sc from kaplan-2

thegmatbeater · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: sc from kaplan-2

The 19 th century Russian composers known as "The Five" were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.

a).........
b) had as their uniting ideal
c) united each other with
d) united based on
e) were united with

Aldiablo · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:48 am Post subject:

IMO A.

BlueRain · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:40 am Post subject:

IMO E.

raunekk · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject:

whats wrong with D??

IMO:D

ildude02 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:

A, is my pick. Seems like D has "based on" repeated which is redundant.

reachac · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject:

IMO B

ravibits · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject:

IMO E.

A) seems to be wordy.
B) Never use participle forms of verb unless otherwise there is a comparison between two different time frames.
C) Seems redundant
D) Doesn't sound correct to me!

mutuslick · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject:

idiom unite with

so C or E

in C - united each other with - sounds strench for me

so IMO E

What is OA?

thegmatbeater · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject:

OA is D. I am confused about that the verb "united" should be used in passive tense?

NSNguyen · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:11 am Post subject:

i think united is used in active way,
these composer can do unitely to form the FIVE