Robert Carter III setting free slaves

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pareekbharat86: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 168; Joined: Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:43 pm; Thanked: 1 times

by pareekbharat86 » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:01 am

In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.
(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as
(C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as
(D) and set free more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as

OA is A.

Source- GMAT Test Code 14

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Bharat.

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by theCodeToGMAT » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:36 am

{A} - CORRECT
{B} - INCORRECT; "considered as"
{C} - INCORRECT; "considered as"
{D} - INCORRECT; Cause & Effect Scenario structure mismatch;
{E} - INCORRECT; "considered as"

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Abhishek009: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 359; Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:37 amFollowed by: 2 members; Location: Kolkata, India; Thanked: 50 times

by Abhishek009 » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:38 am

pareekbharat86 wrote:In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.
(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as
(C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as
(D) and set free more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as

OA is A.

Source- GMAT Test Code 14

B. setting free more than the 500 slaves - Doesn't seem good

C. Consider as - Doesn't sound good

D. filing a deed of emancipation........who were legally considered - Parallelism is not maintained.

E. Same as C

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