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by okigbo » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:55 pm
Greatly influenced by the Protested missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution.
A. was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided
B. was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided
C. alone among the five-nation Iroquois League sided
D. were the only ones out of the five nations of Iroquois League in siding
E. only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided
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by heshamelaziry » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:03 am
IMO A. OTHERS CLEARLY WRONG FOR OBVIOUS REASONS
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by tanviet » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:18 pm
"they side" is wrong in meaning and pronoun problem

"had side" is wrong. no reason to use past perfect

"in siding" is wrong in meaning

meaning in C is not clear.

A is left.
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by capnx » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:32 pm
this is a hard one. I guessed C.

A "sounds" right, but the modification is ambiguous.
"the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League", the meaning reads as if Oneida along with other 4 nation tribes of the Iroqois League.
additionally, Oneida should be plural, so "was" is not right.

C's structure is:

The Oneida alone (among the five-nation Iroquois League) sided with...
"among the..." is a prep phrase so it can be "removed" without changing the meaning
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by heshamelaziry » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:56 pm
capnx wrote:this is a hard one. I guessed C.

A "sounds" right, but the modification is ambiguous.
"the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League", the meaning reads as if Oneida along with other 4 nation tribes of the Iroqois League.
additionally, Oneida should be plural, so "was" is not right.

C's structure is:

The Oneida alone (among the five-nation Iroquois League) sided with...
"among the..." is a prep phrase so it can be "removed" without changing the meaning
I think i was wrong b/c who is used wrongly; it should have been that. C seems fine,
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by satish.nagdev » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:37 am
IMO E, [the only and one in A] isn't it redundant?
I think League formation occurred before getting influenced.

my reasoning may be wrong :D
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by joyseychow » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:30 am
okigbo wrote:Greatly influenced by the Protested missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution.
A. was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided
B. was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided
C. alone among the five-nation Iroquois League sided
D. were the only ones out of the five nations of Iroquois League in siding
E. only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided
Tricky one. My bet is btw A or C. IMO C. The rest sounds awkward.
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by nervesofsteel » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:11 am
A

the only one is better than Alone...
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by ssgmatter » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:29 am
Any thougths by experts on why C is the correct one here??......i am little confused here although I chose C as my answer choice

Please advise
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by papgust » Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:12 pm
ssgmatter wrote:Any thougths by experts on why C is the correct one here??......i am little confused here although I chose C as my answer choice

Please advise
I'm not expert. But my reason why C is wrong is - there is no verb in C. the sentence is a run-on.
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by ssgmatter » Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:21 pm
@Papgust...i think C should be the correct answer....what is the OA?
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by reply2spg » Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:56 pm
I think C changes meaning of the sentence drastically. A says one of the five nationes and C says one among the five nations. it is clearly change of meaning. Thererfore, IMO A is correct.
okigbo wrote:Greatly influenced by the Protested missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution.
A. was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided
B. was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided
C. alone among the five-nation Iroquois League sided
D. were the only ones out of the five nations of Iroquois League in siding
E. only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided
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by akhpad » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:12 pm
C is the correct answer. Please see explanation from Ron.

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/gma ... t2452.html

I believe Oneida is adj so "The Oneida" will take plural verb.

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by akhpad » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:22 pm
capnx wrote:this is a hard one. I guessed C.

A "sounds" right, but the modification is ambiguous.
"the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League", the meaning reads as if Oneida along with other 4 nation tribes of the Iroqois League.
additionally, Oneida should be plural, so "was" is not right.

C's structure is:

The Oneida alone (among the five-nation Iroquois League) sided with...
"among the..." is a prep phrase so it can be "removed" without changing the meaning

Thanks, Good catch
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by pops » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:37 pm
reply2spg wrote:I think C changes meaning of the sentence drastically. A says one of the five nationes and C says one among the five nations. it is clearly change of meaning. Thererfore, IMO A is correct.
okigbo wrote:Greatly influenced by the Protested missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution.
A. was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided
B. was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided
C. alone among the five-nation Iroquois League sided
D. were the only ones out of the five nations of Iroquois League in siding
E. only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided
how does 'one of the five nations' and 'one among the five nations' differ in meaning ?

Best 2 options are A and C.
A:
argument 1: only and one are redundant
my view: only and one are not redundant.. I took it like this.. say there were 2 nations who sided the colonist then we can write: only couple of the five nation league sided the colonist.. no problem !

argument 2: using 'who' for the nation
my view: this could be the reason to eliminate A.. we never say: China who is the biggest exporter, but we say that China, that is the biggest exporter

C:
argument 1: no joining verb 'to be'
my view: it is not necessarily needed. the Oneida alone among the five-nation league sided...... sounds fine!

Hence, IMO answer should be C.
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