1000 SC Doubt

This topic has expert replies
User avatar
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 42
Joined: Fri May 30, 2008 10:30 pm
Location: India

1000 SC Doubt

by harish » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:44 pm
Cajuns speak a dialect brought to southern Louisiana by the four thousand Acadians who migrated there in 1755; their language is basically seventeenth-century French to which has been added English, Spanish and Italian words.
(A) to which has been added English, Spanish and Italian words
(B) added to which is English, Spanish, and Italian words
(C) to which English, Spanish, and Italian words have been added
(D) with English, Spanish, and Italian words having been added to it
(E) and, in addition, English, Spanish, and Italian words are added

Although Napoleon’s army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
(A) they had in their previous campaigns
(B) their previous campaigns had had
(C) they had for any previous campaign
(D) in their previous campaigns
(E) for any previous campaign

[spoiler]OA is CE[/spoiler]

Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 13
Joined: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:52 am

by krishnaraju » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:57 pm
C and E

Question 1, C and D are close but have been is preferred to having been. So my pick is C.

Question 2, Its a pronoun error 'Napoleon's Army' is singular. All the choices except E use either 'They' or 'Their' which are plural. So my pick is E.

Cheers, Raju

Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 496
Joined: Sun May 04, 2008 11:01 pm
Location: mumbai
Thanked: 7 times
GMAT Score:640

D&E

by stubbornp » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:12 am
Answer for first one is 'D'....
bcoz of 'With' clause...and 'it' in last represents proper pronoun reference

and for Second one is 'E'..
bcoz 'ARMY' is singular word only "E' fulfills that condition....

Hope you r satisfied with my answers...If i am wrong,please advise...

Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 496
Joined: Sun May 04, 2008 11:01 pm
Location: mumbai
Thanked: 7 times
GMAT Score:640

D&E

by stubbornp » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:15 am
Answer for first one is 'D'....
bcoz of 'With' clause...and 'it' in last represents proper pronoun reference

and for Second one is 'E'..
bcoz 'ARMY' is singular word only "E' fulfills that condition....

Hope you r satisfied with my answers...If i am wrong,please advise...

Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 48
Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:51 am
Location: India
Thanked: 3 times

by eshahid » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:52 am
The answer to the first one is 'C'.

The verb form should be plural for the plural subject "words", which rules out options A and B.
Option E constructs a parallel phrase with conjunction "and", the new phrase doesn't have a referent in the end and looks incomplete (words added to what??).
Option D presents an awkward construction to modify the noun preceding it.
Option C presents a relative phrase which maintains the subject verb agreement and correctly modifies the noun preceding it.

When it comes to choosing between option C and D. 'C' seems a clear winner.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The answer for the second one is 'E'

The subject Napolean's army is singular and will take singular pronoun, which rules out options A, B, C and D.
'E' is the correct choice.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Both questions appear in OG 10 ( Q. No. 192 and 198 respectively
Shahid E

=========================================
"DESTINY is not a matter of chance, Its a matter of CHOICE"