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The game of Rugby began in the Middle Ages as a daylong free-for-all between neighboring villages, without limit of the numbers of players on a side or of the boundaries.
(A) without limit of the numbers of players on a side or of the boundaries
(B) with no limit on the number of players on a side and with no boundaries
(C) without limitation as to how many players on each side or as to boundaries
(D) and it was without a limit on the number of players on a side or on boundaries
(E) with no limits on the numbers of players or boundaries
(A) without limit of the numbers of players on a side or of the boundaries
(B) with no limit on the number of players on a side and with no boundaries
(C) without limitation as to how many players on each side or as to boundaries
(D) and it was without a limit on the number of players on a side or on boundaries
(E) with no limits on the numbers of players or boundaries
05 Apr 2020, 22:17
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The intended meaning is: when the game of rugby began it did not have a limit on the number of players and it did not have any boundaries.
A. Limit of the numbers of players illogically means numbers of players has a limit. Moreover numbers is wrong, should be number. After or the sentence becomes without of the boundaries. Does not make sense.
B. Correct. With no limit on number of players and with no boundaries. Clear and concise.
C. Limitation does not mean the same as limit and is incorrect in this context.As to is incorrect here. Distorts the meaning.
D. This says the game of rugby was without a limit- Illogical
E. It should be with no boundaries
B is correct
24 Aug 2020, 00:43
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The question is based on errors of Parallelism, word usage and conjunctions.
The intended meaning of the sentence is that the game of Rugby began in the Middle Ages as a daylong free-for-all between neighboring villages and that there was no limit on the number of players and no boundaries.
The various options contain errors of parallelism and conjunctions and word usage.
In Option A, there is an error of word usage. The correct expression is ‘the number of players’, not ‘numbers’. There is also an error of idiomatic usage. The correct expression is ‘limit on’ and not ‘limit of’. The conjunction ‘or’ is also incorrect. The intended meaning is that there was no limit on the number of players and there were no boundaries. By phrasing the sentence to say “without limit of the numbers of players or of the boundaries”, the meaning conveyed is that there were no limits on the boundaries either. The logical idea is that there were no boundaries, not that there were no limits on the boundaries. So, Option A is incorrect for a number of reasons.
Option C has a bulky, wordy construction in the form of “without limitation as to how many players”. So, Option C can also be eliminated.
Option D has an ambiguous pronoun ‘it. There is no antecedent for the pronoun in the first part of the sentence. So, Option D also can be eliminated.
Option E contains a few of the same errors as Option A. The word ‘numbers’ has been used in this option also. The incorrect conjunction ‘or’ has also been used. There is no choice between the number of players and boundaries but that is the meaning conveyed by the conjunction ‘or’. So, Option E can also be eliminated.
Option B conveys the intended meaning by using the conjunction ‘and’ and by specifying that there was no limit on the number of players and there were no boundaries. By repeating the adjective ‘no’, the parallelism is maintained and so is the logic . Word usage is also correct in this option.
Therefore, B is the most appropriate option.
Jayanthi Kumar.
