In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of their ancestral lands in the eighteenth century.
(A) that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of
(B) that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians because of their unlawful seizure of
(C) two upstate New York counties to owe restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for their unlawful seizure of
(D) on two upstate New York counties that owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians because they unlawfully seized
(E) on the restitution that two upstate New York counties owed to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of
OA: A
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"rule" is a reporting verb .
hence "that" must be used - C, D , E rejected.
between A and B ,
B has "their" - referring back to the Oneida Indians. It is not giving a correct meaning to the sentence.
(There must be a better explanation/ more reasons for rejecting B...)
Hence A.
hence "that" must be used - C, D , E rejected.
between A and B ,
B has "their" - referring back to the Oneida Indians. It is not giving a correct meaning to the sentence.
(There must be a better explanation/ more reasons for rejecting B...)
Hence A.
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B, C, and D:RBBmba@2014 wrote:In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of their ancestral lands in the eighteenth century.
(A) that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of
(B) that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians because of their unlawful seizure of
(C) two upstate New York counties to owe restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for their unlawful seizure of
(D) on two upstate New York counties that owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians because they unlawfully seized
(E) on the restitution that two upstate New York counties owed to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of
Whereas the first pronoun (THEIR unlawful seizure in B and C, THEY unlawfully seized in D) refers to the COUNTIES, the second pronoun (THEIR ancestral lands) refers to the INDIANS.
When THEY/THEIR appears more than once within a SINGLE CLAUSE, the antecedent must be the SAME in each case.
Eliminate B, C and D.
In E, the restitution that three upstate New York counties owed incorrectly implies that the restitution was owed PRIOR to the court's ruling.
The intended meaning is that the court RULED that the restitution was owed.
Eliminate E.
The correct answer is A.
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Mitch - would request a quick clarification on this.
Can you please let me know whether the following would be correct or not ?
In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled two upstate New York counties to owe restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of their ancestral lands in the eighteenth century - is this particular sentence correct and free of pronoun ambiguities ?
Is this usage Court ruled X to do Y acceptable well in GMAT ?
Look forward to your explanation!
Can you please let me know whether the following would be correct or not ?
In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled two upstate New York counties to owe restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of their ancestral lands in the eighteenth century - is this particular sentence correct and free of pronoun ambiguities ?
Is this usage Court ruled X to do Y acceptable well in GMAT ?
Look forward to your explanation!
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The court ruled two counties to owe restitution.RBBmba@2014 wrote:Mitch - would request a quick clarification on this.
Can you please let me know whether the following would be correct or not ?
In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled two upstate New York counties to owe restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of their ancestral lands in the eighteenth century - is this particular sentence correct and free of pronoun ambiguities ?
Is this usage Court ruled X to do Y acceptable well in GMAT ?
Look forward to your explanation!
Here, two counties seems to serve as the direct object of ruled, implying that the court GOVERNED AND CONTROLLED two counties.
Not the intended meaning.
X ruled Y to do Z is unidiomatic.
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Thanks for the clarification GMATGuruNY.GMATGuruNY wrote: The correct idiom is X ruled that Y do Z.
However,does rule take Subjunctive mode sometimes ? (In the above usage, you've used PRESENT TENSE (re DO) after Y, hence would request to clarify!) If rule doesn't take Subjunctive, then the VERB after Y shouldn't be of PAST FORM ?
Please confirm.
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The following grammar resource offers an example of ruled that + command subjunctive:RBBmba@2014 wrote:does rule take Subjunctive mode sometimes ?
https://books.google.com/books?id=9NoeA ... ve&f=false
But I am skeptical.
When used in a judicial context, to rule means TO DECIDE.
Since a decision is not a command, it seems inappropriate for ruled that to be followed by the command subjunctive.
I've amended my post above accordingly.
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OK. So,in a judicial context as to rule means TO DECIDE (and it's NOT a Subjunctive usage), the CORRECT IDIOMATIC usage should be X ruled that Y did Z in PAST TENSE or X rules that Y does/do(if plural) Z in PRESENT TENSE. Right ?GMATGuruNY wrote:The following grammar resource offers an example of ruled that + command subjunctive:RBBmba@2014 wrote:does rule take Subjunctive mode sometimes ?
https://books.google.com/books?id=9NoeA ... ve&f=false
But I am skeptical.
When used in a judicial context, to rule means TO DECIDE.
Since a decision is not a command, it seems inappropriate for ruled that to be followed by the command subjunctive.
I've amended my post above accordingly.
(Correct me please if wrong)
P.S: The correct idiom from your earlier post got deleted somehow. Kindly reinsert the same in your post.
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Your understanding seems correct.RBBmba@2014 wrote:
OK. So,in a judicial context as to rule means TO DECIDE (and it's NOT a Subjunctive usage), the CORRECT IDIOMATIC usage should be X ruled that Y did Z in PAST TENSE or X rules that Y does/do(if plural) Z in PRESENT TENSE. Right ?
Please disregard the idiom discussed in my earlier post.P.S: The correct idiom from your earlier post got deleted somehow. Kindly reinsert the same in your post.
It is extremely unlikely that an OA on the GMAT will employ ruled that + command subjunctive.
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