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szDave: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 44; Joined: Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:12 amFollowed by: 1 member

by szDave » Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:22 am

Hello,

which answer is the correct one?

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Jim@StratusPrep: MBA Admissions Consultant; Posts: 2279; Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:51 amFollowed by: 266 members; Location: New York; Thanked: 660 times; GMAT Score:770

by Jim@StratusPrep » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:01 am

The answer is D.

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mankey: Legendary Member; Posts: 627; Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:12 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 4 times

by mankey » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:01 am

Is "ground of" illegitimate?

Could someone also give explanation to this?

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by ceilidh.erickson » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:11 am

This is an idiom issue. The construction ON THE GROUND(S) is an idiomatic expression that essentially means "because." This expression will always take THAT.

In other contexts (outside of this particular expression), the word GROUND or GROUNDS could be followed by OF: The grounds of this estate are lovely.

Here, we can narrow the choices down to C, D, or E. C uses the past tense THAT ALLOWED, which doesn't make sense - the law still allows in the present, so we can eliminate C. Between D and E, D is active and E is passive, so pick the active answer.

The answer is D.

Ceilidh Erickson
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Harvard Graduate School of Education

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BTG14: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 45; Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:28 amFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 3 times; GMAT Score:500

by BTG14 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:34 am

Can anybody please tell me what is the problem with C.

@Erickson: Nice explanation. But please tell me :How can we judge that laws are still allowed in present.

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by Jim@StratusPrep » Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:03 am

Focus on 'violates' in C. This law is no longer in existence per the sentence so it must be in the past.

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