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by kartik1979 » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:58 pm
People can debate the aesthetic merits of these overwrought, disquieting, sometimes gruesome works of art, but no one can dispute their creators' mastery of the paintbrush as a blunt instrument.
A. but no one can dispute their creators' mastery of the paintbrush as a blunt instrument.
B. but none can dispute their creators' mastery of the paintbrush as a blunt instrument.
C. but not a one can dispute their creators' mastery of the paintbrush as a blunt instrument.
D. but no person can dispute their creators' mastery of the paintbrush as a blunt instrument.
E. but none can dispute to their creators' mastery of the paintbrush as a blunt instrument.
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by gmat740 » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:11 am
No one ==> None

so reject options with no one

Only B and E left
E. but none can dispute to their creators' mastery of the paintbrush as a blunt instrument
dispute to??

Unidiomatic

So B is the correct answer

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by nasa » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:46 pm
none can also refer to inanimate. Here it might refer to none of the artworks.
no one clearly refers to people.
IMO A

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by kartik1979 » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:05 pm
OA - B

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by gmat740 » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:07 pm
@nasa

Time to introspect!!

A is not the answer.

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