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The suspect in the burglary was advised of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was interrogated in a detention room.
a) of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was
b) of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and
c) of his right to remain silent and that he could not leave and
d) that he had a right to remain silent, could not leave, and was
e) that he had a right to remain silent, that he could not leave, and was
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79 comments
Hemant Agarwal on October 14th, 2010 at 6:13 am
My answer is 'e'. Do I have to provide an explanation also to win or just providing the correct answer is enough to enter the draw?Thanks
Hemant
Archana on October 14th, 2010 at 6:22 am
answer d
Sukriti on October 15th, 2010 at 10:49 am
It should b "B"
for parallelism
Govi on October 15th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
I would pick B for maintaining parallelism ( verb based parallelism)
vijaita narain on October 14th, 2010 at 6:27 am
answer is (e)
Sunil on October 14th, 2010 at 6:39 am
Hi,
The correct answer to this question is option B.
We need to maintain a parallelism here.
was advised, told and interrogated clearly maintains the parallelism.
The use of "had" in the options D and E is not required as there is no other action in the past and moreover these options are not parallel as well.
So correct answer is B.
LJD on October 14th, 2010 at 6:42 am
E
shruti on October 14th, 2010 at 6:46 am
Answer is d
Komal Saini on October 14th, 2010 at 7:13 am
Correct answer is B.
We need to maintain a parallelism here.
was "advised", "told" and "interrogated" maintains the parallelism.
Komal Saini on October 14th, 2010 at 7:19 am
In A there is a parallelism error - "advised", "told", "was interrogated".
In C parallelism error “that he could not leave” not parallel with other elements.
In D parallelism error "had a right to remain silent", "could not leave", and "was interrogated".
In E, parallelism error "that he had a right to remain silent", "that he could not leave", and "was interrogated" not parallel.
Russ Darnell on October 14th, 2010 at 7:24 am
the answer is B
Dhru on October 14th, 2010 at 7:27 am
correct answer is B. You do not need the word 'was', present in option 'A'.
Choose B
Zsolt on October 14th, 2010 at 7:27 am
b)
Venkata on October 14th, 2010 at 7:31 am
Answer Choice is E
ricki on October 14th, 2010 at 7:33 am
B
Suneel on October 14th, 2010 at 7:37 am
It Should be B. The verb 'advised' is a command subjunctive and tale to+infinitive correctly in B. Also it maintains parallelism. However, in D and E had is wrong as well we don't need 'that'.
Srikpv on October 14th, 2010 at 7:42 am
Correct answer E.
Parallelism has to be maintained.
'that he had a right to remain silent, that he could not leave' are parallel.
'was advised' and 'was interrogated' are parallel.
Harsh on October 14th, 2010 at 7:47 am
(B)
The answer should be B as it maintains parallelism.
Hashem on October 14th, 2010 at 7:50 am
The correct answer is B.
Rosh on October 14th, 2010 at 7:56 am
Answer B
NeverSayDie on October 14th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Answer is B.
Apart from parallelism, D & E also have a tense problem.
Rajesh on October 14th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Answer is B.
Parallelism error
Wasif Khan on October 14th, 2010 at 8:25 am
e
Vishal on October 14th, 2010 at 8:45 am
The correct answer is B
Explanation:
advised of is the correct idiom and parallelism is maintained in this option.
Ashok Kadam on October 14th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Correct answer is E.
Kostya on October 14th, 2010 at 8:57 am
B
Parallel structure: advised, told, interrogated
Aneetha on October 14th, 2010 at 9:17 am
Correct answer :B
C,D and E ruled out.
A:Was in the end breaks the parallelism .As the preceding clause, as the verb ‘told’ .Here 'was' is implied.
prsnt11 on October 14th, 2010 at 9:51 am
Correct Answer: B
2/3 Split: "and was" / "and"
Main Clause: "The suspect.. was advised..,told.. and interrogated..." is parallel so correct. 'was' is not needed before 'interrogated'.
Therefore eliminate choices A,D,E.
C) Not parallel; also this answer choice alters the meaning of the original sentence by omitting the verb 'told'.
Therefore B is the correct answer.
sheetal on October 14th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Answer is B
Vorskl on October 14th, 2010 at 9:56 am
B
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I was a bit confused by 'and interrogated, but later on I understood that 'was' could be omitted in the second and third parts of this sentence.
GMAT Delhi on October 14th, 2010 at 10:12 am
Answer is (B). Parallelism mainly.
dan on October 14th, 2010 at 10:13 am
A?
dan on October 14th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
shit.. its b
arnav on October 14th, 2010 at 10:25 am
The suspect in the burglary was advised of his right to remain silent, (was)told he could not leave, and (was) interrogated....
