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by dadu » Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:50 am
The Hubble Space Telescope, in search of new galaxies, peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returned images of the youngest galaxies ever seen.
(A) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returned images of
(B) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images of
(C) peering long and hardly at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images for
(D) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", to return images for
(E) peering long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images for

Please discuss.
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by Sharma_Gaurav » Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:24 am
What is the source of this ? options B and D - there is no difference . both are same.
My answer = B or D. Both choices are same.
As others are run in sentence.
We need a main verb "peered" followed by a participle ideally "returning" to explainint the purpose of the main verb " to return".
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by dadu » Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:54 am
Apologies...typo. Have fixed it. D is "images for"; B is "returning".
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by GmatKiss » Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:59 am
dadu wrote:The Hubble Space Telescope, in search of new galaxies, peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returned images of the youngest galaxies ever seen.
(A) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returned images of
(B) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images of
(C) peering long and hardly at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images for
(D) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", to return images for
(E) peering long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images for

Please discuss.
IMO:A

returing images for is wrong! Eliminate B,C and D
Choice A: Peered - returned (Parallel)
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:13 am
I would go with B in above options.........

D would have been better than B if images of had been used because D has otherwise got the right construction of using an infinitive to to show the intention why Hubble space telescope peered long.
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by czarczar » Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:13 am
aspirant2011 wrote:I would go with B in above options.........

D would have been better than B if images of had been used because D has otherwise got the right construction of using an infinitive to to show the intention why Hubble space telescope peered long.

I think one more reason why D is wrong is that the Hubble space telescope can not intend to do anything, but the person operating it can have intensions.

I'm not sure though.
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by crick » Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:13 pm
+1 for B. Good question
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by 786 » Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:09 pm
Yup , B for me too .
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:59 am
dadu wrote:The Hubble Space Telescope, in search of new galaxies, peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returned images of the youngest galaxies ever seen.
(A) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returned images of
(B) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images of
(C) peering long and hardly at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images for
(D) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", to return images for
(E) peering long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images for
Regards,

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by killer1387 » Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:00 am
B +1
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by dadu » Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:13 am
That is correct. OA is indeed B.
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by saketk » Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:08 am
dadu wrote:The Hubble Space Telescope, in search of new galaxies, peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returned images of the youngest galaxies ever seen.
(A) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returned images of
(B) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images of
(C) peering long and hardly at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images for
(D) peered long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", to return images for
(E) peering long and hard at a tiny region of constellation "Fornax", returning images for

Please discuss.
We can straight away eliminate C,D and E. Since this is a case of "past progressive", "Returning" should be used instead of 'Returned'
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