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by pandeyvineet24 » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:51 pm
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Please provide reasons for your answers.
I will post OA soon.
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by heshamelaziry » Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:41 pm
IMO A. Because "board of directors reckoned" we need to use Singular "it". Also, the other choices use passive voice or wordy.

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by JEnIUS » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:12 am
heshamelaziry wrote:IMO A. Because "board of directors reckoned" we need to use Singular "it". Also, the other choices use passive voice or wordy.
In addition, look for some more points to remove wrong answers.
the option B and E makes improper use of idiom , "not only but also"

C , D and E uses the plural form "Their" where as "it" is apt.

so we are left with only A, which should be the answer.

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by Gaurav Yadav » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:37 am
I agree with Jenius, think the answer is A.

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by pandeyvineet24 » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:23 pm
JEnIUS wrote:
heshamelaziry wrote:IMO A. Because "board of directors reckoned" we need to use Singular "it". Also, the other choices use passive voice or wordy.
In addition, look for some more points to remove wrong answers.
the option B and E makes improper use of idiom , "not only but also"

C , D and E uses the plural form "Their" where as "it" is apt.

so we are left with only A, which should be the answer.

JEnIUS
JEnIUS, i agree that the subject in the sentence is "Board", as per Manhattan, but can Board vote ? or do the Directors vote ? I think the subject can be from a prepositional phrase. Would not that make D right ?

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by kartik1979 » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:50 am
just to answer your question , there is also another element of parallism in the question

not only ......but also

A follows it ,D doesnt


not onlt their greatest but also (their ) missing