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by aj5105 » Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:46 pm
It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise for its unrelenting reporting of the Watergate scandal.

A) It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise
B) It was only after Katharine Graham's becoming publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and under her command it had won high praise
C) Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 and only after that did it move into the first rank of American newspapers, having won high praise under her command
D) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Graham became its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post, winning high praise under her command
E) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Grahame's becoming its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post won high praise under her command



OA - A.
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by kyabe » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:05 pm
I am re-opening the thread.. Coz I dont agree with the OA..

IMHO - E....

Please pour in you expert comments..
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by niraj_a » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:29 pm
Katharine Grahame's becoming its

the bold part is awkward and makes E incorrect.
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by gmat740 » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:45 pm
OA is A

Here is my reason :
B) It was only after Katharine Graham's becoming publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and under her command it had won high praise
Possessive poison
C) Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 and only after that did it move into the first rank of American newspapers, having won high praise under her command
Do it=> always wrong in GMAT
D) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Graham became its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post, winning high praise under her command
Tense error => it has to be past tense
E) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Grahame's becoming its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post won high praise under her command
Yet another possessive poison.

A=> Tense is past(won). and everything else is fine.

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Possesive poison???

by nikhilgirdhar » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:15 pm
I don't think there is any possessive poison in B and E as the pronoun "her" is correctly referring to the possessive noun " Katherine Graham's "

And what is wrong with " katherine Graham's becoming"????


Although I agree that A seems to be OK, please explain why E is wrong???
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Re: GPREP qn.

by real2008 » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:34 am
aj5105 wrote:It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise for its unrelenting reporting of the Watergate scandal.

A) It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise
B) It was only after Katharine Graham's becoming publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and under her command it had won high praise
C) Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 and only after that did it move into the first rank of American newspapers, having won high praise under her command
D) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Graham became its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post, winning high praise under her command (not a sentence)
E) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Grahame's becoming its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post won high praise under her command



OA - A.
Can any body please explain which is correct choice between A or C? and why?
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by tanviet » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:23 am
"it is ...that clause" is very hard to remember though correct

c, "having...." modify subject illogically

d,e, "moving ..." modify subject illogically

b is not paralel, suggesting that both "move" and "won" is after "becom"

very hard
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by kyabe » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:35 am
gmat740 wrote:
E) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Grahame's becoming its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post won high praise under her command
Yet another possessive poison.

A=> Tense is past(won). and everything else is fine.

Hope this helps
I agree that possessive pronoun should point to possessive noun, but there are few examples which violates this rule and still correct according to GMAT..

You can refer to

https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... oison.html

Experts please help !!!
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