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by danimmm » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:10 pm
The reason Willard founded the Women's Christian Temperance Union was because she believed that national prohibition of alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails, and asylums of the United States

B. Willard founded the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the reason being that the believed that national prohibition of alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails, and asylums of the United States.

C. The reason Willard founded the Women's Christian Temperance Union was she believed that national prohibition of alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails, and asylums of the United States.

D. poor one ...

E. Willard founded the Women's Christian Temperance Union because she believed that national prohibition of alcohol will empty the poorhouses, jails, and asylums of the United States

OA : E
Why E is better than C ?
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:16 pm
danimmm wrote:Why E is better than C ?
IMO...because "that" is missing from "C"...

The reason ...............was.... [that].........

Moreover in "C"...reason is actually very far from the actual reason unlike "E".
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by karmayogi » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:56 pm
C is simply wordier than E.
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by TedCornell » Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:02 am
goelmohit2002 is correct.

There must be a "that" between "Union" and "was" to make C acceptable.

Where is the question from? I think all given choices are grammatically incorrect. The verb "believe" and all other verbs used to express something which may or may not happen trigger the subjunctive.

"I believed that he will become great" Incorrect
"I believed that he would become great" Correct
"I believe that he will become great" Correct

When using the subjunctive, if the 1st verb is in the past, the 2nd must use the "would" construction. If the 1st verb is in the present, the 2nd must use the "will" construction.

For this sentence to be right, we must write "She believed that the national prohibition of alcohol would empty..."

Note also that the answers are missing "the" in front of national prohibition. This is a problem.

(I study with OG and GMATFix Verbal Flashcards)
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by danimmm » Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:12 pm
[quote="TedCornell"]goelmohit2002 is correct.

There must be a "that" between "Union" and "was" to make C acceptable.

Where is the question from? I think all given choices are grammatically incorrect. The verb "believe" and all other verbs used to express something which may or may not happen trigger the subjunctive.

"I believed that he will become great" Incorrect
"I believed that he would become great" Correct
"I believe that he will become great" Correct

When using the subjunctive, if the 1st verb is in the past, the 2nd must use the "would" construction. If the 1st verb is in the present, the 2nd must use the "will" construction.

For this sentence to be right, we must write "She believed that the national prohibition of alcohol [b]would[/b] empty..."

Note also that the answers are missing "the" in front of national prohibition. This is a problem.

(I study with OG and GMATFix Verbal Flashcards)[/quote]

That was a great explanation !
Thank U!
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by orel » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:52 am
what is wrong with A?

Should it be "The reason why...." in order to be correct?
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by TedCornell » Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:59 pm
"The reason why" and "the reason because" are incorrect (redundant) constructs. A uses "the reason because"; that's one reason to eliminate it.

A also lacks a full stop (aka a period ".") at the end (though I suspect that was present in the original)
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by gmat740 » Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:54 pm
Note also that the answers are missing "the" in front of national prohibition. This is a problem
Please check the original given sentence, "the" is not there even in the original sentence.
When we are not using "the" before National Prohibition even in the original sentence,so that means we know about which Nation it is been talked about.

Eg: This is our National Problem

we never say: this is the national problem!

So we didn't use "the" but still the former is correct.
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by TedCornell » Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:43 pm
Thanks for explaining
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by gmat740 » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:35 pm
You are welcome :D
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