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by clock60 » Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:05 pm
The lawyers for the patent holder pressed the federal judge to impose an injunction against the hardware manufacturer, arguing that they should take immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client.
a)they should take immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client
b)the judge act immediately in order to prevent the client from suffering further damages of an economic nature
c)they should act immediately to prevent further economic damages being suffered by the client
d)the judge act immediately in order to prevent them from suffering economic damages further
e)immediate action should be taken to prevent their client from suffering further economic damages
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by vishalj » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:05 pm
IMO B

a) "they" - Pronoun reference error
C) "they" - Pronoun reference error, use of "being"
d) "them" - pronoun reference error.
e) passive
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by mohit11 » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:39 pm
The lawyers for the patent holder pressed the federal judge to impose an injunction against the hardware manufacturer, arguing that they should take immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client.

a)they should take immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client
b)the judge act immediately in order to prevent the client from suffering further damages of an economic nature
c)they should act immediately to prevent further economic damages being suffered by the client
d)the judge act immediately in order to prevent them from suffering economic damages further
e)immediate action should be taken to prevent their client from suffering further economic damages

E should be the right answer.
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by ankurmit » Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:19 pm
IMO E
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IMO E
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by Dangerous Dude » Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:07 am
B is passive.... hence wordy

E is correct...
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by kvcpk » Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:37 am
I see many votes for E here. Somehow I want to choose B.

I feel arguing introduces Subjunctive mood. Hence usage of "should be" is incorrect.

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by sumit.sinha » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:42 am
clock60 wrote:The lawyers for the patent holder pressed the federal judge to impose an injunction against the hardware manufacturer, arguing that they should take immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client.
a)they should take immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client
b)the judge act immediately in order to prevent the client from suffering further damages of an economic nature
c)they should act immediately to prevent further economic damages being suffered by the client
d)the judge act immediately in order to prevent them from suffering economic damages further
e)immediate action should be taken to prevent their client from suffering further economic damages

IMO B
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by selango » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:55 am
kvcpk wrote:I see many votes for E here. Somehow I want to choose B.

I feel arguing introduces Subjunctive mood. Hence usage of "should be" is incorrect.

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arguing is not in subjunctive mood.

Also option B is wordy and "damages of economic nature" is not correct.

Option E seems to be better and correct.

Please correct me if I am wrong.
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by shovan85 » Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:00 am
clock60 wrote:The lawyers for the patent holder pressed the federal judge to impose an injunction against the hardware manufacturer, arguing that they should take immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client.
a)they should take immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client
b)the judge act immediately in order to prevent the client from suffering further damages of an economic nature
c)they should act immediately to prevent further economic damages being suffered by the client
d)the judge act immediately in order to prevent them from suffering economic damages further
e)immediate action should be taken to prevent their client from suffering further economic damages
I feel it is test of SUBJUNCTIVE mood.... "that the judge act" irrespective of the usage of Arguing or saying or requiring (I think not sure)

Between B and D D has a the pronoun "them" which does not have a proper antecedent and B seems wordy but grammatically correct.

IMO B.

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by selango » Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:23 am
Is the below type of sentence correct?

Ing form of verb[arguing]+that+subject+Subjunctive verb
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by shovan85 » Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:35 am
selango wrote:Is the below type of sentence correct?

Ing form of verb[arguing]+that+subject+Subjunctive verb
I got it Selango. Thanks. Guys I found a link on subjunctive mood on Manhattan Site.

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/pos ... tml#p20527

Hope it will help.
As in the above example "Argue" is not a "Bossy Verb" we can discard B. So only option is E.
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by clock60 » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:56 am
oa is E
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by Whitney Garner » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:41 am
Received a PM asking me to respond. Don't see a source. Please cite the source (author) of the problem so I can respond!


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by niksworth » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:44 am
A - 1. The only possible antecedent of they is lawyers, but this would make the sentence nonsensical. It would imply that the lawyers should take action.
2. economic damages against their client makes no sense.

B - 1. Use of subjunctive is incorrect. arguing does not warrant a subjunctive verb form.
2. damages of an economic nature is wordy.

C - 1. The only possible antecedent of they is lawyers, but this would make the sentence nonsensical. It would imply that the lawyers should take action.
2. The passive construction to prevent further economic damages being suffered by the client is bad.

D - 1. Use of subjunctive is incorrect. arguing does not warrant a subjunctive verb form.
2. The only possible antecedent of them is lawyers, but this would make the sentence nonsensical. It would imply that the lawyers are suffering economic damages.

E - Good.
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