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by gauravgundal » Mon May 16, 2011 9:03 am
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The word 'Buddha' denotes not just the historical figure, Gautama, it refers to a type of person, one who has achieved enlightenment, just like the term 'king' or 'priest'.

A. The word 'Buddha' denotes not just the historical figure, Gautama, it refers to a type of person, one who has achieved enlightenment, just like the term 'king' or 'priest'
B. Just like 'king' or 'priest', the word 'Buddha' denotes not just the historical figure Gautama, but a type of person, one who has achieved enlightenment
C. The word 'Buddha', similar to the words 'king' or 'priest', denotes not just the historical figure Gautama, but an entire class of people, those who have achieved enlightenment
D. The word Buddha denotes not just the historical figure Gautama, but, like 'king' or 'priest,' refers to a type of person - in this case, one who has achieved enlightenment
E. Like the word 'king' or the word 'priest,' the word 'Buddha' does not just refer to the historical figure Gautama, but rather to a class of persons who have achieved enlightenment

[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]

How the word can be compared with the king or priest as mentioned in answer choice D?

Is answer choice E wrong because of the verb 'have' that should be singular?
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by mundasingh123 » Mon May 16, 2011 10:17 am
gauravgundal wrote:Source: 800score.com Test prep

The word 'Buddha' denotes not just the historical figure, Gautama, it refers to a type of person, one who has achieved enlightenment, just like the term 'king' or 'priest'.

A. The word 'Buddha' denotes not just the historical figure, Gautama, it refers to a type of person, one who has achieved enlightenment, just like the term 'king' or 'priest'
B. Just like 'king' or 'priest', the word 'Buddha' denotes not just the historical figure Gautama, but a type of person, one who has achieved enlightenment
C. The word 'Buddha', similar to the words 'king' or 'priest', denotes not just the historical figure Gautama, but an entire class of people, those who have achieved enlightenment
D. The word Buddha denotes not just the historical figure Gautama, but, like 'king' or 'priest,' refers to a type of person - in this case, one who has achieved enlightenment
E. Like the word 'king' or the word 'priest,' the word 'Buddha' does not just refer to the historical figure Gautama, but rather to a class of persons who have achieved enlightenment

[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]

How the word can be compared with the king or priest as mentioned in answer choice D?

Is answer choice E wrong because of the verb 'have' that should be singular?
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by HSPA » Mon May 16, 2011 7:15 pm
gauravgundal wrote:Source: 800score.com Test prep

The word 'Buddha' denotes not just the historical figure, Gautama, it refers to a type of person, one who has achieved enlightenment, just like the term 'king' or 'priest'.

A. The word 'Buddha' denotes not just the historical figure, Gautama, it refers to a type of person, one who has achieved enlightenment, just like the term 'king' or 'priest'
B. Just like 'king' or 'priest', the word 'Buddha' denotes not just the historical figure Gautama, but a type of person, one who has achieved enlightenment
C. The word 'Buddha', similar to the words 'king' or 'priest', denotes not just the historical figure Gautama, but an entire class of people, those who have achieved enlightenment
D. The word Buddha denotes not just the historical figure Gautama, but, like 'king' or 'priest,' refers to a type of person - in this case, one who has achieved enlightenment
E. Like the word 'king' or the word 'priest,' the word 'Buddha' does not just refer to the historical figure Gautama, but rather to a class of persons who have achieved enlightenment

[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]

How the word can be compared with the king or priest as mentioned in answer choice D?

Is answer choice E wrong because of the verb 'have' that should be singular?
Hi Gaurav, Kindly find the singular vs plural comparision in option E, this is on a low side but on a high it says that
King = Gautama... but king can be any guy.. and budha is gautama.. Meaning is changed
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by rk10 » Mon May 16, 2011 9:09 pm
What is wrong with C, I still couldn't get why D is right.
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by HSPA » Mon May 16, 2011 9:29 pm
rk10 wrote:What is wrong with C, I still couldn't get why D is right.
:) King or priest is singular.. they are not words... but word
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by lunarpower » Wed May 18, 2011 1:11 am
whoa, this one has some serious issues.

the signal "not just ... but ..." (which is extremely similar to "not (only) ... but ..." requires parallelism, and the ostensibly correct answer to this problem contains a rather egregious lack of parallelism.

fatally flawed problem; ignore; move on.
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