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failing of the book

by gmat740 » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:17 am
59) The failing of the book lies not in a lack of attention to scientific detail but in the depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world with emotional overtones that reduce the credibility of the work.
(A) depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world with emotional overtones that
(B) fact that it depicts marine world scenes of life and death as having emotional overtones that
(C) depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world, whose emotional overtones
(D) depiction of marine world scenes of life and death, which have emotional overtones and thus
(E) fact that it depicts scenes of life and death in the marine world, whose emotional overtones


OA A
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by Domnu » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:00 pm
[spoiler]The answer can't be B or E since 'fact that it depicts...' is wordier than 'depiction.' The answer can't be D since 'thus' is used at the end unnecessarily. The answer isn't C since it alters the meaning of the sentence; C suggests that only the emotional overtones reduce the credibility of the work whereas A retains the original meaning.[/spoiler]
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by Mayur Sand » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:57 pm
Please explain reason to eliminate (C) ?

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by Domnu » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:06 am
C changes the meaning of the proposed phrase.
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