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by drgmatIL » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:01 am
The lawyer for the defense charged that she suspected the police of having illegally taped her confidential conversations with her client and then used
the information obtained to find evidence supporting their murder charges.

(A) used the information obtained to find evidence supporting
(B) used such information as they obtained to find evidence supporting
(C) used the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
(D) of using the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
(E) of using such information as they obtained to find evidence that would be supportive of
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by pepeprepa » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:11 am
That's my point, I can be wrong.

We should think about a parallelism then: of having / of using.
so eliminate A,B,C
What disturbs me is the "they" which can be confusing...
E because "would" cannot go with "had obtained"
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by drgmatIL » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:59 am
E is wrong because "such" + noun + that + clause
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by pepeprepa » Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:35 am
Thanks for the idiom.
Do you agree with me on the parallelism?
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by drgmatIL » Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:33 am
indeed and D is the answer :)

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by stubbornp » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:16 pm
D uses past perfect which is necessary in this sentence.......
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by Rashmi1804 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:28 pm
But doest the OA sound wierd ??

".......she suspected the police of having illegally taped her confidential conversations with her client and then of using the information they had obtained ...."

AS IF SHE SUSPECTED TWICE!!!! THE USE OF THEN IS OKAY?????

WHATS WRONG WITH THIS ???

"......she suspected the police of having illegally taped her conversation and then used the information obtained ..." ??
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by Rashmi1804 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:50 pm
ANYBODY PLEASE HELP!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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by gmat740 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:02 pm
But doest the OA sound wierd ??
Why does the OA sounds wierd to you?? its perfect

We should think about a parallelism then: of having / of using.
so eliminate A,B,C
What disturbs me is the "they" which can be confusing...
E because "would" cannot go with "had obtained"
As pointed by pepeprepa:

we can eliminate A,B and C based on parallelism

left with D and E

why D is correct:
D) of using the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
Of using is parallel, and "they" clearly refers to Police(plural). because the other noun(lawyer) has to be singular. So they is very clear.
AS IF SHE SUSPECTED TWICE!!!! THE USE OF THEN IS OKAY?????
he suspected the police of X and of Y

X and Y have to parallel.


As far as the meaning is concerned,she suspected once.

he suspected the police of having taped her ,who will then use that information.

Did you got me??

She suspected only and only once

Hope this helps

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by Rashmi1804 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:59 pm
NOOOO!!! I am still not clear!! :x
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by gmat740 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:05 pm
What is the confusion now?
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by Rashmi1804 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:16 pm
Karan,

the use of "then" is bothering me.
See the sentence reads like this : she suspected police of having done X and then she suspected police of using Y - two consecutive events ???
NO!!

She suspected police of stealing the info and using the info, they had obtained!!

I agree that a past particle HAD is required ....so we could eliminate everyone but C and D.

Now, Between C and D, Y NOT C????? could you please explain.[/i]
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by gmat740 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:32 pm
"then" is used to signify the sequence of events.

1st stealing info

and then

(2nd) using that info

its simple!
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by mikeCoolBoy » Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:59 am
IMO C

I may be wrong but I think the parallelism is between suspected and used because who used the information was her not the police.
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by karmayogi » Sat Apr 18, 2009 5:54 am
Rashmi1804 wrote:Karan,

the use of "then" is bothering me.
See the sentence reads like this : she suspected police of having done X and then she suspected police of using Y - two consecutive events ???
NO!!

She suspected police of stealing the info and using the info, they had obtained!!

I agree that a past particle HAD is required ....so we could eliminate everyone but C and D.

Now, Between C and D, Y NOT C????? could you please explain.[/i]
I agree with you. I was also very confused between C and D. C means, she suspected only once, and using the informantion is just a follow-up action of taping the line. However, D means, she suspected twice. Finally, I selected D based on parallelism, but I don't have any solid reasoning.
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