoid using 'ing' in GMAT. So my choice should be E

It is not ambiguous, it it clearly refers to white house and not the committee.

Still I think E should have been it had assigned to do.

So, I break my rule and go with D

More thoughts?
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   23 May 2007, 23:15
"assigned to" is correct which can be found in A and E. In A, "they" refers to neither the committee not to the white house so eliminate.
Left with (E)
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   24 May 2007, 02:59
@axl_oz

5) "it" what / who ?? - has no logical referent !!
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   24 May 2007, 04:51
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5) "it" what / who ?? - has no logical referent !!


@ victor
"it clearly refers to the white houde in my opinion.......
I vote for E.......
btw wots the OA???
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   26 May 2007, 00:29
1) they assigned to do – Experts did not assign him.
2) to be assigned doing – to be??? Verb Tense.
3) that was being assigned doing – Verb Tense
4) assigned for doing
5) it assigned to do – wrong construction.

B,C - Eliminate fr Verb Tense.
E - Eliminate for wrong construction.
A - Changes the context.

Hence D is the answer
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   26 May 2007, 04:32
Joining D-team :)

Windy, please provide the OA.
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2010, 07:59
could any instructor check out this SC problem??? Thank you very much~~
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2010, 08:11
IMO : D

1) they assigned to do - "they" is not required
2) to be assigned doing - "to be" passive
3) that was being assigned doing - "wordy"
4) assigned for doing - keeps the sentence active
5) it assigned to do - "it" is incorrectly used.
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Re: In 1994 the white house named Dr Ruth R. Faden chairperson of the [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2011, 11:37
Will go with D. what is the source?
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