Pennsylvania Governor William Keith Encouraged the Young Ben

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Pennsylvania Governor William Keith Encouraged the Young Benjamin Franklin to Open His Own Shop printing Because he Perceived That the quality of printing in Philadelphia

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I marked D but it is not the answer ..

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B

dentobizz · Answer

Can you pls. specify the source of the question.

stunn3r · Answer

source is edvento tests. These come free with e-GMAT course

ThaiDoan · Answer

Can someone please explain why choice D is incorrect?

murilomoraes · Answer

I`m not expert but i believe D is grammatically correct but is a little wordy, and if you see B, the first part of sentence are modifying the governor and GMAT really like it.
I hope it helps

mvictor · Answer

Yes, B is more concise than D. Furthermore, there is no ambiguous pronoun in B. His clearly refers to BF.

snowygari · Answer

shouldn't this be E?
I felt it is benjamin who perceived the quality of printing... and hence governor encouraged benjamin for his good job....

Experts.. can you please help?

mvictor · Answer

I'm not an expert, but I would clearly suggest that you try to comprehend what the original sentence is telling. In SC, the original sentence sets the tone, thus, you must find an answer choice that is not only grammatically but also logically correct.
Original statement says that the governor identified the problem with the quality. Then, he advised Mr. Benji to do smth...

rahul1992 · Answer

B is the concise version of D.
E is changing the meaning my referring to Benjamin, instead of William.

rahul1992 · Answer

For those, who are confused as to why the answer is B, and not D or E:

B is the concise version of D.
In E, the modifier is changing the meaning by referring to Benjamin, instead of William.

akhilgoyal1989 · Answer

logically,
D says that Governor William encouraged Young Benjamin because William (Could be another person named as William Keith) perceived ....
Thus D is incorrect.

Does the above explanation help?

arjunperiyasamys · Answer

i find the option D to be right. Can someone elaborate as to what is wrong with option D ?

GittinGud · Answer

IMO none of the options are correct. If he and his should have the same antecedent, then none of the options make sense. Experts please help. Thanks!

theeni03 · Answer

Can someone explain why A is not the answer?

deepshikha12 · Answer

Pennsylvania Governor William Keith Encouraged the Young Benjamin Franklin to Open His Own printing Shop Because he Perceived That the quality of printing in Philadelphia

The original sentence has pronoun error. lets read the sentence.

Pennsylvania Governor William Keith Encouraged (somebody) the Young Benjamin Franklin to (do something) Open His Own printing
 Because he (who????????, is it governor or ben) Perceived That the quality of printing in Philadelphia

since the use of "he" is ambiguous, option A is not right.

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