Hence B....
jj on October 14th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Answer is B)
harika on October 14th, 2010 at 10:31 am
answer is E.
problem of parallelism
imohd on October 14th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Ans B
Gurpreet singh on October 14th, 2010 at 10:57 am
B
k on October 14th, 2010 at 10:59 am
the answer is B!
megaron on October 14th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Answer is B
Braden Anderson on October 14th, 2010 at 11:51 am
B
bsa on October 14th, 2010 at 11:53 am
The answer is B.
Karen on October 14th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
The answer is D
Maria on October 14th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
My answer is D
James Nelson on October 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
B maintains parallel structure, the key issue in this question.
D is incorrect because only the first of the three object clauses starts with the word "that".
Casrin Shih on October 14th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
My answer is B
Gauri on October 14th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
The correct answer is 'B' - maintains parallelism throughout.
andrew on October 14th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
(B)
bnow on October 14th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Answer is B.
Nicole on October 14th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
The answer is B.
Arun on October 14th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Answer is B
Atif on October 14th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Answer is B.
Parallelism issue as "was advised" is use before the strike so other verbs need to be in parallel like "told", "and interrogated".
Chandra Pallaka on October 14th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
You have to put the "was" in front of all three, or else just the first one. so B and C are left. two ands in C. B has parallel verb structure. advised, told and interrogated.
I go with B.
Vishal J on October 14th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
B. "Advise of" and "Advise that" both of them are correct idioms. This is a case of parallelism. Since the sentence is in passive voice, we want all commonents to be passive. The first three answer choices are comparing actions in the main clause. And the last two choices are comparing the options in the depended clause ( or adverbial clause). The parallelism in the dependent clause ( D and E) is distorting the meanings. Also, E lacks proper parallelism (i.e. occurance of "THAT"). C is not parallel. Also, the meaning in C changes - "he interrogated in the detention room". A is out because we don't need "was" for the sake of parallelism.
Mashal on October 14th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Answer is E
Sudhanshu on October 14th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
B. It is the only sentence that maintains parallelism.
PB on October 14th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
B
Parallelism
was - advised ... told ....interrogated
shobhit on October 14th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
B. Parrelism.
Silambarasan on October 14th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
ans is b
Parallelism error was advised... Told.... and interrogated
Siva on October 14th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Answer: E
Ugur on October 14th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Answer: B
Abhi on October 14th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
The Correct answer would be B.
Umang on October 14th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
The options have a 3-2 split.
Option B is the credited response.It has right structure for parallelism and concise. Verbs advised, told & interrogated are in same tense and thus parallel
Optin D & E can be rejected becuase they use a mix of tenses - he had (past perfect) and was (simple past)
Thus B is the answer
Eric Bahn on October 15th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
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Hari on October 15th, 2010 at 12:00 am
Answer is B. Maintain Parallelism and verb tense.
Ashok Kadam on October 15th, 2010 at 12:03 am
Correct answer is B
hitmis on October 15th, 2010 at 1:26 am
The correct answer is E.
a) The suspect in the burglary was advised of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was interrogated in a detention room.
: this sounds like the suspect is telling that he could not leave.
b) The suspect in the burglary was advised of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and interrogated in a detention room.
:Similarly, "told he could not leave" does not maintain parallelism
c) The suspect in the burglary was advised of his right to remain silent and that he could not leave and interrogated in a detention room.
: "interrogated in a " is not parallel to "he could not leave" which the introduction of 'that' would expect
d) The suspect in the burglary was advised that he had a right to remain silent, could not leave, and was interrogated in a detention room.
: With phrases "he had a right to" and "could not leave" parallelism is incorrect .
e) The suspect in the burglary was advised that he had a right to remain silent, that he could not leave, and was interrogated in a detention room.
: "was advised" and "was interrogated" are parallel, so are "that he had a right" and "that he could" .
Neeraj Kumar on October 15th, 2010 at 2:32 am
Pick B..
maintains parallelism
Santhosh on October 15th, 2010 at 2:43 am
My answer is B
phil on October 15th, 2010 at 2:46 am
answer D
Abhishek Pandey on October 15th, 2010 at 3:35 am
Answer is E:
We just have to use parallelism -
1) the burglary was advised ..... and was interrogated .....
2) was advised that he had ....... , that he could not .......
Jill on October 15th, 2010 at 4:18 am
My pick is B.
Shivraj Shekhawat on October 15th, 2010 at 4:39 am
Answer is "B"
anant on October 15th, 2010 at 4:54 am
B (Parallelism)
Ileana on October 15th, 2010 at 5:06 am
it is B
SR on October 15th, 2010 at 6:17 am
B
s.sharma on October 15th, 2010 at 10:26 am
The answer is B.
the suspect was advised, told and interrogated. These should be made parallel to each other as correctly done in B.
jlaud on October 15th, 2010 at 10:56 am
B
Kate K. on October 15th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Answer is D