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by heshamelaziry » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:16 pm
The inspiration for Picasso's famous painting, "Guernica," was from the brutality and cruelty of a civilian attack during the Spanish Civil War.

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[spoiler]This is brutal;why is A incorrect? What is wrong with "from" ? What is the rule here ?[/spoiler]
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Re: Another SC

by Ludacrispat26 » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:36 pm
heshamelaziry wrote:The inspiration for Picasso's famous painting, "Guernica," was from the brutality and cruelty of a civilian attack during the Spanish Civil War.

was from

it was from

it will be from

was

which was


[spoiler]This is brutal;why is A incorrect? What is wrong with "from" ? What is the rule here ?[/spoiler]
IMO-D

The inspiration for the painting wasn't from the brutality and cruelty. It was the brutality and cruelty.
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by heshamelaziry » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:42 pm
Ludacrispat26 wrote:
heshamelaziry wrote:The inspiration for Picasso's famous painting, "Guernica," was from the brutality and cruelty of a civilian attack during the Spanish Civil War.

was from

it was from

it will be from

was

which was


[spoiler]This is brutal;why is A incorrect? What is wrong with "from" ? What is the rule here ?[/spoiler]
IMO-D

The inspiration for the painting wasn't from the brutality and cruelty. It was the brutality and cruelty.

How could this be? It seems like this: the inspiration was the brutality and the cruelity of the book ?

Do I have to be a native speaker to get this one ?
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by hongwang9703 » Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:41 pm
oh this question can be confusing but if u just read it out, was definitely sounds right. the inspiration cant be the brutality.
Last edited by hongwang9703 on Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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by 2010gmat » Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:19 pm
Sachin started playing cricket at the age of 7 and Sunil Gavaskar WAS his inspiration.

or, Sachin started playing cricket at the age of 7 and his inspiration was Sunil Gavaskar.

Sachin started playing cricket at the age of 7 and his inspiration WAS FROM Sunil Gavaskar.
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by heshamelaziry » Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:42 pm
2010gmat wrote:Sachin started playing cricket at the age of 7 and Sunil Gavaskar WAS his inspiration.

or, Sachin started playing cricket at the age of 7 and his inspiration was Sunil Gavaskar.

Sachin started playing cricket at the age of 7 and his inspiration WAS FROM Sunil Gavaskar.
Then, the naswer for this question must be wrong !
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by 2010gmat » Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:00 pm
I never said that answer to this question is wrong...actually D is the best choice here
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