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by srisl11 » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:24 pm
In 1945, after a career as First Lady in which she shattered expectations more audaciously than either Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison ever had been, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly by President Harry S Truman.

(A) more audaciously than either Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison ever had been, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly by President Harry S Truman
(B) more audaciously than either Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison, President Harry S Truman had Eleanor Roosevelt appointed to be a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly
(C) with an audacity never matched in the case of Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison, President Harry S Truman had Eleanor Roosevelt appointed as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly
(D) with an audacity never matched by Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly by President Harry S Truman
(E) with an audacity never matched either in the case of Abigail Adams or of Dolly Madison's, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed to be a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly by President Harry S Truman
IMO A

We can eliminate B and C because of misplaced modifier problem.

"appointed to be" is not idiomatic.. so eliminate E

Between A and D, I'm not sure ....

Can someone please explain
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by dmateer25 » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:01 pm
srisl11 wrote:
In 1945, after a career as First Lady in which she shattered expectations more audaciously than either Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison ever had been, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly by President Harry S Truman.

(A) more audaciously than either Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison ever had been, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly by President Harry S Truman
(B) more audaciously than either Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison, President Harry S Truman had Eleanor Roosevelt appointed to be a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly
(C) with an audacity never matched in the case of Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison, President Harry S Truman had Eleanor Roosevelt appointed as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly
(D) with an audacity never matched by Abigail Adams or Dolly Madison, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly by President Harry S Truman
(E) with an audacity never matched either in the case of Abigail Adams or of Dolly Madison's, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed to be a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly by President Harry S Truman
IMO A

We can eliminate B and C because of misplaced modifier problem.

"appointed to be" is not idiomatic.. so eliminate E

Between A and D, I'm not sure ....

Can someone please explain
I believe this is a matter of concision.

according to Manhattan sentence correction guide an adverb is preferred to a prepositional phrase.

So audaciously is better than with an audacity
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by niraj_a » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:12 pm
i disagree with A. i chose D. here are mgmat tutor explanations -

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/sc-t2803.html
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by srisl11 » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:32 pm
niraj_a wrote:i disagree with A. i chose D. here are mgmat tutor explanations -

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/sc-t2803.html
Thanks niraj_a

Feruza Matyakubova
You have posted some very good questions but Please post the OA after few discussions. OA is missing for most of your posts..Please check and post the OAs

Thanks :)
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by orel » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:42 pm
for this question OA is D
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by Tryingmybest » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:58 pm
Feruza Matyakubova -
In your screen shot the OA looks like A(I see the blue check box in A). Please clarify.
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by orel » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:41 am
I chose option A when I was doing a test.

OA is D
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