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by YellowSapphire » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:11 am
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John was not ready to move to the new company because they had not rated it highly by any investment company.

A. John was not ready to move to the new company because they had not rated it highly by any investment company.
B. Because of its low investment rating, John was not ready to move to the new company.
C. John was not ready to move to the new company because it had not been rated highly by any of them.
D. John was not ready to move to the new company because no investment company had rated it highly.
E. John was not ready to move to the new company since it was not rated highly by any investment company.


What about B?
OA: D
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by BastiG » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:25 am
What is the source??
B is wrong because it seeems that john has a low investment rating. Is e the correct answer?
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by Target2009 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:44 pm
[spoiler]IMO : D[/spoiler]

John was not ready to move to the new company because they had not rated it highly by any investment company.

A. John was not ready to move to the new company because they had not rated it highly by any investment company.
B. Because of its low investment rating, John was not ready to move to the new company. Misplaced Modifer
C. John was not ready to move to the new company because it had not been rated highly by any of them.
D. John was not ready to move to the new company because no investment company had rated it highly. -> Correct
E. John was not ready to move to the new company since it was not rated highly by any investment company
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by BastiG » Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:14 pm
I think the split between d and e is past perfect and simple past. You can either use since or because.
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:14 pm
BastiG wrote:What is the source??
B is wrong because it seeems that john has a low investment rating. Is e the correct answer?
Grammatically, though, "its" can't modify "John", because he's a "he" not an "it." D is still clearer.
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by prachich1987 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:12 pm
how to choose between D & E
Jim, can you plz guide here
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by bblast » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:49 pm
Jim@Grockit wrote:
BastiG wrote:What is the source??
B is wrong because it seeems that john has a low investment rating. Is e the correct answer?
Grammatically, though, "its" can't modify "John", because he's a "he" not an "it." D is still clearer.
Same query as that of Prachich
D uses was and the perfect tense clearly but whats wrong with E ?
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by Deepthi Subbu » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:54 pm
Between D and E

D . John was not ready to move to the new company because no investment company had rated it highly - The pronoun 'it' may seem ambiguous but a closer observation reveals that it cannot refer to the investment company as the meaning of the sentence may get distorted .

How can an investment company rate itself ?

Another example -

The car hit the tree and hence its tires were replaced .

Here clearly its refers to car as its nonsensical to mean that trees have tires .

Compared to D , E becomes wordy .
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by prachich1987 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:59 pm
I think D should be correct here.
1)Because the process of ratification happened first & then John decided not to move to a new company
2)"because" is preferred over "since"
3) D is concise and clear.
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by YellowSapphire » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:52 pm
Jim@Grockit wrote: Grammatically, though, "its" can't modify "John", because he's a "he" not an "it." D is still clearer.
I am seeking explanation about B. why B is wrong.

B contain "ITS" and D contain "IT". This might not be distinction that ITS is wrong in B.

In B, I can see that
preposition + Noun + Ving construction which leads me to some doubt about B.
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