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Cartographers have long struggled with the problem of

by simplyjat » Mon May 05, 2008 2:35 am
Cartographers have long struggled with the problem of having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper.

(A) having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper
(B) having a flat sheet of paper on which to draw the spherical Earth
(C) how can one draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper
(D) how they could use a flat sheet of paper to draw the spherical Earth
(E) how to draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper

OA E
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by barron » Wed May 07, 2008 2:33 am
couldn't give a detailed explanation

Choose E
eliminated A and B because how ... seemed right

C and D seems wordy
also felt D gave more importance to paper than drawing itself
E simple and concise
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by timepass » Mon May 19, 2008 7:37 pm
A. B C anyway out..
in D - the menaing is coming like ..rather using a pen or pencil they tried to draw using the paper...

E is obvious.
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by crackgmat007 » Thu May 28, 2009 3:05 pm
In option E, shouldn't 'how to draw...' require a subject? Pls clarify
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by rahulsaroha » Thu May 28, 2009 7:55 pm
the sentence should be like this..
Cartographers have long struggled with the problem of drawing the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper.

but as per options E is correct
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by nileshpatil42 » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:32 am
Can anybody please explain me why "problem of how" is better than "problem of having"
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by vikramveer » Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:10 am
I would like to know the ONE used in choice C points to Cartographers or not. And is C incorrect because one is singular and Cartographers is plural.. ?? Please Help...
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