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by shivani.magan » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:33 am
Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has lived in England and Canada, and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

(A) Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has
(B) Having been a United States citizen since 1988, she was born in Calcutta in 1940; author Bharati Mukherjee
(C) Born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee became a United States citizen in 1988; she has
(D) Being born in Calcutta in 1940 and having been a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee
(E) Having been born in Calcutta in 1940 and being a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee


Tha oa is b . can someone explain it on the same on verb tenses and not just ruling out a, d , e on the basis of being ?
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by killer1387 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:02 am
shivani.magan wrote:Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has lived in England and Canada, and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

(A) Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has
(B) Having been a United States citizen since 1988, she was born in Calcutta in 1940; author Bharati Mukherjee
(C) Born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee became a United States citizen in 1988; she has
(D) Being born in Calcutta in 1940 and having been a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee
(E) Having been born in Calcutta in 1940 and being a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee


Tha oa is b . can someone explain it on the same on verb tenses and not just ruling out a, d , e on the basis of being ?
BTW b and c i think its C coz B changes the meaning by using having been i.e. As per this sentence she was already US citizen and during this time she was born, its not correct,
Also use she doesnt sounds correct its used in semicolons hence both the sentence should be standalone and it seems B lacks anything for "she"

So C should be correct.
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by chetanmohanty » Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:02 am
B cannot be correct."She" doesn't have any referent and here the focus shifts from citizenship to born.Actual order should have been born>>citizen

C should be correct.Two independent phrases separated by a comma.
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by karthikgmat » Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:01 am
In B who does she refer? Thats an ambiguity!!
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by GmatKiss » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:48 am
IMO: C
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by shivani.magan » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:13 am
The OA is indeed C and not B . Sorry for the wrong OA . Can u guys explain your ans?
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