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camitava: Legendary Member; Posts: 645; Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:37 amFollowed by: 5 members; Location: India; Thanked: 34 times

by camitava » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:59 am

Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating
them with her narratives, capitalized on her keen observation and
love of the natural world.

A. Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating
them with her narratives,
B. In her book illustrations,carefully coordinating them with her
narratives, Beatrix Potter
C. In her book illustrations, which she carefully coordinated with
her narratives, Beatrix Potter
D. Carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter, in her
book illustrations
E. Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinated
them with her narratives and

- Guys, I am confused with the OG explanation! Pls help me ...

Correct me If I am wrong

Regards,

Amitava

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solaris: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 41; Joined: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:21 pm; Location: New York, NY; Thanked: 9 times

by solaris » Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:19 am

Answer is C, no? What do you have trouble understanding?

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camitava: Legendary Member; Posts: 645; Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:37 amFollowed by: 5 members; Location: India; Thanked: 34 times

by camitava » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:09 pm

solaris, yes the OA is C. But why C and not any other options? I think, I am even not understand the meaning of the sentence what it is supposed to mean. Guys help me pls!

Correct me If I am wrong

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Amitava

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solaris: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 41; Joined: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:21 pm; Location: New York, NY; Thanked: 9 times

by solaris » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:21 pm

Break up the sentence into phrases to understand it better. We have an author, Beatrix Potter, who carefully coordinated the illustrations in her books with her narration.
Now examine the choices:

a.) "carefully coordinating" does not parallel the tense of "capitalized." agree?
b.) same tense issue as above
d.) what was carefully coordinated? this choice suggests Beatrix Potter was carefully coordinated...which makes no sense! eliminate.
e.) "carefully coordinated them..." - what is them here? it's ambiguous right, so eliminate.

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by camitava » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:17 am

Thanks a lot, Solaris! Thanks once again. Now I understood what mistake I did...

Correct me If I am wrong

Regards,

Amitava

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by ildude02 » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:20 am

I had to choose between C and E and I picked E since I beleived "them" was refering to the word "illustrations" without ambiguity as "illustrations" was the only plural word that "them" could refer to at the time of it's usage.

I avoided C, since "she" was used in the sentecne before "Beatrix Potter" was even mentioned, so she didn't have a precedent to refer to.

Can anyone explain the flaw in my resoning? Can we use "pronoun" even if it refers to a noun that is not yet mentioned ?

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by zhjwxx » Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:53 am

ildude02 wrote:I had to choose between C and E and I picked E since I beleived "them" was refering to the word "illustrations" without ambiguity as "illustrations" was the only plural word that "them" could refer to at the time of it's usage.

I avoided C, since "she" was used in the sentecne before "Beatrix Potter" was even mentioned, so she didn't have a precedent to refer to.

Can anyone explain the flaw in my resoning? Can we use "pronoun" even if it refers to a noun that is not yet mentioned ?

You and I have the same opinion. Is there anybody could help us? Thanks.

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