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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:04 am
Jean-Jacques Rousseau contended that man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that compels man to compare himself to others.


man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that
only man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that
man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted only by society, that
only man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, which
man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, which
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by gmatmachoman » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:07 am
IMO A..tough call with E..

that introduces a "restrictive clause" which is essential t make that comparison...

BTW..wats the OA?
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by sumanr84 » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:07 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:Jean-Jacques Rousseau contended that man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that compels man to compare himself to others.


man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that
only man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that
man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted only by society, that
only man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, which
man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, which
IMO : E

Comma + that - Eliminate A,B and C
man is good only when sounds better.

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by kvcpk » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:35 am
Agree with Suman.. IMO E
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:52 am
sumanr

i think u are doing extremely good in verbal

good catch sumanr between that and which.


This sentence tests two modifiers. First, "only" correctly modifies "when" Rousseau believed "man is good." Second, "that" is incorrectly used to introduce a non-essential modifier. "That" is used only with essential modifiers and is not separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma. "Which" is used when introducing non-essential modifiers and these modifiers are separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma.
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