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by muralithe1 » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:30 pm
Galileo's theory that ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced those of the copernicus.
a.ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced those of the copernicus.
b.ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced that of the copernicus.
c.our solar system was indeed a solar for Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced copernicus'.
d.ours was indeed a solar, in which Earth and the other planets revolved around the sun, reinforced those of the copernicus.
e.Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun in our solar system reinforces that of copernicus

[spoiler]OA is 'B' ..But i am not sure why 'E is wrong.. "Ours" in 'B isn't a dangling modifiers....which one it refers to???[/spoiler]
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by kps » Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:30 pm
The answer B

E - It says earth reinforces.
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by frank1 » Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:07 pm
i agree with question asker

in B problem i see...

gallileo reinforcing the theory of copernicous still applies....and past tensed doesnt make sense there

If we use past tense,it suggest that ,it was reinforced in the past but is no more valid.....

so E is not bad ,tense-wise
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by paes » Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:30 am
Even I am confused with the word 'ours'.

Can somebody explain the usage.

ours is looking strange.
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by KapTeacherEli » Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:11 pm
paes wrote:Even I am confused with the word 'ours'.

Can somebody explain the usage.

ours is looking strange.
"Ours" in this context is the possessive pronoun; that is to say, it's the equivalent of "mine" and "yours." In (B), 'ours' replaces the noun 'our system,' and the equivalent but redundant sentence is "Gallileo's theory that our system was indeed a solar system...."
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by sarkaswa » Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:25 pm
Ans Opt (E) is correct .
I all other options " the sun, reinforced those of the copernicus " is there (wrong usage )
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