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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:20 am
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Based on the compiled testimonies of hundreds of eyewitnesses, historians have been able to pinpoint the location of virtually every person present at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.


(A) Based on the compiled testimonies of hundreds of eyewitnesses

(B) Using the compiled testimonies of hundreds of eyewitnesses

(C) By the compiled testimonies of hundreds of eyewitnesses

(D) With testimonies compiled from eyewitnesses used for their basis

(E) Based on the testimonies compiled from hundreds of eyewitnesses
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by sirisha.g » Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:28 am
IMO B
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by NSNguyen » Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:40 am
IMO: B
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by niksworth » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:03 am
The answer should be E.

Use of compiled testimonies is incorrect.
Compiled testimonies of hundreds of eyewitnesses - this would mean that testimony of each eyewitness was a compiled testimony. Rule out A,B, C

This error has been corrected in D and E using testimonies compiled from. However, Option D is badly constructed. E error free and is much more clear.

What is the OA?
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by scorpionz » Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:49 am
IMO: B

OA Plz..??
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by ankurmit » Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:25 am
IMO B..

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by adi_800 » Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:40 am
Copy -> Paste....

Ctrl + C -> Ctrl V....

Change d subject n new question arises...
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by BastiG » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:21 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:Question #26

Based on the compiled testimonies of hundreds of eyewitnesses, historians have been able to pinpoint the location of virtually every person present at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.


(A) Based on the compiled testimonies of hundreds of eyewitnesses
you can rephrase the sentence
Historians, based on the compiled testimonies --> clearly wrong

(B) Using the compiled testimonies of hundreds of eyewitnesses
correct

(C) By the compiled testimonies of hundreds of eyewitnesses
same as A

(D) With testimonies compiled from eyewitnesses used for their basis
their has no clear antecedent+ you don't start a sentence with "with"

(E) Based on the testimonies compiled from hundreds of eyewitnesses

same as A
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by hi.itz.mani » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:55 am
A ---- we have a participle - ed modifier, which modifies the subject of the following clause... in this case subject is Historians... so they question is are historians based on ????? ofcourse not ... hence A is incorrect

B participle -- ing modifier .... modifies the complete clause..... which makes complete sense here ..... so lets keep this as a contender

C & D are prepositional modifiers which again modifies either NOUN OR VERB but we are looking for something that modifies the complete clause

E AGAIN has the same issue like A

hence IMO B
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