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another toughy

gsr · Answer

Since you have given this question with the OA, it was distracting :wink:

Let me give an honest try though, Five-nation league is one entity. One of Five-nation league is incorrect. A, B & E can be marked out. D sounds awkward. Would I have picked C on the exam. Well, it is a big :?:

HIMALAYA · Answer

yes, this one is really tough. if answer were not given, it would not be this much easy to choose C.

laxieqv · Answer

Better not to explain why it is totally correct but to find big bugs of other choices.
In case, I'm not sure whether " the Oneida" is singular or not ..I can still cross B coz " was" contrasts with " they"
D is out coz it's awkward to say " the only ones"
E is out coz there's no point using past perfect tense here.
IMO, when you use compound noun five-nation, " league" is no longer a group, it's a sole entity.....so it's not suitable to use "  the only one of ......League "

Learn · Answer

I striked off A and choose C for the following reasons :

1) Who : can we use who to refer to a group or a nation ( onieda)
2)even if we can use who, over here , who sided can refer either to group / nation. but it is the nation that sided not the group. since both are singular even the use of "that" may not help instead of "who" may not resolve this.

Learn · Answer

Pls Ignore https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopi ... ght=oneida

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