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by kvcpk » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:16 am
In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911.

(A) did its return in 1910-1911
(B) had its 1910-1911 return
(C) in its return of 1910-1911
(D) its return of 1910-1911 did
(E) its return in 1910-1911


After looking at the answer i knew that i made a mess of it.. But want to know what is wrong with option D
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by martin.jonson007 » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:26 am
A is correct...!

did ... did

Passive.. Passive

In D

it is

Passive.. Active
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:30 am
is E is correct option?
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by FightWithGMAT » Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:26 am
kvcpk wrote:In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911.

(A) did its return in 1910-1911
(B) had its 1910-1911 return
(C) in its return of 1910-1911
(D) its return of 1910-1911 did
(E) its return in 1910-1911


After looking at the answer i knew that i made a mess of it.. But want to know what is wrong with option D
Okayyy

IMO C
The sentence can rephrased as :
Haley's comet did cause such a sensation in no other historical sighting as (it did) in its return of 1910-1911

"it did" is ellipsis.
Does it make sense? Please give inputs.
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by hardik.jadeja » Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:36 am
This is a very popular question. It has been discussed a number of times.

OA is C because of the parallelism between two prepositional phrases. .

In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as in its return of 1910-1911.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/one-more-hal ... 39113.html

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/in- ... t5814.html

Hope that helps..
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