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by 3gmater » Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:11 pm
His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful, Sir Joseph Lister lent his name to the company that developed Listerine, the first antibacterial liquid.

1.His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful
2.Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful
3.Because of the eventual success of his campaigning for sanitary conditions in operating rooms
4.His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms being eventually successful
5.Campaigning, eventually successfully, for conditions to be sanitary in operating rooms

Can anyone provide more insight to question?
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by chidcguy » Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:19 pm
2.Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful

No need for had been, out

3.Because of the eventual success of his campaigning for sanitary conditions in operating rooms

What is because of eventual success?? John Lister?? No, out

4.His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms being eventually successful

Evil being, Out

5.Campaigning, eventually successfully, for conditions to be sanitary in operating rooms

to be is not needed. Sanitary conditions is better. Also it is awkward with eventually successfully.

1.His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful

Whose campaign, John Lister's correct modification

My pick A

Whats the OA?
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by 3gmater » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:18 pm
OA is A.
I choose A, by POE. Initially, I had eliminated A.

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by anju » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:37 am
I do not understand why A is correct since I believe it misses on a verb in the underlines portion ---- operating rooms finally successful.

Although C may sound a li'l awkward but is grammatically correct "Because of the eventual success of his campaigning for sanitary conditions in operating rooms" after mentioning the reason the statement has a comma and the name of the person who performed an action.

I believe C is more correct compared to A.

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by netigen » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:24 pm
I am not convinced with A either but C has a problem

campaigning should be campaign

A campaign is a success not campaigning is a success
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by senthil » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:54 pm
In A 'finally successful' is it correct ?Please explain


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by er_priyankajolly » Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:43 pm
chidcguy wrote:2.Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful

No need for had been, out

3.Because of the eventual success of his campaigning for sanitary conditions in operating rooms

What is because of eventual success?? John Lister?? No, out

4.His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms being eventually successful

Evil being, Out

5.Campaigning, eventually successfully, for conditions to be sanitary in operating rooms

to be is not needed. Sanitary conditions is better. Also it is awkward with eventually successfully.

1.His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful

Whose campaign, John Lister's correct modification

My pick A

Whats the OA?


I am not clear with your explanation of ruling out C.
Can we say "because of the eventual success of his campaigning" Sir Joseph Lister did something?
Whats wrong here?
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by diebeatsthegmat » Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:40 pm
3gmater wrote:His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful, Sir Joseph Lister lent his name to the company that developed Listerine, the first antibacterial liquid.

1.His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful
2.Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful
3.Because of the eventual success of his campaigning for sanitary conditions in operating rooms
4.His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms being eventually successful
5.Campaigning, eventually successfully, for conditions to be sanitary in operating rooms

Can anyone provide more insight to question?
Thank You.
i dont understand why OA is A here because it lacks a verb
i would choose between B or C
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by kingfisher » Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:42 pm
C,D and E are out.confused between A and B.Had been in B seems correct because first action is success of campaign and second action is lending of name so had been seems right to me.
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by EducationAisle » Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:24 am
diebeatsthegmat wrote:i dont understand why OA is A here because it lacks a verb
i would choose between B or C

Think about A along following lines:

His GMAT preparation done, diebeatsthegmat took a crack at GMAT.

Perhaps the above sentence would make sense to you. In this case also, the first part of the sentence does not have a verb (done is past participle).
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:56 pm
The verb "to be" can be left out of modifying phrases, usually at the beginning of the sentence and with an adjective or participle (which is a verbal adjective). It's somewhat common but should never be done when clarity is lost.
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by Rezinka » Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:38 am
We can eliminate B,C,E.
Reason :
I think (I'm not very sure) we need the sentence to start with "His" because the first word after comma(,) is, Sir..
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by maoriba » Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:57 am
3gmater wrote:His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful, Sir Joseph Lister lent his name to the company that developed Listerine, the first antibacterial liquid.

1.His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful LACKS THE VERB TO BE


2.Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful A CAMPAIGN IS EITHER SUCCESFULL EITHER NOT, CANNOT BE EVENTUALLY SUCCESSFUL


3.Because of the eventual success of his campaigning for sanitary conditions in operating rooms EVENUTAL SUCCESS?


4.His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms being eventually successful


5.Campaigning, eventually successfully, for conditions to be sanitary in operating rooms

I HAVE A DOUBT BETWEEN A AND E.

PLEASE, TUTORS, HELP ME TO GET THE GOOD SOLUTION!
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by GMATMadeEasy » Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:10 am
Could someone explain option B in detail , why it is incorrect ?

it sounds good and has no grammar error.
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by kashefian » Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:03 am
The absolute phrases structure: Noun/pronoun (+) participle (+) modifiers

Example: Joan looked nervous, her fears creeping up on her.

In this example the modifier is expected to be:

His campaign ... been successful, ...

Now I refer to Jim:
The verb "to be" can be left out of modifying phrases, usually at the beginning of the sentence ...
Therefore we can eliminate "been" and the modifier turns out to be:

His campaign ... successful , ...

Instructors if the explanation sounds, please confirm.
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