Casting Director!

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vivek1110: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 126; Joined: Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:41 pmFollowed by: 2 members; Location: Chennai; Thanked: 4 times; GMAT Score:660

by vivek1110 » Mon May 03, 2010 9:08 am

The casting director explained that either of the parts are acceptable to recite at tryouts for a role in the movie.

A either of the parts are acceptable
B either of the parts were acceptable
C either part is acceptable
D either part was acceptable
E either of the acceptable parts

Is caught between a rock and a hard place!

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by aspirant2010 » Mon May 03, 2010 9:10 am

I would go with C option ...............wats the OA?

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by vivek1110 » Mon May 03, 2010 4:29 pm

[spoiler]OA: C[/spoiler]

explanation?

Is caught between a rock and a hard place!

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by frank1 » Mon May 03, 2010 8:01 pm

I thought it was C
as
either harry or larry is
and
either harry or his sisters are

so either part1 or part2 is ok is correct (which means either of the parts..)

and there is no reason the change tense i guess

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by sumanr84 » Mon May 03, 2010 8:09 pm

What is problem with A ? Can someone pls explain ?

I am on a break !!

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by neha.patni » Tue May 04, 2010 2:31 am

sumanr84 wrote:What is problem with A ? Can someone pls explain ?

A can't be the answer as either of the part is singular so it should have "is" as the verb

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by paes » Tue May 04, 2010 2:35 am

IMO : D

Singular verb required, so only C and D remain.

C unnecessary is changing the tense, so D.

What is OA ?

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by paes » Tue May 04, 2010 2:37 am

frank1 wrote:I thought it was C
as
either harry or larry is
and
either harry or his sisters are

so either part1 or part2 is ok is correct (which means either of the parts..)

and there is no reason the change tense i guess

No change of tense, then it should be d.

explained : past tense
so was should be preffered.

Please explain why C ?

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by neonite » Tue May 04, 2010 3:11 am

As discussed "is" is correct since "Either of the X" should be followed by a singular verb.

Further, "to recite at tryouts" signifies that we need present tense - and hence "is" and not "were" or "was".

Had the sentence been "to recite at the tryout", then a "was" would be apt.

E changes the meaning.

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by paes » Tue May 04, 2010 4:15 am

neonite wrote:As discussed "is" is correct since "Either of the X" should be followed by a singular verb.

Further, "to recite at tryouts" signifies that we need present tense - and hence "is" and not "were" or "was".

Had the sentence been "to recite at the tryout", then a "was" would be apt.

E changes the meaning.

Thanks Neo.
But still I am not clear between is and was. I may be missing some basic rule here. Please explain again.
According to you :
to recite at tryouts : is
to recite at the tryouts : was
what is the key difference in the above two lines that says what to pick ie is or was ?

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by neonite » Tue May 04, 2010 4:34 am

paes wrote:
neonite wrote:As discussed "is" is correct since "Either of the X" should be followed by a singular verb.

Further, "to recite at tryouts" signifies that we need present tense - and hence "is" and not "were" or "was".

Had the sentence been "to recite at the tryout", then a "was" would be apt.

E changes the meaning.
Thanks Neo.
But still I am not clear between is and was. I may be missing some basic rule here. Please explain again.
According to you :
to recite at tryouts : is
to recite at the tryouts : was
what is the key difference in the above two lines that says what to pick ie is or was ?

"to recite at tryouts" - this is a generic phrase in the sense it can refer to tryouts that has happened or will happen and hence using past tense ("was", "were") would make the sentence incorrect.

If you want to use past tense, the structure would be something like:
The casting director explained that either part was acceptable to recite at the tryout for a role in the movie.

Let me know if this helps.

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by debmalya_dutta » Tue May 04, 2010 4:43 am

I thought D was the right answer because it goes with "explained" .

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by mmslf75 » Tue May 04, 2010 7:05 am

Either PART IS

Either / Neither when used alone will take SINGULAR

C it is...

What's the OA Please ?

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by debmalya_dutta » Tue May 04, 2010 7:32 am

I dont think my confusion is between either/ neither going with a singular verb which is the case in both C and D
I think the confusion that some of us have is between "is" and "was"

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by akhpad » Tue May 04, 2010 7:50 am

vivek1110 wrote:The casting director explained that either of the parts are acceptable to recite at tryouts for a role in the movie.

A either of the parts are acceptable
"either of the parts" is Singular

B either of the parts were acceptable
"either of the parts" is Singular

C either part is acceptable
Here, talking about what casting director explained.
Latter part of the sentence should in present tense.

D either part was acceptable
Does not fit it here

E either of the acceptable parts
Verb Missing

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