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by reachac » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:53 am
Unlike the Pulitzer, which is given for a specific
work, an author receives the Nobel Prize for a
lifetime’s achievement in literature.

(A) an author receives the Nobel Prize for a
lifetime’s achievement in literature
(B) an author’s lifetime achievement in
literature receives the Nobel Prize
(C) the Nobel Prize is awarded to an author’s
lifetime’s achievement in literature
(D) the Nobel Prize is awarded for a lifetime of
achievement in literature
(E) the Nobel Prize is awarded for a lifetime of
achievement in literature by an author
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by jay2007 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:32 am
A and B are ruled out because they have misplaced modifier.

C is wrong because it says nobel prize is awarded to author's literature not to the author.

E is wordy as it introduces author at the end.

So, D is correct.

What is OA?
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by jsl » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:41 am
this one must be D.... Please?!?! ;-) I need encouragement that I'm improving ;-)
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by Carlo75 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:41 am
I will go with D
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by beyondlimits » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:20 am
Yo D. wht's OA?
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by sibbineni » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:39 pm
i Will go with D
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by abhishekswamy » Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:03 am
I have a doubt on D,in my opininon it should be E...since D makes it ambiguous that though the nobel is given for literature but to whom??.
So in a way D reduces the amount of information given in the original sentence.
Please suggest!!
:roll:
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by aspirant2011 » Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:41 am
abhishekswamy wrote:I have a doubt on D,in my opininon it should be E...since D makes it ambiguous that though the nobel is given for literature but to whom??.
So in a way D reduces the amount of information given in the original sentence.
Please suggest!!
:roll:
we are comparing Pulitzer with Nobel Prize and for Pulitzer also nothing is mentioned about to whom it is given therefore, in order to maintain parallelism option D is the apt one...........I hope you got it
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