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by sameerbhagwatmba1 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:18 pm
Q2:
Neither First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt nor Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins sought
recognition by the press, and both cautiously allowed others of the Roosevelt brain trust
to take credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief, and social
security that were in large measure what they had been responsible for.
A. to take credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief,
and social security that were in large measure what they had been responsible for
B. to take credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief,
and social security for which the two women were in large measure responsible
C. taking credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief,
and social security for which the two women were in large measure responsible
D. taking credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief,
and social security that were in large measure what they were responsible for
E. taking credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief,
and social security which were largely their responsibility


OA is B
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by humblescarabee » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:29 pm
A. "they" is unclear, has no clear reference
B. Corrects the error of "they" and uses the past perfect, which makes it clear that the action of being responsible for X is before the taking credit for it
C. uses the preterit instead of the past perfect, which is incorrect
D reproduces the error with "they"
E changes the meaning

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by gmat740 » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:25 am
Neither First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt nor Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins sought recognition by the press, and both cautiously allowed others of the Roosevelt brain trust to take credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief, and social security that were in large measure what they had been responsible for.

The post above me says, THEY has no clear reference. But to me, they clearly refers to the both these ladies.

So what is the problem with A?
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by kamalsinghy » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:38 am
In A, 'they' can refer to either "two ladies" or "historic programs". I think in this long sentence, you need to reread the sentence to figure out the pronoun referent(As OG says).

And in A, the intended meaning that the two ladies are 'in large measure responsible', is not clear. In B, it's clear that "for which" referring to "genesis of historic programs" for which the two ladies were responsible.
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by hmboy17 » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:06 am
in addition to all the responses on why A is not correct answer, I will also calrify that A uses Had been which is incorrect.
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Re: please help

by shahdevine » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:59 am
sameerbhagwatmba1 wrote:Q2:
Neither First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt nor Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins sought
recognition by the press, and both cautiously allowed others of the Roosevelt brain trust
to take credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief, and social
security that were in large measure what they had been responsible for.
A. to take credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief,
and social security that were in large measure what they had been responsible for
B. to take credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief,
and social security for which the two women were in large measure responsible
C. taking credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief,
and social security for which the two women were in large measure responsible
D. taking credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief,
and social security that were in large measure what they were responsible for
E. taking credit for the genesis of historic programs in public employment, relief,
and social security which were largely their responsibility


OA is B
thanks

Hey guys,

the reason its b is a lot more simple. its because you can't end a sentence with a preposition "for." any sentence that ends with "at", "about", "for", "across", etc, BEWARE. this is called a dangling preposition. the "for" has to be inverted in a "for which" pronoun construction.

hope hlps.

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by swapniltripathi » Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:24 pm
Why not 'those'?? Why "That"
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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:49 am
They in A has clear referent "both " referring to the persons discussed in the sentence. However, question should be can we use they as a pronoun if "both" is the subject used before ?

Secon question : Usage of what is justified ?
Third question : Usage of had is justified ?
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