In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted

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In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million for his alma mater, the Harvard Business School to give back to the school a little bit of what it  had given him

A. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million for his alma mater, the Harvard Business School to give back to the school a little bit of what it
B. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, has gifted $50 million to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, which is an attempt to give back to the school a little bit of what it
C. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, in an attempt to give back to the school a little bit of what they
D. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, in an attempt to give back to the school a little bit of what it
E. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, decided to gift $50 million to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, it being an attempt to give back to the school a little bit of what it

SOURH7WK · Answer

IMO D. In an attempt seems correct and usage of simple past gifted is ok.

aditi1903 · Answer

IMO D...
same reasons...whats d answer?

Adityam · Answer

A. gifted ... for is incorrect
B. has gifted .. incorrect
C. school referred to as they in the end .. incorrect
E. decided to gift .. changes the meaning

Hence D

getgyan · Answer

Great work guys, you all were spot on. It was an easy question, I suppose. Nobody even bothered to explain the options. :-D

Here is OE “Gifted for” is unidiomatic, it should be “gifted to” “has gifted” is the incorrect tense since the sentence is in the past tense. “Which” incorrectly refers to HBS Plural “they” incorrectly refers to the singular HBS Use of “being” makes the sentence passive and awkward :-D

Bluelagoon · Answer

In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million for his alma mater, the Harvard Business School to give back to the school a little bit of what it had given him

A. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million for his alma mater, the Harvard Business School to give back to the school a little bit of what it
B. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, has gifted $50 million to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, which is an attempt to give back to the school a little bit of what it
C. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, in an attempt to give back to the school a little bit of what they
D. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, in an attempt to give back to the school a little bit of what it
E. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, decided to gift $50 million to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, it being an attempt to give back to the school a little bit of what it

HBS is singular -> Eliminate D; Gifted for is incorrect eliminate A; It being is wrong -> Eliminate E; Which refers to HBS in B -> Incorrect. D Wins.

Game · Answer

In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million for his alma
mater, the Harvard Business School to give back to the school a little bit of what it  had
given him

A. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million for his
alma mater, the Harvard Business School to give back to the school a little bit
of what it

B. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, has gifted $50 million to
his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, which is an attempt to give
back to the school a little bit of what it

C. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million to his
alma mater, the Harvard Business School, in an attempt to give back to the
school a little bit of what they

D. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million
to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, in an attempt to give
back to the school a little bit of what it

E. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, decided to gift $50 million
to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, it being an attempt to give
back to the school a little bit of what it

ankit546 · Answer

In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million for his alma
mater, the Harvard Business School to give back to the school a little bit of what it had
given him

A. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million for his
alma mater, the Harvard Business School to give back to the school a little bit
of what it ------ gifted $50 million for his - here incorrect idiom "for" is used, should have been "to"

B. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, has gifted $50 million to
his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, which is an attempt to give
back to the school a little bit of what it --- The which modifies Harvard BS. Hence incorrect

C. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million to his
alma mater, the Harvard Business School, in an attempt to give back to the
school a little bit of what they ----- SV Agreement Error - HBS and they, don't go together. Should have been "it"

D. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million
to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, in an attempt to give
back to the school a little bit of what it ---- No problems with this option

E. In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, decided to gift $50 million
to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, it being an attempt to give
back to the school a little bit of what it --- awkward construction after HBS

Hence, the answer to this question is D

Both the modifiers in all the options are placed correctly.

Thanks
Ankit

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Gnpth · Answer

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