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by nikhilagrawal » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:23 pm
172. Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman, herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide other slaves along the Underground Railroad to freedom.
(A) herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide
(B) being an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland so as to guide
(C) an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland for guiding
(D) herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland so as to be the guide of
(E) who had been herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland for the guiding of


PLs post ans with explanation
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by BlueRain » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:44 pm
I've narrowed it down to A or C.

I don't particular like the "herself an escaped slave" in A or the "for guiding" in C.

"so as to guide" is incorrect, which eliminates B and D, E is just wordy.

On the actual test, I'd just pick A.
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by reachac » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:31 pm
IMO A
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by mutuslick » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:02 pm
A - herself an escaped slave

herself should be after noun. So

C- an escaped slave herself - is correct
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by Aldiablo » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:23 pm
IMO C
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by kiranlegend » Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:09 am
IMO A

but could anyone explain how herself an escaped slave is correct??
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by raunekk » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:52 am
IMO:A


Hi guys..

i have read that " for guiding" is a wrong usage...


Can any1 please explain if its correct over here..

thanks.
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by mutuslick » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:26 pm
raunekk wrote:IMO:A


i have read that " for guiding" is a wrong usage...


thanks.
Why it's wrong?

pylon - a post or tower for guiding pilots or marking a turning point in a race
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by BlueRain » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:07 pm
"for guiding" by itself is correct, but the idiom, I believe, should be return TO not return FOR.
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by gmatinjuly » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:43 am
TO GUIDE OTHERS TO FREEDOM is correct
Eliminate c/d/e

Though an escaped slave herself sounds more appropriate….. but C has been eliminated
B has being ..

So best answer is A

Whats OA ?
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by codesnooker » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:19 am
IMO (A).

(A) and (D) are pretty close choices. However, if we reconstruct the statement with both options:

A: Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman, herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide other slaves along the Underground Railroad to freedom.

D: Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman, herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland so as to be the guide of other slaves along the Underground Railroad to freedom.

The statement (D) lose its charm. Check the statement above, highlighted with red color.
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by raptor84 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:44 am
"so as" is almost always wrong on the GMAT

Further, the idiom here is 'to guide' and not 'for guiding'

Hence, IMO A
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by ayushiiitm » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:13 am
It seems everybody has narrow down to different answers to reach to A.

Anybody from the moderators please tell the authentic reasons for eliminating the choices in this one

As far as my understanding

so as to is wrong usage in GMAT (B and D eliminated)...read in Sahils notes
for the guiding of seems wrong...E eliminated

Decide between A and C (to guide vs for guiding) i.e infinitive v/s participle

I thought C but OA is A

Kindly point out my mistakes :)
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by Shawshank » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:25 am
ayushiiitm wrote:It seems everybody has narrow down to different answers to reach to A.

Anybody from the moderators please tell the authentic reasons for eliminating the choices in this one

As far as my understanding

so as to is wrong usage in GMAT (B and D eliminated)...read in Sahils notes
for the guiding of seems wrong...E eliminated

Decide between A and C (to guide vs for guiding) i.e infinitive v/s participle

I thought C but OA is A

Kindly point out my mistakes :)
Between A and C I choose A based on idiom usage
A -- returned ....... to
C -- returned .......for ---> I think this is not correct
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