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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Fri May 21, 2010 4:26 am
39. According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property even if the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution occurred before the title changed hands.
(A) the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution
(B) the owner is not responsible for pollution that
(C) it was not the owner's responsibility that pollution would have
(D) the responsibility of the owner is not that pollution
(E) the responsibility was not the owner's that pollution would have
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by maiahoji » Fri May 21, 2010 5:11 am
It´s confusing.. however, I`ll go with B
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by money9111 » Fri May 21, 2010 7:43 am
can you edit this and underline the section in question? i think that's what makes it confusing
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by ansumania » Sat May 22, 2010 12:45 pm
OA pl......
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by synfist » Sat May 22, 2010 12:52 pm
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:39. According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property even if the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution occurred before the title changed hands.
(A) the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution kind of WTF
(B) the owner is not responsible for pollution that
(C) it (pollution , court etc ? )was not the owner's responsibility that pollution would have
(D) the responsibility of the owner is not that pollution WTF:mrgreen:
(E) the responsibility was not the owner's that pollution would have WTF:mrgreen:


I will go with B[/b]
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by Reva » Sat May 22, 2010 1:28 pm
IMO B
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by karthikpandian19 » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:19 pm
OA is B


Explanation below:
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:39. According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property even if the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution occurred before the title changed hands.
(A) the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution - The non underlined sentence "occurred before the title changed hands" should modify correctly the pollution but not responsibility
(B) the owner is not responsible for pollution that - Correctly placed modifier
(C) it was not the owner's responsibility that pollution would have - Wrong Tense and Awkward formation
(D) the responsibility of the owner is not that pollution - similar to A, incorrect modifier
(E) the responsibility was not the owner's that pollution would have - similar to A, incorrect modifier
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by vikash212 » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:15 pm
karthikpandian19 wrote:OA is B


Explanation below:
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:39. According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property even if the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution occurred before the title changed hands.
(A) the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution - The non underlined sentence "occurred before the title changed hands" should modify correctly the pollution but not responsibility
(B) the owner is not responsible for pollution that - Correctly placed modifier
(C) it was not the owner's responsibility that pollution would have - Wrong Tense and Awkward formation
(D) the responsibility of the owner is not that pollution - similar to A, incorrect modifier
(E) the responsibility was not the owner's that pollution would have - similar to A, incorrect modifier

Shouldn't option 'b' be in past tense because of conditional subjunctive. i'm confused by the use of present tense in option b. plz clarify.
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by karthikpandian19 » Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:48 pm
Vikash,

The present tense sentence need to be logically followed by the present form, to agree logically
the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property
the conditional statement "even if" helps to identify this
the owner is not responsible for pollution that
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karthikpandian19 wrote:OA is B


Explanation below:
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:39. According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property even if the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution occurred before the title changed hands.
(A) the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution - The non underlined sentence "occurred before the title changed hands" should modify correctly the pollution but not responsibility
(B) the owner is not responsible for pollution that - Correctly placed modifier
(C) it was not the owner's responsibility that pollution would have - Wrong Tense and Awkward formation
(D) the responsibility of the owner is not that pollution - similar to A, incorrect modifier
(E) the responsibility was not the owner's that pollution would have - similar to A, incorrect modifier

Shouldn't option 'b' be in past tense because of conditional subjunctive. i'm confused by the use of present tense in option b. plz clarify.
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by atrayee345 » Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:56 am
(A) The non underlined sentence "occurred before the title changed hands" should modify correctly the pollution but not responsibility
(B) Correctly placed modifier
(C) Wrong Tense and wrong formation
(D) Similar to A, incorrect modifier
(E) Similar to A, incorrect modifier. Hence (b).
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