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Like other engineers and inventors of the late 1800's, Americans admired Alexander Graham Bell and photographed him more than any man in America except the president.

a. Americans admired Alexander Graham Bell and photographed him
b. Americans admired Alexander Graham Bell and he was photographed
c. Alexander Graham Bell was admired by Americans and was photographed
d. Alexander Graham Bell won admiration and Americans photographed him
e. Americans who admired Alexander Graham Bell and photographed him



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Like other engineers and inventors of the late 1800's, 15 Sep 2005, 13:11
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C for me.

Modifier phrase:
Like other engineers and inventors of the late 1800's

need to modify noun "Alexander Graham Bell" not :Americans. A, B, E out

D. won admiraration. meaning differs from original sentance where it is restricted to "Americans"
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Like other engineers and inventors of the late 1800's, 15 Sep 2005, 16:44
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C. same reasoning as everybody else! :lol:
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Like other engineers and inventors of the late 1800's, 15 Sep 2005, 17:01
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I choose C.

a. Americans admired Alexander Graham Bell and photographed him
- incorrect because "like other engineers and inventors" does not correctly modify "americans"

b. Americans admired Alexander Graham Bell and he was photographed
- same as A

c. Alexander Graham Bell was admired by Americans and was photographed
- correct parallel tense

d. Alexander Graham Bell won admiration and Americans photographed him
- won admiration? doesn't sound like what the sentence is meant to say

e. Americans who admired Alexander Graham Bell and photographed him
- same as A
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Like other engineers and inventors of the late 1800's, 16 Sep 2005, 11:57
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OK...I chose C just like all of you, but the Peterson online test, where I got this question from, says the OA is D. This is their explanation:

"The original uses a dangling modifier: it appears to say that Americans were like other engineers and inventors. (B) and (E) are incorrect because they do not place the subject Alexander Graham Bell closer to the modifying clause. (C) is incorrect because it corrects the original problem but uses the passive voice."

I liked what you all had to say, and I would like to believe that C is the correct answer. Any comments?
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III JUUUSSTTT DOOONN'TTT GEEETTTT IIIIIT!

I am so confused between recognizing what's passive and what's not. Is there a passive guru out there that can show me a light at the end of the tunnel?

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OK...I chose C just like all of you, but the Peterson online test, where I got this question from, says the OA is D. This is their explanation:

"The original uses a dangling modifier: it appears to say that Americans were like other engineers and inventors. (B) and (E) are incorrect because they do not place the subject Alexander Graham Bell closer to the modifying clause. (C) is incorrect because it corrects the original problem but uses the passive voice."

I liked what you all had to say, and I would like to believe that C is the correct answer. Any comments?
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D is wrong...

D is a run-on sentence.

D is joing 2 Independent clauses with and. There is no comma or semicolon.
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riteshgupta1, you are absolutely correct. I never noticed that when I was reviewing my test. D is definitly a run-on sentence. Also, their is no rule to say that passive voice is absolutly incorrect (as in choice C). There are instances when passive voice can be used correctly. In the end I don't think I'll beat myself up over missing this question.
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Like other engineers and inventors of the late 1800's, 16 Sep 2005, 14:22
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Knowing my luck, this will show up on the test. Hardy har har.

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riteshgupta1, you are absolutely correct. I never noticed that when I was reviewing my test. D is definitly a run-on sentence. Also, their is no rule to say that passive voice is absolutly incorrect (as in choice C). There are instances when passive voice can be used correctly. In the end I don't think I'll beat myself up over missing this question.
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Like other engineers and inventors of the late 1800's, 16 Sep 2005, 14:45
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For Passive vs. Active (Good to know, although I don't think GMAT cares too much about it)

For Passive, the order of the sentence components goes object, verb subject. For active it is subject, verb, object.

Active: I won the race. Subject-verb-object
Passive: The race was won by me. Object-verb-subject

The subject is the thing doing the verb. The object is the thing that's having the verb done to it. Subjects are optional in the passive voice. Objects are optional in the Active.

The race was won. Passive complete sentence w/no true subject
I won. Active complete sentence with no object.
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Like other engineers and inventors of the late 1800's, 16 Sep 2005, 18:32
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I vote for C too!
But just wondering, its gonna be a mess if OAs were to use such logic on the real GMAT!



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