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by ashish2104 » Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:39 am
The Daughters of the American Revolution, a volunteer service organization,admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution.
A) admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent
B) admit as members only women who can prove lineal descent
C) admits as members women who can prove lineal descent
D) only admit as members women who can prove lineal descent
E) admits as members women who can prove lineal descent only




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by neha.patni » Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:54 am
ashish2104 wrote:The Daughters of the American Revolution, a volunteer service organization,admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution.
A) admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent
B) admit as members only women who can prove lineal descent
C) admits as members women who can prove lineal descent
D) only admit as members women who can prove lineal descent
E) admits as members women who can prove lineal descent only




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IMO C

B & D - Wrong Subject verb agreement
A - only is not required because the condition is already on the selection of members
E - misplaced modifier
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by BastiG » Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:55 am
ashish2104 wrote:The Daughters of the American Revolution, a volunteer service organization,admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution.
A) admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent ---->correct
B) admit as members only women who can prove lineal descent ----> should be admits
C) admits as members women who can prove lineal descent ----> distorts meaning --> women + other members
D) only admit as members women who can prove lineal descent ----> only is a modifier and should be directly placed before women+ should be admits
E) admits as members women who can prove lineal descent only ----> only should be placed before women


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In GMAT, Only is placed directly before the word it modifies.
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by sakali » Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:17 am
ashish2104 wrote:The Daughters of the American Revolution, a volunteer service organization,admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution.
A) admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent
B) admit as members only women who can prove lineal descent
C) admits as members women who can prove lineal descent
D) only admit as members women who can prove lineal descent
E) admits as members women who can prove lineal descent only

We need the singular "admits" to go with the singular collective noun.

Down to A, C & E

E changes the meaning by putting the "only" at the end.

Between A & C, I think C changes the meaning a bit...it does not reiterate that only these women will be admitted. A does a better job at that.

So I choose A
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by ptandon » Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:57 am
B & D eliminated due to subject-verb error.
C & E eliminated since the placement of 'only' changes the meaning of the sentence.

I'd go with A.
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by manishankar » Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:25 pm
I feel A is the closest in terms of preserving the intended meaning.

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by ru2008 » Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:27 pm
AGo for Grammar and meaning of the entire sentence..hence [spoiler]A[/spoiler]

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by gmatmachoman » Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:18 pm
ru2008 wrote:AGo for Grammar and meaning of the entire sentence..hence [spoiler]A
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