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by mgmt_gmat » Fri Feb 12, 2010 1:48 am
Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, so
embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the
poems in his first two collections, he destroyed every copy he could find.


A. so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in
the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed
B. and was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed
C. in his later years he was so embarrassed by what he considered as the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying
D. was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed
E. because he was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the
excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying
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by komal » Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:53 pm
mgmt_gmat wrote:Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed every copy he could find.


A. so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed - Awkward - it should be 'was so embarrassed'
B. and was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed - Awkward - 'and' is not required
C. in his later years he was so embarrassed by what he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying - Awkward
D. was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed - Correct
E. because he was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying - Awkward
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by money9111 » Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:43 pm
it's gotta be D
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by sarthak » Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:24 am
C. in his later years he was so embarrassed by what he considered as the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying .
he is awkard.if we remove the modifier who own the nobel prize and reconstruct the sentence we will see it stands at "Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez in his later years he was so embarrassed" . So this is not right. ALso destroying is wrong. wrong in verb form . And as far as I know (pls correct me if i ma wrong) comma-ing form is a adverbial modifier not an adjective modifier as has been used here modifying the phrase "two collections".

So my pick is D
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by money9111 » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:22 pm
so we have a C and 2 D's... and yet we still don't know the answer

mgmt_gmat can you post the OA
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by reply2spg » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:56 pm
mgmt_gmat wrote:Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, so
embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the
poems in his first two collections, he destroyed every copy he could find.


A. so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in
the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed -- So that is correct idiom
B. and was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed -- 'and' destroys the sentence
C. in his later years he was so embarrassed by what he considered as the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying -- he is redundant here
D. was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed -- correct
E. because he was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the
excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying
-- because destroys the sentence

Also mgmt_gmat could you please do favor and underline the sentence.....to find out underlined sentence it took my 5 seconds, otherwise I would have finished it in less than a minute
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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:25 am
I'd go with D


destroyed is required here . Hence we are left with A B and D

A is wrong coz of the unidiomatic so by

B is wrong coz of and

Hence, IMO D
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by shashank.ism » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:32 am
mgmt_gmat wrote:Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, so
embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the
poems in his first two collections, he destroyed every copy he could find.

A. so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in
the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed
B. and was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed
C. in his later years he was so embarrassed by what he considered as the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying
D. was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed
E. because he was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the
excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying
when u r explaining sth a connector has to be there...here the correct connector is "was"

since , is given so we would start with "was" and not "because"....
So D seems to be correct..


A. so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in
the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed
B. and was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed
C. in his later years he was so embarrassed by what he considered as the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying
D. [color=red]correct[/color] was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive
sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed
E. because he(no need) was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the
excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying
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by Rajat Khandelwal » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:51 am
Option D..for the following reasons...
1. the subject of the clause needs the verb , here the verb is linking verb, after the non essential modifying phrase.
2. So +Adjective(embarrassed) ...that ....(subordinate clause)
3. Prepositional phrase modifying the predicate adjective , embarrassed.
4. Consider X Y
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