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Napolean's early battle strategy

by kvcpk » Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:36 am
Napolean's early battle strategy focused mainly on infantry maneuvers, but supporting his riflemen with cavalry and artillery units.

A. but supporting
B. and had supported
C. but with supporting
D. although he supported
E. and even though supporting

[spoiler]Source: Grockit[/spoiler]
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by sirisha.g » Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:56 am
kvcpk wrote:Napolean's early battle strategy focused mainly on infantry maneuvers, but supporting his riflemen with cavalry and artillery units.

A. but supporting
B. and had supported
C. but with supporting
D. although he supported
E. and even though supporting

[spoiler]Source: Grockit[/spoiler]
IMO D
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by ymach3 » Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:22 am
Except for B, all other options do not fit good there....

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by kvcpk » Sun Aug 22, 2010 6:48 am
sirisha.g wrote:
kvcpk wrote:Napolean's early battle strategy focused mainly on infantry maneuvers, but supporting his riflemen with cavalry and artillery units.

A. but supporting
B. and had supported
C. but with supporting
D. although he supported
E. and even though supporting

[spoiler]Source: Grockit[/spoiler]
IMO D
What does "he" refer to in option D?
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by clock60 » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:37 am
i vote for A,
between A and C, C has with repeating twice, that , to my mind is wrong
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by uwhusky » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:55 am
kvcpk wrote:Napolean's early battle strategy focused mainly on infantry maneuvers, but supporting his riflemen with cavalry and artillery units.

A. but supporting
B. and had supported
C. but with supporting
D. although he supported
E. and even though supporting

[spoiler]Source: Grockit[/spoiler]
I think only B is acceptable...

A has no verb. You can't say "supporting" his riflemen with cavalry.
C has the same error as A.
D has an ambiguous pronoun, because Napolean is a possessive.
E has same error as A and C.

So there's really only B, even though I don't think B is really correct, "battle strategy focused on infantry maneuvers, and [battle strategy] had supported his riflemen with cavalry.

Wait...I see it now. Author is intending D to be the right answer, because the non-bold part has "his"...so this question is not good then.
Yep.
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by kvcpk » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:59 am
uwhusky wrote:
kvcpk wrote:Napolean's early battle strategy focused mainly on infantry maneuvers, but supporting his riflemen with cavalry and artillery units.

A. but supporting
B. and had supported
C. but with supporting
D. although he supported
E. and even though supporting

[spoiler]Source: Grockit[/spoiler]
I think only B is acceptable...

A has no verb. You can't say "supporting" his riflemen with cavalry.
C has the same error as A.
D has an ambiguous pronoun, because Napolean is a possessive.
E has same error as A and C.

So there's really only B.
I did the same analysis as you uwhusky.

But unfortunately OA is D. I did not understand how he can refer to possessive.
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by Gurpinder » Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:00 am
kvcpk wrote:Napolean's early battle strategy focused mainly on infantry maneuvers, but supporting his riflemen with cavalry and artillery units.

A. but supporting
B. and had supported
C. but with supporting
D. although he supported
E. and even though supporting

[spoiler]Source: Grockit[/spoiler]
Answer is (B)

A. but supporting --> does not align with "focused"
B. and had supported --> perfect!!!
C. but with supporting --> does not align with "focused"
D. although he supported --> the subject is the strategy, not Napoleon.
E. and even though supporting --> does not align with "focused"
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by uwhusky » Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:11 am
kvcpk wrote: I did the same analysis as you uwhusky.

But unfortunately OA is D. I did not understand how he can refer to possessive.
I don't think it's a good idea to "accept" this answer in your mind. I am almost 99% certain that GMAT doesn't like the usage of pronoun with possessive has antecedent. In fact, MGMAT SC book specifically covered this error.

So personally I would cross this question off and move on.
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by kvcpk » Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:49 am
uwhusky wrote:
kvcpk wrote: I did the same analysis as you uwhusky.

