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by gmat_perfect » Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:38 am
As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications.

(A) As the former
(B) The former
(C) Former
(D) She was
(E) As the

[spoiler]OA: E[/spoiler]
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by ashish2104 » Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:42 am
I dont understand how ans is E.

Doesn't E change the meaning of the sentence. I picked A because I thought former chair and only chair, makes 2 different meanings.

Can someone pls help me figure out the reason?
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by outreach » Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:21 am
As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years
and
a board member for 28 years

a person cannot be former chair and board member at same time.

hence E[/b]
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