In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Field Of Structural Engineering, The Curators At The University's Art Museum Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
A) the same (entire sentence).
B) In Order To Document The Contribution Ofthe Swiss To The Field Of Structural Engineering, The Curators At The University's Art Museum Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
C) In Order To Document The Contribution Ofthe Swiss To The Field Of Structural Engineering, The Curators At The University's Art Museum Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Its Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
D) In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field, A Comprehensive Exhibition Was Organized By The Curators At The University's Art Museum Of Their Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
E) The Curators At The University's Art Museum, In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field, Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings.
[spoiler]Stuck between A&B. [/spoiler]OA, after some discussion.
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The curators - singular .
So "their" in A and E is wrong.
D - wrong modification. "In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field" should modify the curators. - eliminate.
Left with C and B :
here "its" should refer to swiss designers, which is plural so "their" in B is correct.
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So "their" in A and E is wrong.
D - wrong modification. "In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field" should modify the curators. - eliminate.
Left with C and B :
here "its" should refer to swiss designers, which is plural so "their" in B is correct.
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avik.ch wrote:The curators - singular .
So "their" in A and E is wrong.
D - wrong modification. "In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field" should modify the curators. - eliminate.
Left with C and B :
here "its" should refer to swiss designers, which is plural so "their" in B is correct.
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You should read the origin sentence again. I do not see any sentence contain curators (plural) in singular form.
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"The curators" --- is singular. As there is an article "the" and what follows the article is always singular.tuanquang269 wrote: You should read the origin sentence again. I do not see any sentence contain curators (plural) in singular form.
In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Field Of Structural Engineering --- > here "their" should logically refer to "the curators". This is wrong as a plural pronoun cannot refer to the singular noun.
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Thanks. I see it. "The Curators" is the name, so "The Curators" is singular.avik.ch wrote:"The curators" --- is singular. As there is an article "the" and what follows the article is always singular.tuanquang269 wrote: You should read the origin sentence again. I do not see any sentence contain curators (plural) in singular form.
In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Field Of Structural Engineering --- > here "their" should logically refer to "the curators". This is wrong as a plural pronoun cannot refer to the singular noun.
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I am not sure whether THE CURATORS is singular /plural - IMO its plural and therefore, THEIR in the opening modifier is incorrect. THEIR refers to Curators meaning "Curators trying to document their own work" - this is not the intended meaning. Sentence intends to convey that curators want to document contribution of designers or some other people. Drop Arishijhawar wrote:In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Field Of Structural Engineering, The Curators At The University's Art Museum Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
A) the same (entire sentence).
B) In Order To Document The Contribution Ofthe Swiss To The Field Of Structural Engineering, The Curators At The University's Art Museum Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
C) In Order To Document The Contribution Ofthe Swiss To The Field Of Structural Engineering, The Curators At The University's Art Museum Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Its Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
D) In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field, A Comprehensive Exhibition Was Organized By The Curators At The University's Art Museum Of Their Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
E) The Curators At The University's Art Museum, In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field, Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings.
[spoiler]Stuck between A&B. [/spoiler]OA, after some discussion.
C - Models Of ITS Most Famous - we should use THEIR to refer to Designers;
D - Opening modifier incorrectly modifies Exhibition; Opening modifier has Same pronoun problem as in A
E - first modifier (In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field) has Same pronoun problem as in A.
B - Swiss correctly used
IMO B
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Can you please tell more on this. Why do you think that curators cannot document their own work ?patanjali.purpose wrote: THEIR refers to Curators meaning "Curators trying to document their own work" - this is not the intended meaning. Sentence intends to convey that curators want to document contribution of designers or some other people. Drop A
Please help !! Am I missing something here.
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"The Curators" is undoubtedly plural. I also rejected A on the same meaning ground as Patanjali did reject.
"The Curators" is undoubtedly plural. I also rejected A on the same meaning ground as Patanjali did reject.
avik.ch wrote:Can you please tell more on this. Why do you think that curators cannot document their own work ?patanjali.purpose wrote: THEIR refers to Curators meaning "Curators trying to document their own work" - this is not the intended meaning. Sentence intends to convey that curators want to document contribution of designers or some other people. Drop A
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In A, D, and E, THEIR contribution seems to refer to curators, implying that the contribution of the CURATORS is being documented. The purpose of the exhibition is to document the contribution of the SWISS. Eliminate A, D and E.rishijhawar wrote:In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Field Of Structural Engineering, The Curators At The University's Art Museum Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings.
A) the same (entire sentence).
B) In Order To Document The Contribution Ofthe Swiss To The Field Of Structural Engineering, The Curators At The University's Art Museum Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
C) In Order To Document The Contribution Ofthe Swiss To The Field Of Structural Engineering, The Curators At The University's Art Museum Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Its Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
D) In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field, A Comprehensive Exhibition Was Organized By The Curators At The University's Art Museum Of Their Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings
E) The Curators At The University's Art Museum, In Order To Document Their Contribution To The Structural Engineering Field, Organized A Comprehensive Exhibition Of The Work Of Leading Swiss Designers, Including Photographs, Diaphrams, And Models Of Their Most Famous Bridges And Buildings.
[spoiler]Stuck between A&B. [/spoiler]OA, after some discussion.
In C, its lacks a clear antecedent. Eliminate C.
The correct answer is B.
Please note that THE CURATORS is plural. The can be used to introduce a singular or a plural noun.
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Hi Mitch,In A, D, and E, THEIR contribution seems to refer to curators, implying that the contribution of the CURATORS is being documented. The purpose of the exhibition is to document the contribution of the SWISS. Eliminate A, D and E.
While going through option A, I understood that the curators wanted to document their contribution. But your explanation says .. they wanted to document the contribution of Swiss.
Could you please help me understand how did you conclude that?
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In order to document their contribution to the field of structural engineering, the Curators at the university's art museum organized a comprehensive exhibition of the work of leading swiss designers.avik.ch wrote:Can you please tell more on this. Why do you think that curators cannot document their own work ?patanjali.purpose wrote: THEIR refers to Curators meaning "Curators trying to document their own work" - this is not the intended meaning. Sentence intends to convey that curators want to document contribution of designers or some other people. Drop A
Please help !! Am I missing something here.
"If The Curators are interested to document their own work why would they organize exhibition others work (ie work of leading swiss designers)? I felt that illogical. If I want to organize my own work then I will not invite others work."
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