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by sparsh.21 » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:35 am
When a ton of wheat was being moved from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100, but when the canal was used, it took less than eight days and cost less than $6.

A. When a ton of wheat was being moved from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100, but when the canal was used, it

B. Moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100; using the canal, it

C. Before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks and cost $100; on the canal the move

D. In 1825, before opening the Erie Canal, to move a ton of wheat took three weeks from Buffalo to New York City, which cost $100; moving it on the canal

E. To move a ton of wheat in 1825 from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks before the opening of the Erie Canal, costing $100, but in using the canal, the move


OA is C


PLease explain the answer and why other options are incorrect[/i]
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by satish.nagdev » Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:23 am
sparsh.21 wrote:When a ton of wheat was being moved from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100, but when the canal was used, it took less than eight days and cost less than $6.

A. When a ton of wheat was being moved from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100, but when the canal was used, it

B. Moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100; using the canal, it

C. Before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks and cost $100; on the canal the move

D. In 1825, before opening the Erie Canal, to move a ton of wheat took three weeks from Buffalo to New York City, which cost $100; moving it on the canal

E. To move a ton of wheat in 1825 from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks before the opening of the Erie Canal, costing $100, but in using the canal, the move


OA is C


PLease explain the answer and why other options are incorrect[/i]
The Answer is C

in A, B "it took.." it doesn't have clear referent
D,E refer moving only in 1825 but we need before 1825

C correctly fixes the sentence
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by keepsmilinyaar » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:16 am
How can C be correct?

the second clause in answer C reads as
on the canal the move took less than eight days and cost less than $6.

Are you sure this is an independent clause with correct grammar (on canal??)
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costed?

by aroon7 » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:37 am
sorry for a silly question...
why arent we using Costed here?
we use took and not take
there is a word costed which is past participle of cost

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by nervesofsteel » Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:43 am
A. When a ton of wheat was being moved from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100, but when the canal was used, it < - Passive and it has improper use of pronoun reference

B. Moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100; using the canal, it <- changes meaning and pronoun ref prob with IT

C. Before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks and cost $100; on the canal the move < - correct

D. In 1825, before opening the Erie Canal, to move a ton of wheat took three weeks from Buffalo to New York City, which cost $100; moving it on the canal<- Which refers to Newyork city thus wrong...

E. To move a ton of wheat in 1825 from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks before the opening of the Erie Canal, costing $100, but in using the canal, the move < - Changes meaning.....
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by etvs » Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:55 pm
In C isn't there a violation of parallelism

"moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks and cost $100" and "on the canal the move".

I think in B that problem is not there. Can someone explain the problem in 'B'.
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