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Tough one- Marcus Gavery

by suo1987 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:13 am
A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.


(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom

(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him

(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him

(D) some Black's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom

(E) some Black's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa
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by shibal » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:18 am
IMO A
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Re: Tough one- Marcus Gavery

by cata1yst » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:30 am
suo1987 wrote:A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.


(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom

(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him

(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him

(D) some Black's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom

(E) some Black's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa
I think A. is correct.


B. changes meaning
C. "which was the land which" is poor
D. and E. "some Black's return/ing" is incorrect.
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by madhur_ahuja » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:33 am
Yes, Agree with A
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by suo1987 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:38 am
yeah the OA is A but why, i feel like A has too many comma splices. Can someone explain me this reasoning??
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by scoobydooby » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:09 am
suo1987 wrote:yeah the OA is A but why, i feel like A has too many comma splices. Can someone explain me this reasoning??
the sentence when read without the parenthesis "to him" reads :

"MG advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that symbolized the possibility of freedom" - makes complete sense, "the land that symbolized..." modifies Africa. the parenthetical "to him" provides some extra information on to whom it symbolizes freedom. this term is in parentesis as it is not essential to the meaning of the sentence.
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:09 am
Can someone please tell the reason to kick out B?
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by cata1yst » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:47 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:Can someone please tell the reason to kick out B?
I kicked it out because it sounded awkward and I thought "the African land" changed the meaning.
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by tanviet » Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:20 am
no

oa is D

the idiom is "advercate something" not "advocate that clause", pls check again
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by cata1yst » Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:29 am
duongthang wrote:no

oa is D

the idiom is "advercate something" not "advocate that clause", pls check again
It definitely not D.
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:12 am
cata1yst wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:Can someone please tell the reason to kick out B?
I kicked it out because it sounded awkward and I thought "the African land" changed the meaning.
Thanks. Can you please tell how African land changes the meaning ?

Isn't
a) people of India
b) people of Indian land

...the same thing ?
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Not D at least

by riteshbindal » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:49 am
I don't understand how D can be correct. Can anyone please explain, if this is the correct answer???
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by hmboy17 » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:58 pm
Ans is A. It can not be D. By the way it is the question from SC-1000 and there also ans is A. So please double check.
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by ketkoag » Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:09 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:
cata1yst wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:Can someone please tell the reason to kick out B?
I kicked it out because it sounded awkward and I thought "the African land" changed the meaning.
Thanks. Can you please tell how African land changes the meaning ?

Isn't
a) people of India
b) people of Indian land

...the same thing ?
african land doesn't change the meaning, it is the word 'symbolizing' that presents the ambiguity..
that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him

here symbolizing can refer to the black returning to the land or the african land..
hence ambiguous..
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by goelmohit2002 » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:43 am
ketkoag wrote: african land doesn't change the meaning, it is the word 'symbolizing' that presents the ambiguity..
that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him

here symbolizing can refer to the black returning to the land or the african land..
hence ambiguous..
Hi Ket,

As per my understanding without comma + ing modifier modifies the immediately preceding noun/noun phrase....which is African land here....

if it would have been comma + ing modifier then it could have modified....clause...ie. black returning....

Please tell what I am missing here.... or there can be someother reason to kick out B ?

Thanks
Mohit
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