But unfortunately OA is D. I did not understand how he can refer to possessive.
I don't think it's a good idea to "accept" this answer in your mind. I am almost 99% certain that GMAT doesn't like the usage of pronoun with possessive has antecedent. In fact, MGMAT SC book specifically covered this error.

So personally I would cross this question off and move on.
I was to do the same :)
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by FightWithGMAT » Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:27 am
kvcpk wrote:Napolean's early battle strategy focused mainly on infantry maneuvers, but supporting his riflemen with cavalry and artillery units.

A. but supporting
B. and had supported
C. but with supporting
D. although he supported
E. and even though supporting

[spoiler]Source: Grockit[/spoiler]
Is the source reliable. D is highly prone to be rejected in very first place. In fact, I eliminated this the moment I saw HE.

IMO C.

Sometimes, adverbial modifier comes with contrasting words such as while, but, eventually etc.

So I accept BUT in C as it does not affect the effect the adverbial modifier introduces.
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by sirisha.g » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:26 pm
kvcpk wrote:
sirisha.g wrote:
kvcpk wrote:Napolean's early battle strategy focused mainly on infantry maneuvers, but supporting his riflemen with cavalry and artillery units.

A. but supporting
B. and had supported
C. but with supporting
D. although he supported
E. and even though supporting

[spoiler]Source: Grockit[/spoiler]
IMO D
What does "he" refer to in option D?
This is how i arrived at D. "Focused mainly" => there has to be although or but in the underlined part. so B and E are out.
(A) but supporting is not parallel to focused.
(C) same as above.
(D) this is parallel. he refers only to Napolean unambiguously. if reject D saying that there is pronoun ambiguity, then what about "his" in the non underlined portion?
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by kvcpk » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:31 pm
sirisha.g wrote:
kvcpk wrote:
sirisha.g wrote:
kvcpk wrote:Napolean's early battle strategy focused mainly on infantry maneuvers, but supporting his riflemen with cavalry and artillery units.

A. but supporting
B. and had supported
C. but with supporting
D. although he supported
E. and even though supporting

[spoiler]Source: Grockit[/spoiler]
IMO D
What does "he" refer to in option D?
This is how i arrived at D. "Focused mainly" => there has to be although or but in the underlined part. so B and E are out.
(A) but supporting is not parallel to focused.
(C) same as above.
(D) this is parallel. he refers only to Napolean unambiguously. if reject D saying that there is pronoun ambiguity, then what about "his" in the non underlined portion?
His is a possessive and can refer to a possessive. He cannot.

Hope this helps!!
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by sirisha.g » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:40 pm
kvcpk wrote:
sirisha.g wrote:
kvcpk wrote:
sirisha.g wrote:
kvcpk wrote:Napolean's early battle strategy focused mainly on infantry maneuvers, but supporting his riflemen with cavalry and artillery units.

A. but supporting
B. and had supported
C. but with supporting
D. although he supported
E. and even though supporting

[spoiler]Source: Grockit[/spoiler]
IMO D
What does "he" refer to in option D?
This is how i arrived at D. "Focused mainly" => there has to be although or but in the underlined part. so B and E are out.
(A) but supporting is not parallel to focused.
(C) same as above.
(D) this is parallel. he refers only to Napolean unambiguously. if reject D saying that there is pronoun ambiguity, then what about "his" in the non underlined portion?
His is a possessive and can refer to a possessive. He cannot.

Hope this helps!!
U are right. i overlooked that. sorry for the confusion created. but none of the answers seem correct
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by adi_800 » Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:19 pm
change the subject and verb of the official sc question and you have a new question ready...
Changing the subject and verb does not change the rules that have been tested in a SC question...


The Iroquois were primarily planters, but supplementing their cultivation of maize, squash, and beans with
fishing and hunting.

(A) but supplementing
(B) and had supplemented
(C) and even though they supplemented
(D) although they supplemented
(E) but with supplementing
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