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by rajibgmat » Wed May 27, 2009 5:48 pm
Richhard studied regularly with Henry ___________________

1) to help the latter improve
2) to help him improve
3) so that he may improve


Pls choose the correct answer and provide the explanation....
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by gmatjem » Wed May 27, 2009 6:45 pm
My bet is on 2 - to help him improve.

1) to help the latter improve - verbose, we don't need latter
2) fits
3) so that means in order to ( when they sit together), so 3 gets knocked.


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by saichaitanyap » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:45 pm
choice 1

1) to help the latter improve - correct
2) to help him improve - him can refer to richard or henry
3) so that he may improve - he can refer to richard or henry

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by mehravikas » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:35 pm
I'm with @saichaitanyap

Choice 1 is correct

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by rahulg83 » Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:14 am
I think 2nd one his correct, 'him' correctly refers to Henry and not Richard. The pronoun which can reflect Richard here is himself, as Richard is the subject of the sentence
as in..Richard studied regularly with Henry to help improve himself

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by rseeker2 » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:48 pm
I would go for 1

As said by Chaitanya, 'him' in 2 and 'he' in 3 are ambiguous.