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by gmat_perfect » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:33 am
Each of Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson. Pauline Pfeiffer. Martha Gelhom. and Mary Welsh --were strong and interesting women, very different from the often pallid women who populate his novels.
(A)Each of Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary Welsh--were strong and interest¬ing women,
(B)Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh--each of them Hemingway's wives--were strong and, interesting women,
(C)Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary Welsh--were all strong and interesting women,
(D)Strong and interesting women-Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary Welsh--each a wife of Hemingway, was
(E)Strong and interesting women-Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary Welsh--every one of Hemingway's wives were

What is the exact problem in B?

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by Target2009 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:38 am
Each ..... were.. This is the problem in B.
My Pick C.
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by HSPA » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:40 am
each of whom is X's wife .... who/whom for persons and we dont need a comma after and
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by Target2009 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:46 am
Target2009 wrote:Each ..... were.. This is the problem in B.
Oh I responded for A. My Bad.
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by EducationAisle » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:37 am
gmat_perfect wrote: What is the exact problem in B?
B says:

--each of them Hemingway's wives--

Each is singular and so, the sentence should not be:

--each of them Hemingway's wives--

But it should be:

--each of them Hemingway's wife--
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by gmat_perfect » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:41 am
good catch. Thanks. Is there any other alternative?
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by atulmangal » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:01 am
EducationAisle wrote:
gmat_perfect wrote: What is the exact problem in B?
B says:

--each of them Hemingway's wives--

Each is singular and so, the sentence should not be:

--each of them Hemingway's wives--

But it should be:

--each of them Hemingway's wife--
@ Ashish---eyes like an eagle

Can you clear one more doubt...In OP B, we used each of them...now THEM is an objective pronoun..to use this objective pronoun to refer the list of wives which is coming in the initial of the sentence...is this correct???
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by EducationAisle » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:10 am
Not sure about your question.For example, following would be correct:

While players exhibited supreme team effort, each of them also contributed individually.
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by atulmangal » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:16 am
EducationAisle wrote:Not sure about your question.For example, following would be correct:

While players exhibited supreme team effort, each of them also contributed individually.
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Your example cleared my confusion
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