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by f2001290 » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:05 am
24. Herself the mother of seven children, Mrs. New- land discusses the care of infants in very helpful ways.
(A) Herself
(B) Herself being
(C) In that she is herself
(D) Because of being herself
(E) Being herself
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by drhomler » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:07 am
24. Herself the mother of seven children, Mrs. New- land discusses the care of infants in very helpful ways.
(A) Herself
(B) Herself being
(C) In that she is herself
(D) Because of being herself
(E) Being herself

Definitely not D it changes the meaning and makes a cause and effect issue. C is redundant In that she is herself is unnecessary verbage.E is worded poorly(I know not agood reason) and doesnt really make sense. Im going with A its a descriptive phrase describing Mrs. Newland. This one is tough, I think. Any thoughts
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by aim-wsc » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:35 am
b) herself being :)

but it should be modify,
option (b) should be ''herself being the''

''the'' is imp here.
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by sandeepsept5 » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:44 am
I would go for A.

'Herself' tends to keep the sentence terse and concise.
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by aim-wsc » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:43 pm
so what'S THE OA?
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by f2001290 » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:52 pm
OA is A
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by arunjithp » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:53 pm
hey, why is 'The' so important in this sentence ??
i would have picked 'B', myself. :!:
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by john83.amar » Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:57 am
A seems to be the best answer
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