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Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 03 Jul 2019, 22:45
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Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home to prepare for his friend’s surprise birthday party.

a) Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home
b) Running home after Eric finished his exams he had
c) Upon completing his exams, Eric hurried home
d) After finishing Eric’s exams, he ran home
e) Eric quickly ran home upon he completed his exams


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Originally posted by Nilabh_s on 09 Sep 2013, 16:02.
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Re: Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2013, 17:02
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Re: Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2013, 19:09
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Re: Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2013, 20:47
This sentence looks like it has way too many pronouns! And what are they referring to? I think this sentence needs a Proper noun.

Also, the opening phrase is a modifier, so the Proper noun should come after the comma.

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Re: Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home [#permalink] New post   10 Sep 2013, 00:13
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Nilabh_s wrote:
Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home to prepare for his friend’s surprise birthday party.

a) Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home
b) Running home after Eric finished his exams he had
c) Upon completing his exams, Eric hurried home
d) After finishing Eric’s exams, he ran home
e) Eric quickly ran home upon he completed his exams


The official answer is C.
Why A is not the correct answer


Can you edit the bottom part so the answer is not right under the question for people who may want to do the problem? That way people can practice and also have a discussion on why C is better :) My guess is that (A) and (C) are both good answers, just (C) is better.
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Re: Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home [#permalink] New post   10 Sep 2013, 03:16
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tchang wrote:
This sentence looks like it has way too many pronouns! And what are they referring to? I think this sentence needs a Proper noun.

Also, the opening phrase is a modifier, so the Proper noun should come after the comma.

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But the original sentence also makes sense
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Re: Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home [#permalink] New post   12 Oct 2017, 20:08
How can we assume the he is Eric--can we always do this on GMAT?
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Re: Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home [#permalink] New post   04 Nov 2017, 21:39
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IMO C. A doesn't have any clear antecedent for He.Rest other options are redundant.
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Re: Once he had finished taking his exams, he hurried home [#permalink] New post   20 Oct 2018, 09:48
gmattesttaker555 wrote:
How can we assume the he is Eric--can we always do this on GMAT?


There is no ambiguity in this case. C is the correct answer.
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