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by sana.noor » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:40 pm
A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying it would have to be used if the standard of umpiring keeps going down
A. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying
B. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the controversial innovation was backed by the football team captain when he did a volte-face on Thursday saying that
C. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and backed the controversial innovation saying that
D. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain had a volte-face on Thursday and is backing the controversial innovation by saying that
E. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and has now decided to back the controversial innovation when he said that

OA is C taken from Aristotle Book
According to Gmat, using "THAT" after "say" is a mistake then why C is the right answer. Moreover, A A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS)--------> (modifier) How this modifier is related to "the football team captain"
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:45 pm
Firstly, it is strange that the underlined part does not start with the words that differ among answer choices.

A - looks ok
B - incorrect, it seems that "the controversial innovation" is "a critic"
C - a comma is missing before "saying that" because this phrase modifies the whole previous clause, otherwise correct
D - wrong use of "had"
E - wrong use of the present perfect tense
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by sana.noor » Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:47 pm
Kasia!! Thanks for ur prompt reply and help...
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