In Major League Baseball, a "perfect game" is a

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In Major League Baseball, a "perfect game" is a game in which a pitcher and his team do not surrender a walk, a hit,  or nothing else that allows  a batter to reach first base. 
(A) or nothing else that allows
(B) or that allows
(C) and nothing else that allows
(D) or anything else that allows
(E) and anything else that allows

shekharkataria · Answer

We need OR . Eliminate C And E.

B :- THAT is not parallel to anything else.

D :- Usage of nothing else is wrong.

Mike , Is nothing else double negative here??

thevenus · Answer

The "perfect game" is a  condition  which can be achieved only if any one out of various options given, so OR will be used not AND.
 OAs starting with AND can be eliminated. (C) / (E) out.

(A) has  double negation , the sentences already has a NO (...do not surrender a walk...) so in later part it must be continued with  "anything". (A) out.
(B) do not surrender a walk, a hit,or that allows a batter to reach first base.   incorrect

(D) doesn't have any flaw and so is the correct answer.

gmatcallow · Answer

classic double negative.similar question OG13 SC13.

mikemcgarry · Answer

Precisely. In this sentence, the phrase "nothing else" is a double negative --- there are instances in which double negatives can be correct, but here is a clear grammatical error. The perfect game should is a game in which the team surrenders NOT a hit, NOT a walk, and NOT anything else --- that one "not" at the beginning of the parallel sequence applies equally to each term. Does this make sense? Don't you mean OG13 SC21? SC13 ain't got no negatives at all. :-P

Mike

oanhnguyen1116 · Answer

Hi  mikemcgarry ,

Could you explain why it's not true with "and"?

chetan2u · Answer

Hi,
when any single item out of the given things IS enoughfor some cause, we will use OR..
when we require all, we will use AND..
Here even one item in th egiven list is sufficient, so we should OR..
I hope I understood your Q correctly

oanhnguyen1116 · Answer

Hi chetan2u , Thank you so much for your reply. I am not good at grammar, so my question seems akward

Back to the question, when I read the question, I do not determine whether it requires "all" criteria or each of them. Could you make it clear? Thank you.

mikemcgarry · Answer

Dear oanhnguyen1116 I'm happy to respond. :-)

Think about it this way. The construction " A, B, and C " means one and only one thing: a set with all three of those items included, {A, B, C}. Because in math & logic, the word " or " is always the inclusive OR , the construction " A, B, or C " includes seven different cases: 1) {A} 2) {B} 3) {C} 4) {A, B} 5) {A, C} 6) (B, C} 7) {A, B, C} Now in this example, let A = a walk B = a hit C = reaching base some other way In a "perfect game," none of these things happens. Of the two lists above, which is a complete list of the not allowed things in a "perfect game"? Of course, it's not the single possibility of the "AND" list---it's the seven cases of the "OR" list. Technically, logically, "not A, B, and C" means that any of three would be allowed individually, that any pair would be fine, and that the only single thing not allowed would be the combination of all three. By contrast, "not A, B, or C" means that no one is allowed and they are not allowed in any combination. Does all this make sense? Mike :-)

oanhnguyen1116 · Answer

Dear  mike ,

Now it's clear for me. Thank you so much!

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