OG 5.6 Q# 15
Chinese, the most ancient of living writing systems, consists of tens of thousands of ideographic characters, each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its own square frame.
A. each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its
B. all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside their
C. all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside its
D. every character a miniature calligraphic composition inside their
E. each characters miniature calligraphic composition inside their
OA is A
Can anyone please explain the answer?
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ManuGMAT wrote:OG 5.6 Q# 15
Chinese, the most ancient of living writing systems, consists of tens of thousands of ideographic characters, each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its own square frame.
A. each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its
B. all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside their
C. all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside its
D. every character a miniature calligraphic composition inside their
E. each characters miniature calligraphic composition inside their
OA is A
Can anyone please explain the answer?
Only A looks good.
Other options distorts the meaning.
its like all charactes present in inside (their) every frame.. which is illogical.
E --> each characters wrong.
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B: all...a compositionManuGMAT wrote:OG 5.6 Q# 15
Chinese, the most ancient of living writing systems, consists of tens of thousands of ideographic characters, each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its own square frame.
A. each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its
B. all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside their
C. all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside its
D. every character a miniature calligraphic composition inside their
E. each characters miniature calligraphic composition inside their
OA is A
Can anyone please explain the answer?
C: all...a composition
D: every character...inside their
E: Each characters ["each" is singular]
More generally, "each" emphasizes the uniqueness of a thing, while "all" and "every" emphasize its commonality with other things.
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