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by ashish1354 » Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:58 am
Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans and so was probably very difficult for a foreign traveler to learn in a short time.


A. Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans
B. Old English had three genders resembling those of the Germans
C. The three genders of Old English resembled a German's
D. Old English's three genders resembled the German's
E. The three genders of Old English that resembled those of the Germans

Please help between a) and b)

which one is preferable and why?
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by Lizzy » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:03 am
How about D?
I mean, A, B, and E make it look like Germans themselves have three genders and in C it's as if a German person has three genders.

Only D could be interpreted as the German language having three genders:

Old English's three genders resembled the German's (three genders)

makes sense?
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by sunnyjohn » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:26 am
IMO : A

D is out because

genders of german is more appropriate than gender's.

out of A and B...
usage of resembling would be more suitable if we have used run on sentence.

So i think A is better.
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by riteshbindal » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:22 am
I think A
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by ashish1354 » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:01 am
explanation suggests that use of "that" in a) is inappropriate. So, B) it is, but i still do not understand why it is so?
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by 2010gmat » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:14 am
the non underlined portion reads -- so was probably very difficult for a foreign

C D and E are out ..S-V agreement error

out of A and B.. I Cant choose any....how can we compare English alphabets to genders of Germans??

No answer :oops:
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by viju9162 » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:48 am
My understanding is as follows:

The first sentence makes use of "had"... it is a past perfect tense.. whenever, we make use of past perfect, it should be followed by "simple past"..

"A" satisfies the answer ...
"Native of" is used for a individual while "Native to" is used for a large group
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by zuleron » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:36 am
I don't think (A) is gramatically incorrect but (B) is better because it is more consice without changing the meaning of the sentence. This is a hard one.
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by ansh.kumar » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:42 am
IMO -ITS "B" RESEMBLING CORRECTLY PLACE AFTER GENDERS (ITS MODIFIED NOUN). IN A AMBIGUITY IN "that" IT SHOULD BE "those".
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by ansh.kumar » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:43 am
OA PLZ
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by DarkKnight » Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:07 pm
I would go with B as well. OA?
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by gmatv09 » Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:19 pm
would go for B too...
should there be a comma(,) after ...genders. So that resembling modifies 'Old English'.
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by riteshbindal » Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:53 pm
What's the OA?
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