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by sulabh » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:53 am
Shortly after George Bernard Shaw joined the Fabian Society, he took the position, which he held for the rest of his life, that income should be literally and absolutely equal for everybody, proclaiming with Marx that poverty was a crime and the capitalism robbery.
(A) the position, which he held for the rest of his life, that income should be literally and absolutely equal for everybody,
(B) the position, and held it for the rest of his life, that income should be literally and absolutely equal for everybody,
(C) the position, holding it for the rest of his life, of income being literally and absolutely equal for everybody,
(D) a position that income must be literally and absolutely equal for everybody, and he held it for the rest of his life,
(E) a position that income must be literally
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by atlantic » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:22 am
IMHO A is the answer.

'took the position' is correct and therefore 'that' is needed. Eliminate C, D and E.

B does not clearly refers to what he held, the position or his society membership.
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by gmatinjuly » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:39 pm
The position : rank/ the position in an orgnization
A position : a stand/ a stance on an issue etc

Here a position is apt eliminate A/B/C
D is apt

I feel D is correct answer

Whats OA ?
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by g_beatthegmat » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:21 pm
+1 for (d)
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by codesnooker » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:51 am
I will go with (E) which is more concise than (D) and it even didn't alter the meaning of original sentence.

What is OA?
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by airan » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:03 am
Codesnooker,
E is incomplete ..I think copy paste error ..We dont know the difference between E and D, so how can u select E ?
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by punit.kaur.mba » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:37 am
E seems incomplete.... Assuming E doesn't exist i would go for D. I don't see anything wrong with D.
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by niraj_a » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:43 am
i was going to opt for B.....
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by punit.kaur.mba » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:46 am
I wouldnt choose B because the modifying phrase for "position" should be closer to it...
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by niraj_a » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:49 am
hmmm that sounds about right, but what held me back from D & E is the 'a' that begin the D & E choices, it sounded odd to me.

but then again, the 'held it for all his life' phrase positioning in A, B, and C sounds wierd to me too...
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by punit.kaur.mba » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:56 am
Honestly speaking, I first eliminated all choices that had "the" because I thought usage of "the" sounded odd to me...!

Not sure why I did that..
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by niraj_a » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:01 am
interesting....

what's the OA? this one's intriguing
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by ildude02 » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:58 am
My vote for (A) since which refers to the position and there is no ambiguity like "it" in B.
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by punit.kaur.mba » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:05 am
Actually I just realised, the "it" in D is ambiguous too. A is best among all the others..
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by sulabh » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:50 am
OA is A.
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