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The Federalist papers is a compilation of articles written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, as well as a few by John Jay, since each of them were advocates of the Constitution.

(A) since each of them were
(B) since they were each
(C) since all of them were
(D) each of which was
(E) because all of the men were


Unfortunately, I dont have the OA for this question. The question is from Manhattan Review SC guide 2007 .

I am confused between (C) and (E) , please help!

(E)

I would go with E too..

rdxb wrote:The Federalist papers is a compilation of articles written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, as well as a few by John Jay, since each of them were advocates of the Constitution.

(A) since each of them were
(B) since they were each
(C) since all of them were
(D) each of which was
(E) because all of the men were


Unfortunately, I dont have the OA for this question. The question is from Manhattan Review SC guide 2007 .

I am confused between (C) and (E) , please help!

Choice is between C and E. but I will choose C on account of conciseness.

OA anyone?

dingo001 wrote:

rdxb wrote:The Federalist papers is a compilation of articles written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, as well as a few by John Jay, since each of them were advocates of the Constitution.

(A) since each of them were
(B) since they were each
(C) since all of them were
(D) each of which was
(E) because all of the men were


Unfortunately, I dont have the OA for this question. The question is from Manhattan Review SC guide 2007 .

I am confused between (C) and (E) , please help!

Choice is between C and E. but I will choose C on account of conciseness.

OA anyone?

them can refer to

papers
or
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay


so IMO E

imo :E

A,B and D r out,,,,

b/w c and e

ie

between "since" and "because"

"because" denotes the closest causal conjunction.

(source:wren & martin)

I would say E for two reasons:

Advocates clearly refers to the 3 men, therefore "men" must be specified, otherwise there is a possible confusion with the "papers"

BECAUSE is a better conjunction than SINCE

How to decide between C and E here?

It might sound vague.. but the statement doesnt mention all 3 writers as men. In that case how can we choose E?

Praveen

Any Views on this one?

Them is ambiguous because it could reference the articles as well as the people who wrote them.

C is correct...!

B'coz

THEM can't refer to either papers or articles...

BECAUSE paper or articles CAN NOT BE ADVOCATES....

Is it E just because all others are wrong?

kvcpk wrote:Is it E just because all others are wrong?

E is not even worth consideration...!

martin.jonson007 wrote:

kvcpk wrote:Is it E just because all others are wrong?

E is not even worth consideration...!

hmmm.. back to square1 again.. can any expert shed some light on this?

IMO answer should be C

You cannot assume they are Men...no way!