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by sulabh » Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:15 am
John Wilkins, who rose from this humble, one-room apartment to the sprawling mansion that he lives in today, is the most amazing rags-to-riches strory I`ve ever heard.

(A) John Wilkins, who rose from this humble, one-room apartment to the sprawling mansion that he lives in today, is

(B) The rising of John Wilkins from this humble, one-room apartment to the sprawling mansion that he lives in today, is

(C) John Wilkins` rising from this humble, one-room apartment to the sprawling mansion that he lives in today, is

(D) John Wilkins rose from this humble, one-room apartment to the sprawling mansion that he lives in today, and this is

(E) The rise of John Wilkins from this humble, one-room apartment to the sprawling mansion that he lives in today, is
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by Xia_devil » Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:23 am
I would select E as the right answer..
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by sulabh » Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:26 am
Any explanation why E is right and he other choices are wrong ?
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by senthil » Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:51 am
I too feel E is correct . What is OA ?
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by pinktiger » Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:43 am
This question appears to be a classic comparison problem where apples(John Wilkins) are compared with oranges(rags-to-riches story) and that explains the Exclusion of A, C and D options.

E sounds better but don't know exactly why B is wrong. Anybody else why E and not B is correct?
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by chidcguy » Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:37 pm
The rising of is awkward and also it is an event in the past
Please do not post answer along with the Question you post/ask

Let people discuss the Questions with out seeing answers.
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by atlantic » Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:55 pm
E for me too.

'The rise of John Wilkins [....] is the most amazing rags-to-riches strory I`ve ever heard'
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by s_raizada » Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:46 pm
A - apple/oranges
B, C - 'rising' is awk
D - ambigous pronoun 'this'

E - correct
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by reachac » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:30 pm
IMO E

B is wrong as it compares a verb 'rising' to a noun 'story'
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by tanviet » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:44 pm
Why "rising" in B and C is awark, pls help
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by fernandocd79 » Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:22 am
In answer E, Why the comma before "is"?
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