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by gmatnmein2010 » Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:05 pm
Puritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.
(A) but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(B) but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(C) but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it
(D) but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them
(E) which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it


OA C
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by money9111 » Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:21 pm
IMO C because we can immediately rule out E because it doesn't continue that conflict... we can rule out D because "it" would be referring to the religious zeal.... we can rule out A because AFFAIRS is plural and you cant have Affairs was.... and since Affairs is plural... you cant have "a natural outgrowth"... but you can have "natural outgrowths"
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by sars72 » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:13 pm
brought X and Y --> plural, so it should be "were" and not "was" --> A,D and E are eliminated

B: were is not consistent with "a natural outgrowth", which is plural - Eliminated!

--> C is the correct choice

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by thephoenix » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:19 pm
'a coolness of judgment' & 'mutability of purpose' is a compd sub and needs plural verb
only B and C does that

natural outgrowths in C is correct than natural outgrowth

imo C

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