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Robert Carter III setting free slaves

by pareekbharat86 » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:01 am
In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.
(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as
(C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as
(D) and set free more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as

OA is A.

Source- GMAT Test Code 14
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by theCodeToGMAT » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:36 am
{A} - CORRECT
{B} - INCORRECT; "considered as"
{C} - INCORRECT; "considered as"
{D} - INCORRECT; Cause & Effect Scenario structure mismatch;
{E} - INCORRECT; "considered as"
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by Abhishek009 » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:38 am
pareekbharat86 wrote:In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.
(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as
(C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as
(D) and set free more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as

OA is A.

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B. setting free more than the 500 slaves - Doesn't seem good

C. Consider as - Doesn't sound good

D. filing a deed of emancipation........who were legally considered - Parallelism is not maintained.

E. Same as C
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