1000 SC #59

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1000 SC #59

by Toast » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:02 am
Hi, can you explain why answer is B. I thought E. thanks,

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Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure.

(A) if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure
(B) without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure
(C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they did not hold it
(D) without that, they could never be secure about their grip on Algeria
(E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if they did not hold it
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by maxim730 » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:34 am
E is awkard. B is the best choice available.

Also, for E, "whether" would be correct word instead of "if".

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by gmatseeker » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:09 pm
Frnds can you please tell me why the option (A) is incorrect.

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by hopefully » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:08 am
If Present tense Then Future Tense..

A does not follow this

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What is the problem with Option D??

by vvidiyala » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:36 am
without that, they could never be secure about their grip on Algeria

It is clear and concise....

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by optimisticsam » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:23 am
With answer "E" the use of "they" is ambiguous. Is "they" the french or algeria?

Correct?

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by ayushiiitm » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:55 pm
No it is not

'they' is the subject of the clause starting with if so it would point out to the subject of the main clause that is french.
Algeria is the object of verb grip

pronoun error occour when object of 1 clause points to subject of other and vice versa

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