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sc BIBLE question : OA not known so experts pls help

by focusgmat » Sun Jun 27, 2010 6:28 am
At the completion of World War II, Japan agreed to abandon its position as an imperial power, allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed.

(A) allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed
(B) to allocate funds for victims in war crimes, and to sign the Treaty of San Francisco
(C) allocated funds for victims of war crimes, and signed the Treaty of San Francisco
(D) allocating funds for victims of war crimes, and signing the Treaty of San Francisco
(E) to allocate funds for victims of war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed


Answer please .

I am stuck between B and D options . Please help.
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by hardik.jadeja » Sun Jun 27, 2010 6:31 am
Pick B.

Observer the parallelism.

At the completion of World War II, Japan agreed to abandon its position as an imperial power, to allocate funds for victims in war crimes, and to sign the Treaty of San Francisco.

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by focusgmat » Sun Jun 27, 2010 6:38 am
Yup ... that helps.Thank you for your quick response as always.
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by Domnu » Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:43 pm
I initially picked B for the answer as well. However, I'm still dubious as to why D can't be a correct answer... why can't we treat "allocating funds for victims of war crimes, and signing the Treaty of San Francisco" as a clause modifying "imperial power?"
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by viju9162 » Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:55 pm
Dear Domnu,

Imperial power is not allocating funds, and signing the Treaty. It is Japan that is doing it.

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by Domnu » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:05 pm
But Japan was the imperial power... that's what's confusing me. :(
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by viju9162 » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:09 pm
Yes, that's right. But look at the subject here. Japan is the subject :) and not the imperial power.

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by The Jock » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:28 pm
I have a question here....what is the correct structure:
allocate funds for victims in war crimes or
allocate funds for victims of war crimes
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by kvcpk » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:15 am
At the completion of World War II, Japan agreed to abandon its position as an imperial power, allocated funds for victims of war crimes, and signed the Treaty of San Francisco.

Can someone tell me what is wrong with this statement?

agreed to abandon,allocated funds,signed the Treaty
Are these 3 not parallel?
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by sumanr84 » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:29 am
I agree with kvcpk. I choose C as well due to ||ism as mentioned above.
Moreover, I feel usage of " victims in war crimes" in B is not correct. It should be "victims of war crimes" as in C.
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by vbansal2010 » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:44 am
Hi I think the correct answer is B due to parallelism.

Problem with Agreed to abondon, signed is that we should not focus on <B>agreed</B>, but after that, i.e. to abondon.... etc.
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by hardik.jadeja » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:50 am
sumanr84 wrote:I agree with kvcpk. I choose C as well due to ||ism as mentioned above.
Moreover, I feel usage of " victims in war crimes" in B is not correct. It should be "victims of war crimes" as in C.
I agree C looks better than B. I think B has superficial parallelism and it also alters the meaning of the original sentence. The original sentence says that Japan signed Treaty of San Francisco at the completion of World War II, whereas Option B says that Japan only agreed to sign. I also agree that "victims of war crimes" is better than "victims in war crimes".

Nicely spotted Praveen.
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by missionGMAT007 » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:58 am
a search in google for 'victims in war crimes' gives zero result.
i also feel C is the right choice.
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by kvcpk » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:11 am
hardik.jadeja wrote: Nicely spotted Praveen.
Thanks Hardik. ;)
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by viju9162 » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:04 am
Is the answer C then?
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