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Which one is correct! Please help

by gmatblood » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:19 am
I. After much deliberation, the judge demanded that the prisoner's parole be revoked following his recent parole violation, and that he be sent to the maximum security prison.

II. After much deliberation, the judge demanded that the prisoner's parole be revoked following his recent parole violation, and be sent to the maximum security prison.
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by mankey » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:42 am
Should be A, since the correct idiom is X and Y. Since X starts with that, so should Y.

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by mankey » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:44 am
On a second thought, in A, I feel, "he" might create a confusion since "he" might refer to the judge or to the prisoner. Since meaning of the sentence is most important in SC, I think B should be preferred.

So B.

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by VivianKerr » Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:38 am
In both, "his" is slightly ambiguous, but given no other options, I would choose A for clarity's sake.
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by bpdulog » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:12 pm
I would say the first one is correct.
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by gmatpup » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:34 am
gmatblood wrote:I. After much deliberation, the judge demanded that the prisoner's parole be revoked following his recent parole violation, and that he be sent to the maximum security prison.

II. After much deliberation, the judge demanded that the prisoner's parole be revoked following his recent parole violation, and be sent to the maximum security prison.

I think the first one is correct because the second one is ambiguous. Where it says, "and be sent to the maximum security prison" looks as though it is stating that the prisoner's parole be sent to the maximum security prison.

THe first one clearly writes that HE be sent to the maximum security prison
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by Shalabh7 » Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:56 am
'He' is ambiguous in both the sentence but in the second sentence it seems as if prisoner's parole is being sent to the prison.

So, with this logic, the better option would be the second sentence.
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