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by hrishi19884 » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:52 am
Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged in 1911,Scott Joplin's ragtime opera"Treemonisha"was not produced until 1972,sixty-one years after its completion.
(A) Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged
(B) Except for a concert performance with the composer himself staging it
(C) Besides a concert performance being staged by the composer himself
(D) Excepting a concert performance that the composer himself staged
(E) With the exception of a concert performance with the staging done by the composer himself.


Guys, OA after I get 4-5 replies ;-)

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by getso » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:08 am
IMO A
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by hrishi19884 » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:18 am
getso, can you justify your answer?
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by deepakdewani » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:14 am
IMO A
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by getso » Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:02 am
Staged is in the right tense with right usage of except.

All others contain tense errors.
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by hrishi19884 » Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:14 am
OK...Let me get 2 more replies.....I will post the OA
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by mehravikas » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:39 pm
(A) Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged - Sounds Correct
(B) Except for a concert performance with the composer himself staging it - staging is incorrect
(C) Besides a concert performance being staged by the composer himself - sounds correct "being" could be a problem
(D) Excepting a concert performance that the composer himself staged - excepting is incorrect
(E) With the exception of a concert performance with the staging done by the composer himself. - too wordy

Between A and C I'll go with A because I cannot find an error in A and C uses "being", which should be avoided.

Between, this question is from Kaplan I guess :-)
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by hrishi19884 » Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:00 pm
OA is A
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