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by sumanr84 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:50 am
Spurred by negative press stemming from a dog attack, the Mayor proposed a city ordinance requiring the owners of dogs to be leashed in all public places, including dog parks .

a. the owners of dogs to be leashed in all public places, including dog parks
b. the leashing of owners of dogs in all public places, including dog parks
c. that owners leash their dogs in all public places, including dog parks
d. that dogs be leashed in all public places, including dog parks, by their owners
e. dogs to be leashed by their owners in all public places, including dog parks

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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:22 am
imo C
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by kvcpk » Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:31 am
IMO C

a. the owners of dogs to be leashed in all public places, including dog parks
Changes the intended meaning of the sentence.

b. the leashing of owners of dogs in all public places, including dog parks
Wrong Idiom - "Requiring that..." is right.

c. that owners leash their dogs in all public places, including dog parks
Looks correct. Uses right idiom and correctly placed modifiers.

d. that dogs be leashed in all public places, including dog parks, by their owners
"by their owners " is not clear on dog owners or park owners.

e. dogs to be leashed by their owners in all public places, including dog parks
Wrong Idiom once again.

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by vivek1110 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:47 am
I'll go with C too.

A: Changes meaning (If that were the intended meaning, it would be one hell of an ordinance :) )
B: Also changes meaning, still dwelling on leashing the owners.
C: This seems about right
D: Passive, not the best form of sentence construction.
E: 'to be' is incorrect idiom, as pointed out above.

I love this question, not so much from the grammatical stand point as from the prospect of having owners leashed :P
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by Ritwik » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:04 am
IMO E
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by paddle_sweep » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:18 am
I will go with 'C'. Pls post OA.
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by xyh133 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:55 pm
IMO C Please post OA!!!!!!
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by dream700 » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:59 am
whats the OA?
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by viju9162 » Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:11 am
I will go with C

requiring that ..is the idiom . Answer is b/w C and E.

E is passive.

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by FightWithGMAT » Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:18 am
sumanr84 wrote:Spurred by negative press stemming from a dog attack, the Mayor proposed a city ordinance requiring the owners of dogs to be leashed in all public places, including dog parks .

a. the owners of dogs to be leashed in all public places, including dog parks
b. the leashing of owners of dogs in all public places, including dog parks
c. that owners leash their dogs in all public places, including dog parks
d. that dogs be leashed in all public places, including dog parks, by their owners
e. dogs to be leashed by their owners in all public places, including dog parks

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by frank1 » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:32 am
I think they will say requiring ...to is correct usage of idioms
so i think its E
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by sumanr84 » Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:03 am
OA : C
OE : The proper form is " require/ing that X Y " or, in this case, " requiring that owners leash ..." (C) is the only choice that uses this correct form. (A) and (B) absurdly state that the owners must be leashed. Choice (D) uses the passive voice, which is not always wrong on Sentence Correction questions, but frequently is. (D) also misplaces the modifier " by their owners " . This modifier modifies " be leashed " and should therefore appear next to " be leashed " . Choice (E) mistakenly implies that the onus is on the dogs, while in fact the onus is on the owners to obey the ordinance if it gets passed.
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by frank1 » Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:10 am
sumanr84 wrote:Choice (E) mistakenly implies that the onus is on the dogs, while in fact the onus is on the owners to obey the ordinance if it gets passed.
..oh
but here
dogs to be leashed by their owners

it says 'by thier owner'....i dont think sentence gives meaning that burden is on dogs....not owner
so confused about that explanation
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by sumanr84 » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:15 am
@frank1 - I agree with you on OE.

I eliminated E mainly because it looked wordy and passive to me.

owners leash their dogs is better than dogs to be leashed by their owners

BTW, OE is the Official Explanation provided by Kaplan for this question (not by me) - just to avoid any confusion..
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by GmatKiss » Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:08 am
IMO: C
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