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Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most

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Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most [#permalink] New post   05 Sep 2009, 21:57
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Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, were devoted to building a political power base that extendedfar beyond the confines of the Tuskeege Institute.

a) The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, were devoted
b) Regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, Ezra Pound's last years were devoted
c) Ezra Pound, being regarded the most influential poet of his time, devoted his last years
d) Being regarded as the most influential poet of his time, Ezra Pound had devoted his last years
e) Ezra Pound , regarded as the most influential poet of his time, devoted his last year

Please answer with an explanation
Also, usage of being.



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Re: Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most [#permalink] New post   05 Sep 2009, 22:03
IMO...
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... E

Original Sentence has problem with "modifier" "passive tense" "subject" and "Idiom"
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regarded as is CORRECT

sakshiag28 wrote:
Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, were devoted to building a political power base that extendedfar beyond the confines of the Tuskeege Institute.

a) The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, were devoted
b) Regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, Ezra Pound's last years were devoted
c) Ezra Pound, being regarded the most influential poet of his time, devoted his last years
d) Being regarded as the most influential poet of his time, Ezra Pound had devoted his last years
e) Ezra Pound , regarded as the most influential poet of his time, devoted his last year

Please answer with an explanation
Also, usage of being.
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Re: Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most [#permalink] New post   05 Sep 2009, 23:16
nitya34 wrote:
IMO...
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... E

Original Sentence has problem with "modifier" "passive tense" "subject" and "Idiom"
added Tags

regarded as is CORRECT

sakshiag28 wrote:
Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, were devoted to building a political power base that extendedfar beyond the confines of the Tuskeege Institute.

a) The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, were devoted
b) Regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, Ezra Pound's last years were devoted
c) Ezra Pound, being regarded the most influential poet of his time, devoted his last years
d) Being regarded as the most influential poet of his time, Ezra Pound had devoted his last years
e) Ezra Pound , regarded as the most influential poet of his time, devoted his last year

Please answer with an explanation
Also, usage of being.


Don't u think 'E' is changing the meaning of the sentence. The original sentence says "last years" whereas 'E' says 'last year'
IMO C
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Re: Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most [#permalink] New post   05 Sep 2009, 23:45
though not great choice. But C seems to be the best among given.

Can original poster please check all the answer choices again??

OA?
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Re: Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 06 Sep 2009, 00:25
This ques is from Kaplan test series

Originally posted by sakshiag28 on 05 Sep 2009, 23:51.
Last edited by sakshiag28 on 06 Sep 2009, 00:25, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most [#permalink] New post   06 Sep 2009, 00:03
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Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, were devoted to building a political power base that extendedfar beyond the confines of the Tuskeege Institute.

a) The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, were devoted
b) Regarded to be the most influential poet of his time, Ezra Pound's last years were devoted
c) Ezra Pound, being regarded the most influential poet of his time, devoted his last years
d) Being regarded as the most influential poet of his time, Ezra Pound had devoted his last years
e) Ezra Pound , regarded as the most influential poet of his time, devoted his last year

ans...
regarded as is the correct idiom.... so only D and E hold merit....
D changes verb tense by using 'Ezra Pound had devoted his last years' and also avoid use of being if better option available......
E is the best we have but u r right changes meaning with year and years... a thought, 'last few years' is ok but years does not go with only last ..... it can be only one year which can be last ...so last year should be ok...
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Re: Q. The last years of Ezra Pound, regarded to be the most [#permalink] New post   21 Sep 2009, 17:35
E seems to be the best option.

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