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by anubhavgulati » Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:47 pm
Hi,

Jimmy, who ate sardiness from the officer's mess,became quite ill.

a. Jimmy, who ate sardiness from the officer's mess,became quite ill.
b. Jimmy, that ate sardiness from the officers mess,became quite ill.
c. Jimmy that ate sardiness from the officer's mess became quite ill.
d. Jimmy, who has eaten sardiness from the officers mess,became quite ill.
e. Jimmy who has eaten sardiness from the officer's mess became quite ill.

Can somone please explain what is the right answer and the reason why other choices are wrong.

My approach: Sentence is in past tense, so use ate instead of eaten. (D,E eliminate)
Left with A,B and C
B and C uses that which is wrong, A is correct answer.

I want to know the more difference in choices D and E:
D. Jimmy,who ...officers mess,became
E. Jimmy who ...officer's mess became

Can some one please explain above point.
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by adis24in » Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:00 pm
well, apart from the punctuation mark, i dont think there is any.
but what i want to know is whether it should be 'got ill'?
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by GmatKiss » Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:23 pm
IMO: A
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by garima99 » Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:24 pm
anubhavgulati wrote:Hi,

Jimmy, who ate sardiness from the officer's mess,became quite ill.

a. Jimmy, who ate sardiness from the officer's mess,became quite ill.
b. Jimmy, that ate sardiness from the officers mess,became quite ill.
c. Jimmy that ate sardiness from the officer's mess became quite ill.
d. Jimmy, who has eaten sardiness from the officers mess,became quite ill.
e. Jimmy who has eaten sardiness from the officer's mess became quite ill.

Can somone please explain what is the right answer and the reason why other choices are wrong.

My approach: Sentence is in past tense, so use ate instead of eaten. (D,E eliminate)
Left with A,B and C
B and C uses that which is wrong, A is correct answer.

I want to know the more difference in choices D and E:
D. Jimmy,who ...officers mess,became
E. Jimmy who ...officer's mess became

Can some one please explain above point.
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by zaarathelab » Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:21 pm
IMO A
All others have tense errors
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by anubhavgulati » Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:20 am
Can you please explain, what are the differences between choices D and E.
GmatKiss wrote:IMO: A
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by sl750 » Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:41 am
In both choices D and E, it uses the present perfect tense. The verb became is in the simple past tense. So we shouldn't use the present prefect tense here as it suggests that the acting of eating sardines still continues in to the present. Also, in D, the punctuation is missing. Officer's mess is singular possessive noun
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by aspirant2011 » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:25 am
anubhavgulati wrote:Hi,

Jimmy, who ate sardiness from the officer's mess,became quite ill.

a. Jimmy, who ate sardiness from the officer's mess,became quite ill. ----- ate and ill are in the same tense i.e simple past
b. Jimmy, that ate sardiness from the officers mess,became quite ill.
c. Jimmy that ate sardiness from the officer's mess became quite ill.
d. Jimmy, who has eaten sardiness from the officers mess,became quite ill.---- has eaten is not in sync with became
e. Jimmy who has eaten sardiness from the officer's mess became quite ill. ---- same as D

Can somone please explain what is the right answer and the reason why other choices are wrong.

My approach: Sentence is in past tense, so use ate instead of eaten. (D,E eliminate)
Left with A,B and C
B and C uses that which is wrong, A is correct answer.

I want to know the more difference in choices D and E:
D. Jimmy,who ...officers mess,became
E. Jimmy who ...officer's mess became

Can some one please explain above point.
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