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Ashujain: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 123; Joined: Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:36 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 29 times

by Ashujain » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:24 pm

Jean-Jacques Rousseau contended that man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that compels man to compare himself to others.

"¢ man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that
"¢ only man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that
"¢ man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted only by society, that
"¢ only man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, which
"¢ man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, which

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by confuse mind » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:41 pm

Confused between A and C
A - position of 'only' onsistent wit original sentene but by meaning position of only suits in C.

IMO - C (by meaning)

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by ankita1709 » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:04 pm

IMO E

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by 1947 » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:57 pm

Ashujain wrote:Jean-Jacques Rousseau contended that man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that compels man to compare himself to others.

"¢ man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that --,that is wrong ..that should be without ,
"¢ only man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that change of meaning
"¢ man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted only by society, that change of meaning
"¢ only man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, which change of meaning
"¢ man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, which correct...Independent clause, dependent clause....which is for society

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by Ashujain » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:52 pm

OA: E

This sentence tests two modifiers. First, "only" correctly modifies "when"
Rousseau believed "man is good." Second, "that" is incorrectly used to introduce
a non-essential modifier. "That" is used only with essential modifiers and is not
separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma. "Which" is used when
introducing non-essential modifiers and these modifiers are separated from the
rest of the sentence by a comma.
"¢ (A) The sentence is incorrect because it repeats the original answer.
"¢ (B) The new placement of the adverb "only" unacceptably changes the
meaning of the sentence. The original sentence indicated the "only"
circumstance in which "man is good." This answer choice, however, indicates
that man is the "only" good creature in a certain circumstance. In addition,
"that" should only be used to introduce essential modifiers that are not
separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma. "Which" is required in
this case.
"¢ (C) The new placement of the adverb "only" unacceptably changes the
meaning of the sentence. The original sentence indicated the "only"
circumstance in which "man is good." This answer choice, however, indicates
the "only" circumstance in which "man is corrupted." In addition, "that" should
only be used to introduce essential modifiers that are not separated from the
rest of the sentence by a comma. "Which" is required in this case.
"¢ (D) This answer corrects the second modifier by changing "that" to "which," the
appropriate start to a non-essential modifier. However, the new placement of
the adverb "only" unacceptably changes the meaning of the sentence. The
original sentence indicated the "only" circumstance in which "man is good."
This answer choice, however, indicates that man is the "only" good creature in
a certain circumstance.
"¢ (E) This choice keeps the original (and correct) placement of the
adverb "only" and also corrects the "that vs. which" modifier mistake by
replacing "that" with "which," the appropriate relative pronoun to employ to
start a non-essential modifier.

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