The lady I bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S.
(A) The lady I bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S.
(B) The lady I bought the car from will soon have left for the U.S.
(C) The lady whom bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S.
(D) The lady from whom I bought the car is soon leaving for the U.S.
(E) The lady is soon leaving for the U.S. from whom I bought the car.
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Incorrect Raunekk.raunekk wrote:IMO:D
Preposition "from" should be next to "the lady"!!
whats the OA??
OA after some more discussion ...
anyone pls??
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IMO D
(B) The lady I bought the car from will soon have left for the U.S. - will have left for the US is awkward
(C) The lady whom bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S. - 'I' is missing. It not clear, who bought the car.
(E) The lady is soon leaving for the U.S. from whom I bought the car. - Implies I bought car from US.
(B) The lady I bought the car from will soon have left for the U.S. - will have left for the US is awkward
(C) The lady whom bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S. - 'I' is missing. It not clear, who bought the car.
(E) The lady is soon leaving for the U.S. from whom I bought the car. - Implies I bought car from US.
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Alara533
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Yep u r correct.raunekk wrote:i guess if there would have been "whom" in A..then it would have been perfect..
i dont think in D it means the Car is going to US..
D looks more correct in that way!!
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i don't either, both A and D could be correct I guess. I would have chosen D, I don't understand why A is a better choice?
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The lady I bought the car from <- I have never seen this type of construction right in GMAT ....
GMAT will prefer the lady from whom i bought the car...
GMAT will prefer the lady from whom i bought the car...
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Crack GMATiamcste wrote:piyush_nitt wrote:Thanks folks !dreamzz2010 wrote:IMO D too...
OA plzz
Chose D too!
But OA is A
May I ask you the source? Sorry if I missed it in thread somewhere
THAT / WHOM can be elimated when the noun that is modified(THE LADY) is the object of the Modifying cluase. (FROM WHOM I BOUGHT THE CAR)
The lady I bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S
Here is an other example.
The food [THAT] we had yesterday was very good. Here THAT need not be there.
The food we had yesterday was very good.
The lady I bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S
Here is an other example.
The food [THAT] we had yesterday was very good. Here THAT need not be there.
The food we had yesterday was very good.
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Still not conviced with A..mrsmarthi wrote:THAT / WHOM can be elimated when the noun that is modified(THE LADY) is the object of the Modifying cluase. (FROM WHOM I BOUGHT THE CAR)
The lady I bought the car from is soon leaving for the U.S
Here is an other example.
The food [THAT] we had yesterday was very good. Here THAT need not be there.
The food we had yesterday was very good.
from your logic, A can be rewritten as below
The lady whom I bought the car ... is leaving for the US
D:
The lady from whom I bought the car ... is leaving for the US
D looks good for me.
