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by agganitk » Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:18 am
The overworked accountant, excitedly to be finished with the lengthy audit, closed the company's books.

A) The overworked accountant, excitedly to be finished with the lengthy audit,
B) Excitedly, the overworked accountant being finished with the lengthy audit,
C) Overworked but excited with the lengthy audit being finished, he
D) The overworked accountant, excited to be finished with the lengthy audit,
E) The overworked accountant excitedly finished the lengthy audit and

OA

D
I doubt OA. The answer should be E.
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by pnk » Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:26 am
agganitk wrote:The overworked accountant, excitedly to be finished with the lengthy audit, closed the company's books.

A) The overworked accountant, excitedly to be finished with the lengthy audit,
B) Excitedly, the overworked accountant being finished with the lengthy audit,
C) Overworked but excited with the lengthy audit being finished, he
D) The overworked accountant, excited to be finished with the lengthy audit,
E) The overworked accountant excitedly finished the lengthy audit and

OA

D
I doubt OA. The answer should be E.
IMO C - it clearly shows the contrast in accountant's feeling.
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by hardik.jadeja » Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:26 am
Option E changes the meaning.

Intended meaning is - Because the accountant was excited to have finished the lengthy audit, he closed the company's books.

Option E fails to convey this meaning.

Pick D.

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by pnk » Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:29 am
hardik.jadeja wrote:Option E changes the meaning.

Intended meaning is - Because the accountant was excited to have finished the lengthy audit, he closed the company's books.

Option E fails to convey this meaning.

Pick D.

Hope that helps..
How to drop C - bcoz of 'being' / 'he' Pls explain
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by viju9162 » Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:37 am
I believe answer will be D.

The modifier "excited to be finished with the lengthy audit" modifies the accountant.
"Native of" is used for a individual while "Native to" is used for a large group
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by hardik.jadeja » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:12 am
pnk wrote: How to drop C - bcoz of 'being' / 'he' Pls explain
He has no reference in C. Option C doesn't contain the word accountant.
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