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by frank1 » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:26 am
A looks good to me
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by nibake » Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:32 pm
A is right.
B makes a sub-verb agreement error. There is a compound subject that comes after the verb
C links a prepositional phrase with a verb phrase. Weird.
D & E are almost nonsensical.
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by hardik.jadeja » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:49 pm
The part of the sentence after the semicolon is supposed to be an independent clause.

The head of the committee, to whom were submitted X, Y and Z, had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal.

The underlined part is a modifier and so it is disposable. We can right the above sentence as

A) The head of the committee had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal. - Correct

The sentence looks grammatically okay.

Lets remove the disposable modifier and check all the options similarly.

B) The head of the committee and it had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal. - Incorrect

C) The head of the committee and had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal. - Incorrect

D) The head of the committee had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal. - Correct

E) The head of the committee and had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal. - Incorrect

Lets check A and D now. We will have to check modifier of both the sentences.

Option D has subject verb agreement issue in the modifier. Subject is "A model, a drawing and a description of every project", which is plural. So we need were.

so pick A.

Hope that helps..
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by paddle_sweep » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:13 pm
I will go with 'D'. Pls post OA.
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by kvcpk » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:22 pm
hardik.jadeja wrote:The part of the sentence after the semicolon is supposed to be an independent clause.

The head of the committee, to whom were submitted X, Y and Z, had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal.

The underlined part is a modifier and so it is disposable. We can right the above sentence as

A) The head of the committee had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal. - Correct

The sentence looks grammatically okay.

Lets remove the disposable modifier and check all the options similarly.

B) The head of the committee and it had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal. - Incorrect

C) The head of the committee and had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal. - Incorrect

D) The head of the committee had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal. - Correct

E) The head of the committee and had the power to approve or cancel all the proposal. - Incorrect

Lets check A and D now. We will have to check modifier of both the sentences.

Option D has subject verb agreement issue in the modifier. Subject is "A model, a drawing and a description of every project", which is plural. So we need were.

so pick A.

Hope that helps..
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by ashish2104 » Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:57 am
One question here,
The head of the committee is singular, hence should use singular verb like was rather than were.
Though I agree that option D is awkward, Can somebody clear my doubt?
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by hardik.jadeja » Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:17 am
ashish2104 wrote:One question here,
The head of the committee is singular, hence should use singular verb like was rather than were.
Though I agree that option D is awkward, Can somebody clear my doubt?
Subject of the main clause is The head of the committee. But in the modifier, the subject is "A model, a drawing and a description of every project".

I understand the structure is awkward because the use of subject has been differed in the sentence. Generally, but not always, the subject comes before the verb. There are, however, exceptions, like this one:

In a small house adjacent to our backyard lives a family with ten noisy children.

Verb = Lives Subject = a family

Think of the modifier in the given sentence as

A model, a drawing and a description of every project were submitted to the head of the committee.

Hope that helps...
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by reply2spg » Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:14 pm
No need of having 'and' in the underlined portion so eliminate B, C and E. D has an S-V issue. So eliminate D as well. A is correct here
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by outreach » Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:18 pm
one more vote for A
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