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by komal » Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:42 pm
In the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the refusal of each side to acknowledge each other as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than is any other issue.

(A) the refusal of each side to acknowledge each other as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than

(B) that the refusal of each side to acknowledge another as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem as

(C) the refusal of each side to acknowledge another as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than

(D) that the refusal of each side to acknowledge another as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than

(E) the refusal of each side to acknowledge each other as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem as

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by thephoenix » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:49 pm
komal wrote:In the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the refusal of each side to acknowledge each other as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than is any other issue.

(A) the refusal of each side to acknowledge each other as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than
correct

(B) that the refusal of each side to acknowledge another as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem as
that is a relative pronoun and has no antecedent here; closer as is wrng

(C) the refusal of each side to acknowledge another as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than
another is wrng we need each other

(D) that the refusal of each side to acknowledge another as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than
that is a relative pronoun and has no antecedent here


(E) the refusal of each side to acknowledge each other as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem as
closer as is wrong.......closer than is correct


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by money9111 » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:55 pm
pronouns are going to be the bane of my existence! note to self.. study these again...

i had it down to A and D (ultimately chose D)... because I saw that it needed to be closer...than rather than closer as...

i've got to remember that when I see a pronoun I ultimately need to search for the antecedent
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by bhumika.k.shah » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:55 pm
that is not required here . THe conflict is the main subject of the sentence. that introduces a clause which isnt required . ( not sure whether its a clause)

Left with options A , C and E

Now the idiom is closer to this ... than to !!!

Hence E is also ELIMINATED

Now we are left with A and C

C is wrong because it uses another .

Another is used when there are more then two parties involved .

In this case its only Israelis and Palestinians.

Also if u go to see , the idiom used is between ...which is used to compare or distinguish two parts.

Hence A stays!
komal wrote:In the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the refusal of each side to acknowledge each other as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than is any other issue.

(A) the refusal of each side to acknowledge each other as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than

(B) that the refusal of each side to acknowledge another as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem as

(C) the refusal of each side to acknowledge another as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than

(D) that the refusal of each side to acknowledge another as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem than

(E) the refusal of each side to acknowledge each other as a legitimate national movement is closer to the heart of the problem as

OA A
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by mgmt_gmat » Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:34 am
IMO A.. Ecah other should be used here...
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by winnerhere » Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:17 am
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