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by AJWILL » Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:32 pm
wiliam sydney potter, who began writing while he was in prison for embazzlement, was seeking anonymity when he chose the psudonym O.Henry.

a)was seeking anonymity when he chose
b)was seeking that he might be anonymous when he chose
c)was seeking anonymity and therefore chose
d)sought anonymity in the choosing of
e)sought to be anonymous in that he chose
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by vk_vinayak » Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:13 pm
AJWILL wrote:wiliam sydney potter, who began writing while he was in prison for embazzlement, was seeking anonymity when he chose the psudonym O.Henry.

a)was seeking anonymity when he chose
b)was seeking that he might be anonymous when he chose
c)was seeking anonymity and therefore chose
d)sought anonymity in the choosing of
e)sought to be anonymous in that he chose
I think C is correct because it tells why potter chose the pseudonym.
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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:36 pm
AJWILL wrote:wiliam sydney potter, who began writing while he was in prison for embazzlement, was seeking anonymity when he chose the psudonym O.Henry.

a)was seeking anonymity when he chose
b)was seeking that he might be anonymous when he chose
c)was seeking anonymity and therefore chose
d)sought anonymity in the choosing of
e)sought to be anonymous in that he chose
Original sentence: WAS SEEKING and CHOSE are two activities - He chose the psudonym while he was seeking anonymity

A/B - use of WHEN suggests Potter was seeking anonymity only when he was chosing psudonym (in other words, use of when implies CHOSE and SEEK happened at the same time)

D - chose is part of prep phrase and therefore suggests that CHOSE and SEEK happened at the same time. Moreover, IMO use of IN THE CHOSING suggests Potter did not have direct involvement in chosing his psudonym (ideal would have been to use IN CHOSING)

E - TO BE suggests FUTURE action (Potter wanted to become anonymous sometime in future)

Only C conveys the origina meaning and also use simple past for CHOSE and past continuous for SOUGHT
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by mv12 » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:15 pm
I Picked C
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by crisro » Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:27 pm
IMO A is the correct answer.
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by confuse mind » Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:22 pm
IMO - C

Because it clearly tells the purpose
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by pskode » Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:29 pm
It's A .

option C is wrong cause of " For" ( seeking for .. ) wrong usage

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by AJWILL » Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:24 am
OA A

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