In an August 1, 2002 legal memo that would later become a lightning rod for controversy, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Jay Bybee went on record as one of the first and most senior government officials to consider controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing with so-called unlawful enemy combatants.
A) controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
B) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
C) controversial interrogation tactics as permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
D) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions to be irrelevant in dealing
E) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions as irrelevant in dealing
i usually get stumped on very lengthy SC pls help to deal them
5-Day Free Trial
5-day free, full-access trial TTP
Available with Beat the GMAT members only code
MORE DETAILS
Assistant Attorney General
This topic has expert replies
-
gmatnmein2010
- Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
- Posts: 185
- Joined: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:06 am
- Thanked: 6 times
A is the correct answer.gmatnmein2010 wrote:In an August 1, 2002 legal memo that would later become a lightning rod for controversy, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Jay Bybee went on record as one of the first and most senior government officials to consider controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing with so-called unlawful enemy combatants.
A) controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
B) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
C) controversial interrogation tactics as permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
D) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions to be irrelevant in dealing
E) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions as irrelevant in dealing
i usually get stumped on very lengthy SC pls help to deal them
-
thephoenix
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 1560
- Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:38 am
- Thanked: 137 times
- Followed by:5 members
correct idiom is Consider X Y
here we have a format of consider xy and wz
a) consider x to be y and wz.....violates idiom
b) correct
c) consider X as Y and wz.....violates idiom
d) consider xy and w to be z.....violates idiom
e) consider xy and w as z.....violates idiom
here we have a format of consider xy and wz
a) consider x to be y and wz.....violates idiom
b) correct
c) consider X as Y and wz.....violates idiom
d) consider xy and w to be z.....violates idiom
e) consider xy and w as z.....violates idiom
-
soumyopriyosaha
- Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
- Posts: 126
- Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:53 am
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Thanked: 1 times
IMO B.gmatnmein2010 wrote:In an August 1, 2002 legal memo that would later become a lightning rod for controversy, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Jay Bybee went on record as one of the first and most senior government officials to consider controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing with so-called unlawful enemy combatants.
A) controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
B) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
C) controversial interrogation tactics as permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
D) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions to be irrelevant in dealing
E) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions as irrelevant in dealing
i usually get stumped on very lengthy SC pls help to deal them
The SC tests the use of the idiom "consider X Y". Only B follows the rule correctly.
Please find the explanation inline.
-
komal
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 777
- Joined: Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:02 am
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Thanked: 117 times
- Followed by:47 members
gmatnmein2010 wrote:In an August 1, 2002 legal memo that would later become a lightning rod for controversy, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Jay Bybee went on record as one of the first and most senior government officials to consider controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing with so-called unlawful enemy combatants.
A) controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing - Awkward
B) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing - Correct
C) controversial interrogation tactics as permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing - Parallelism error
D) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions to be irrelevant in dealing - Same as C
E) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions as irrelevant in dealing - Same as C
-
bhumika.k.shah
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 941
- Joined: Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:28 am
- Thanked: 20 times
- Followed by:1 members
Hope this helps 
gmatnmein2010 wrote:
In an August 1, 2002 legal memo that would later become a lightning rod for controversy, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Jay Bybee went on record as one of the first and most senior government officials to consider controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing with so-called unlawful enemy combatants.
A) controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing - lack of parallelism - to be permissible....should be to be irrelevant...even then it would be wordy . ELIMINATE
B) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing - permissible and irrelevant - parallel - CORRECT
C) controversial interrogation tactics as permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing - as permissible .....irrelevant ...lack of parallelism .... ELIMINATE
D) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions to be irrelevant
in dealing - permissible ...to be irrelevant...lack of parallelism..ELIMINATE
E) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions as irrelevant in dealing - permissible ...as irrelevant...lack of parallelism...ELIMINATE
i usually get stumped on very lengthy SC pls help to deal them - GMAT just tries to confuse you .that is its sole intention...u r allowing them to do so. Kill it
