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OG Verbal [102]

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by codesnooker » Wed May 07, 2008 1:41 pm
102.Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns,it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
(A)they had in their previous campaigns
(B)their previous campaigns had had
(C)they had for any previous campaign
(D)in their previous campaigns
(E)for any previous campaign
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by simplyjat » Wed May 07, 2008 9:13 pm
You have to match the pronoun referent number.

Army is a collective noun and when we talk about a collective noun as a whole, it is considered singular. So to refer back to army we need a singular pronoun.
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by barron » Wed May 07, 2008 11:42 pm
Is E the answer?

pls put answer also in future posts
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by codesnooker » Thu May 08, 2008 1:34 am
OA: (E)

Thanks SimplyJat, I got my mistake, I forget to point out the relationship between they and Army. :D
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