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Blow to those...illusion...e-mail exchanges...privy...trick

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by bhumika.k.shah » Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:42 am
In a blow to those who still harbored the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient had added as the message is forwarded to others or sent back and forth.

(A) who still harbored the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient had added

(B) who had still been harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person was privy to any comments that a recipient might have added

(C) who still were harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person is privy to any comments that a recipient would add

(D) still harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick that enables an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient might add

(E) still harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges had been private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick that will enable an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person was privy to any comments that a recipient might add

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What is the difficulty level and what are the reasons to eliminate all but the correct choice.

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by Shawshank » Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:32 am
IMO -- D .
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by vivek1110 » Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:42 am
bhumika.k.shah wrote:In a blow to those who still harbored the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient had added as the message is forwarded to others or sent back and forth.

(A) who still harbored the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient had added [HAD added implies event in the past - Eliminate]

(B) who had still been harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person was privy to any comments that a recipient might have added [WAS privy, again wrong tense - Eliminate]

(C) who still were harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person is privy to any comments that a recipient would add
[Still were Harboring - Awkward - Eliminate]

(D) still harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick that enables an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient might add
[Correct]

(E) still harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges had been private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick that will enable an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person was privy to any comments that a recipient might add
[WASP privy - Will add - Wrong tense - Eliminate]

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What is the difficulty level and what are the reasons to eliminate all but the correct choice.

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by pops » Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:48 am
D & E are not correct choice as they are making the statement conditional: "might add" whereas in original statement it is: "had added"
B: eliminated because of the use of "had still been harboring" .... wordy and usage of been
C: changes "will be privy" to "is privy"
hence, I believe it should be A.. but frankly speaking am not too confident :(
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by outreach » Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:02 am
Saw Ron post in the below forum for this question
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/in- ... t2242.html

bhumika.k.shah wrote:In a blow to those who still harbored the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient had added as the message is forwarded to others or sent back and forth.

(A) who still harbored the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient had added

(B) who had still been harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick for enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person was privy to any comments that a recipient might have added

(C) who still were harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick enabling an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person is privy to any comments that a recipient would add

(D) still harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick that enables an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person will be privy to any comments that a recipient might add

(E) still harboring the illusion that E-mail exchanges had been private, a watchdog group recently uncovered a trick that will enable an interloper to rig an E-mail message so that this person was privy to any comments that a recipient might add

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What is the difficulty level and what are the reasons to eliminate all but the correct choice.

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by bhumika.k.shah » Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:19 am
OA D

I wanted to know whats wrong in they way A,B and C begin?
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by gmat_perfect » Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:46 am
bhumika.k.shah wrote:OA D

I wanted to know whats wrong in they way A,B and C begin?

Those Who Vs Those + VerbING:

=> If we are sure about the use of tense, we should use “THOSE WHO”.

=> If we are not sure about the use of tense, we should use “THOSE + VERBING”.

For this reasons, A, B, and C are out.

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by akhpad » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:14 pm
This problem is little trickier.
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by [email protected] » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:24 am
Hi All,

I received a PM about this SC, so here's how I would approach it:

1) Pronouns - The opening of the sentence states that "In a blow to THOSE…."; here, the word "those" is a pronoun. In the answers, we see that some have an extra pronoun and some don't. Since we already have a pronoun, we do NOT need another pronoun immediately next to it. That extra pronoun is redundant (and unnecessary). Eliminate A, B and C.

2) Verbs - Between D and E, we have the verbs "enables" (present tense) and "will enable" (future tense). Since the watchdog group "recently uncovered the trick", we're dealing with something that's happening in the immediate present. The verb "enables" is required here. Eliminate E.

Final Answer: D

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