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Lady Bought the Car

by piyush_nitt » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:25 pm
The lady I bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S.

(A) The lady I bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S.

(B) The lady I bought the car from will soon have left for the U.S.

(C) The lady whom bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S.

(D) The lady from whom I bought the car is soon leaving for the U.S.

(E) The lady is soon leaving for the U.S. from whom I bought the car.
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by raunekk » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:50 pm
IMO:D

Preposition "from" should be next to "the lady"!!

whats the OA??
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by piyush_nitt » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:32 pm
raunekk wrote:IMO:D

Preposition "from" should be next to "the lady"!!

whats the OA??
Incorrect Raunekk.

OA after some more discussion ...

anyone pls??
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by Alara533 » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:53 pm
IMO D

(B) The lady I bought the car from will soon have left for the U.S. - will have left for the US is awkward

(C) The lady whom bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S. - 'I' is missing. It not clear, who bought the car.

(E) The lady is soon leaving for the U.S. from whom I bought the car. - Implies I bought car from US.
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by raunekk » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:47 pm
i guess if there would have been "whom" in A..then it would have been perfect..

i dont think in D it means the Car is going to US..

anyone.??
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by Alara533 » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:42 pm
raunekk wrote:i guess if there would have been "whom" in A..then it would have been perfect..

i dont think in D it means the Car is going to US..
Yep u r correct.
D looks more correct in that way!!
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by fleurdelisse » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:44 pm
i don't either, both A and D could be correct I guess. I would have chosen D, I don't understand why A is a better choice?
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by arjunn7 » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:33 am
IMO A.. it is the only sentence which actually means the lady is going to the US..

Whats the OA ppl ?
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by nervesofsteel » Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:00 am
The lady I bought the car from <- I have never seen this type of construction right in GMAT ....

GMAT will prefer the lady from whom i bought the car...
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by dreamzz2010 » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:49 pm
IMO D too...
OA plzz
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by piyush_nitt » Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:38 am
dreamzz2010 wrote:IMO D too...
OA plzz
Thanks folks !

Chose D too!

But OA is A
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by iamcste » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:22 am
piyush_nitt wrote:
dreamzz2010 wrote:IMO D too...
OA plzz
Thanks folks !

Chose D too!

But OA is A

May I ask you the source? Sorry if I missed it in thread somewhere
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by piyush_nitt » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:07 am
iamcste wrote:
piyush_nitt wrote:
dreamzz2010 wrote:IMO D too...
OA plzz
Thanks folks !

Chose D too!

But OA is A

May I ask you the source? Sorry if I missed it in thread somewhere
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by mrsmarthi » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:38 pm
THAT / WHOM can be elimated when the noun that is modified(THE LADY) is the object of the Modifying cluase. (FROM WHOM I BOUGHT THE CAR)

The lady I bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S

Here is an other example.

The food [THAT] we had yesterday was very good. Here THAT need not be there.

The food we had yesterday was very good.
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by x2suresh » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:34 pm
mrsmarthi wrote:THAT / WHOM can be elimated when the noun that is modified(THE LADY) is the object of the Modifying cluase. (FROM WHOM I BOUGHT THE CAR)

The lady I bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S

Here is an other example.

The food [THAT] we had yesterday was very good. Here THAT need not be there.

The food we had yesterday was very good.
Still not conviced with A..

from your logic, A can be rewritten as below

The lady whom I bought the car ... is leaving for the US

D:
The lady from whom I bought the car ... is leaving for the US


D looks good for me.
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