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by beat_gmat_09 » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:13 am
Every one of the police reports have been filed so that they can be located either by their case number, the date they were created, or the victim's last name.

A)have been filed so that they can be located either by their case number, the date they were created, or the victim's last name

B) have been filed so that they can be located either by their case numbers, the dates they were creaed, or by the victim's last names

C) has been filed so that they can be located either by their case number, the date they were created,or the victim's last name

D) has been filed so that it can be located either by its case number, the date it was created, or the victim's last name

E) has been filed so that it can be located either by its case number, the date it was created, or by the victim's last name


OA is D

Can any one tell me what's wrong with E ?
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by grockit_andrea » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:18 am
"Either"/"or" should be used when you have two things to choose from; here there are three. Also, E isn't parallel, since it introduces the list with "by," doesn't use "by" for the second item, and then uses it again for the third item. "By" should either be used before each item in the list or before only the first item.
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by akhpad » Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:20 am
I agree with D but why they have used either here.

Is it correct use of either?
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by dxgamez » Mon May 03, 2010 7:37 pm
andrea,

Is the use of "every" or "each" always singular in any case?
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by frank1 » Mon May 03, 2010 7:49 pm
i have read each and every are singualr most of the time

i am bit confused in this case ....especially with the meaning the sentence

Every one of the police reports.....what does that "every one" refer to in this sentence...if it refers to some person (who is convicted) then how can 'it' is used in the answer
has been filed so that it can be located

every one has been filed .....so that 'IT' can be located....

plus...
seems like trap for me
why not E,which is parallel than D(what's wrong in making it parallel)
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by bichoo » Tue May 04, 2010 7:30 am
"Every one" refers to individual police reports. This is the reason why we need to use 'has' instead of 'have.'
'They' is plural and the reference is to an individual police report so the correct word here is 'it'.
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by akhpad » Tue May 04, 2010 7:37 am
dxgamez wrote:andrea,

Is the use of "every" or "each" always singular in any case?
Yes,
"every" or "each" are always singular.

Each of X + Singular Verb + ....
Each X and each Y + Singular Verb + ....


But
Please take care in following case.

They each are (Plural Verb) + ......
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by frank1 » Tue May 04, 2010 7:44 am
bichoo wrote:"Every one" refers to individual police reports. This is the reason why we need to use 'has' instead of 'have.'
'They' is plural and the reference is to an individual police report so the correct word here is 'it'.
really?

Everyone

Use everyone as a pronoun to mean all the people in a group.

Examples:

Do you think everyone will want to come to the party?
She wants everyone to leave comments on her blog.

Every one

Use every one as a noun to indicate each person


In either case it doesnt says to use it for non living objects and i have not seen it being used for non living thing or object ....so i am still not convinced....
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by ayushiiitm » Tue May 04, 2010 9:48 pm
beat_gmat_09 wrote:Every one of the police reports have been filed so that they can be located either by their case number, the date they were created, or the victim's last name.

A)have been filed so that they can be located either by their case number, the date they were created, or the victim's last name

B) have been filed so that they can be located either by their case numbers, the dates they were creaed, or by the victim's last names

C) has been filed so that they can be located either by their case number, the date they were created,or the victim's last name

D) has been filed so that it can be located either by its case number, the date it was created, or the victim's last name

E) has been filed so that it can be located either by its case number, the date it was created, or by the victim's last name


OA is D

Can any one tell me what's wrong with E ?


Hey Andrea,

As you say either/or should be used to compare two things

Shouldn't that make E as correct

either by by its case number, .............or by the victim's last name

Please clarify
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by samarpan_bschool » Wed May 05, 2010 2:32 am
grockit_andrea wrote:"Either"/"or" should be used when you have two things to choose from; here there are three. Also, E isn't parallel, since it introduces the list with "by," doesn't use "by" for the second item, and then uses it again for the third item. "By" should either be used before each item in the list or before only the first item.
Hi Andrea,

Don't you think option D is also flawed? Even it contains three options??
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Wed May 05, 2010 3:38 am
options D and E are same in the question given.whats the diffrence between them?
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by samarpan_bschool » Wed May 05, 2010 3:39 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:options D and E are same in the question given.whats the diffrence between them?
note that 'by' is added after 'or' in option E
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by hariharakarthi » Wed May 05, 2010 8:33 am
Between D and E. I am not sure which one is correct. IMO both are incorrect. Hence, I have come up with two more ans choices. From my understanding both the new ans choices (F and G) are correct.

D. has been filed so that it can be located either by its case number, the date it was created, or the victim's last name

E. has been filed so that it can be located either by its case number, the date it was created, or by the victim's last name

F. has been filed so that it can be located by its case number, the date it was created, or the victim's last name

G. has been filed so that it can be located either by its case number, based on the date it was created, or by the victim's last name



the highlighted part is a relative clause.
let's analyze that,

it can be located either by x or y

but here, it has three items.

either x, y or z. I am not sure this structure is valid one.


However,a list which has three items can be written as follows,

x,y or z. Experts correct me, if i am wrong

has been filed so that it can be located by its case number, the date it was created, or the victim's last name

note: I removed either from the original ans choices.


One more way to write this ans choice,

either x, followed by modifier of x, or z. Experts correct me, if i am wrong

To include the above structure I have modified the ans as below,

has been filed so that it can be located either by its case number, based on the date it was created, or the victim's last name

Here I modified the second item in the original sentence. In the above, the underlined portion of the sentence is a participial phrase modifier of case number.

Let me know your thoughts on the two new ans choices. First of all, what is the source of this question?
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