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In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2007, 20:34
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In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave.

A his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave
B Cameron was told by his friend that he should probably leave
C his friend told Cameron that Cameron should probably leave
D Cameron's friend told Cameron that he should probably leave
E his friend told him to leave probably

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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2007, 23:53
In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave.

The trick is twofold; first, realizing that the first clause insinuates that Cameron's friend is going to reply, and second, realizing that Cameron isn't actually introduced in the first clause-- it's Cameron's irrational criticisms. With these two facts you can trivially reduce the answer to D.


A his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave

His friend; who's friend? There is no mention of Cameron.

B Cameron was told by his friend that he should probably leave

Cameron isn't replying to himself.

C his friend told Cameron that Cameron should probably leave

Again, no antecedent.

D Cameron's friend told Cameron that he should probably leave

Correct.

E his friend told him to leave probably

No antecedent.
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2007, 11:10
Sorry guys for being late on this one.
OA is C .

This is OE:
Two pronouns are underlined: "his" and "he." "His" is fine because at this point in the sentence it can only refer to Cameron. However "he" is not correct because it could refer to either Cameron or his friend. You can therefore eliminate Choices (A), (B), and (D).

Choices (C) and (E) vary in a few respects, but focusing on one difference, is it more correct to say "he should probably leave" or "he should leave probably"? The first option is better, so eliminate (E).
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   23 Mar 2008, 23:32
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In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave.

A his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave
B Cameron was told by his friend that he should probably leave
C his friend told Cameron that Cameron should probably leave
D Cameron's friend told Cameron that he should probably leave
E his friend told him to leave probably

do not have OA.

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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   23 Mar 2008, 23:45
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I would go with B .

his is not correct since until that point of time the person not been mentioned , so pronoun does not have any noun to point to .
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2008, 01:36
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I picked C. "he" is seems to be ambiguous in A,B,D. E change the meaning.
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2008, 01:57
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Another C
HE in all other choices doesn't have clear antecedent. HE may refer to Cameron or his friend.
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2008, 02:41
tiger can you post the correct answer to it along with the reason....
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2008, 08:30
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I'll go for D.

My reasoning; The first part of the sentence is in the possesive, therefore the noun it modifies has to also be in the possesive.
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2008, 08:38
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I like D, as it best syncs with the preceding modifier.
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2008, 23:00
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This sentence has pronoun (possessive poison) issue.
His requires referent - eliminate A, C and E
Between B and D:

B – Passive voice – eliminate it

A his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave
B Cameron was told by his friend that he should probably leave
C his friend told Cameron that Cameron should probably leave
D Cameron's friend told Cameron that he should probably leave
E his friend told him to leave probably

Answer: D
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   25 Mar 2008, 17:52
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ur right this sentence is not a good one :)...I'll go with D, most clear on pronoun reference and antecendent.
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   25 Mar 2008, 19:22
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In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave.

A his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave --> answer
B Cameron was told by his friend that he should probably leave was told make the sentence passive
C his friend told Cameron that Cameron should probably leave use of cameron twice adds to redundancy
D Cameron's friend told Cameron that he should probably leave use of cameron twice adds to redundancy
E his friend told him to leave probably sentence ends in probably. ackwards
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Re: In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told [#permalink] New post   26 Mar 2008, 13:36
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In reply to Cameron's irrational criticisms, his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave.
A his friend told Cameron that he should probably leave
B Cameron was told by his friend that he should probably leave
C his friend told Cameron that Cameron should probably leave
D Cameron's friend told Cameron that he should probably leave
E his friend told him to leave probably

Another vote for D.

Reason:
In the first part of the sentense "Cameron's" is purely an adjective of the noun - "criticisms".
The suject in the first part is clearly "criticisms" , so all the options that start with "his" is wrongly attempting to point to "criticisms". No where is Cameron mentioned as noun.
Eliminate A,C and E.

Now between B and D,B is in passive voice.

In D , "that" is connecting Cameron to the next sentense so "he" should be refering back to "Cameron".



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