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by mehravikas » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:01 pm
Resembling both a lion and a man, ancient Egyptians constructed the Sphinx nearly 4,000 years ago.

a. Resembling both a lion and
b. Building it to resemble both a lion and
c. Resembling it to both a lion and
d. Having a resemblance to both a lion and
e. Building it to resemble not only a lion and also

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OA: B
Why not: C
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Re: Resembling both a lion and a man

by tohellandback » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:17 pm
mehravikas wrote:Resembling both a lion and a man, ancient Egyptians constructed the Sphinx nearly 4,000 years ago.

a. Resembling both a lion and
b. Building it to resemble both a lion and
c. Resembling it to both a lion and
d. Having a resemblance to both a lion and
e. Building it to resemble not only a lion and also

Source: MGMAT
OA: B
Why not: C
IMO:most options are eliminated for obvious reasons.
C is rejected because you can't resemble X to Y.
The correct form is X resembles to Y.
you cannot say " the Egyptians resembled the sphinx to a lion."
here in option C, "resembling" sounds like "egyptians built the sphinx and resembled it to a lion" which is wrong
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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Re: Resembling both a lion and a man

by mehravikas » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:23 pm
Building......constructed - Isn't that redundancy?
tohellandback wrote:
mehravikas wrote:Resembling both a lion and a man, ancient Egyptians constructed the Sphinx nearly 4,000 years ago.

a. Resembling both a lion and
b. Building it to resemble both a lion and
c. Resembling it to both a lion and
d. Having a resemblance to both a lion and
e. Building it to resemble not only a lion and also

Source: MGMAT
OA: B
Why not: C
IMO:most options are eliminated for obvious reasons.
C is rejected because you can't resemble X to Y.
The correct form is X resembles to Y.
you cannot say " the Egyptians resembled the sphinx to a lion."
here in option C, "resembling" sounds like "egyptians built the sphinx and resembled it to a lion" which is wrong
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by tohellandback » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:29 pm
mehravikas wrote:Building......constructed - Isn't that redundancy?
tohellandback wrote:
mehravikas wrote:Resembling both a lion and a man, ancient Egyptians constructed the Sphinx nearly 4,000 years ago.

a. Resembling both a lion and
b. Building it to resemble both a lion and
c. Resembling it to both a lion and
d. Having a resemblance to both a lion and
e. Building it to resemble not only a lion and also

Source: MGMAT
OA: B
Why not: C
IMO:most options are eliminated for obvious reasons.
C is rejected because you can't resemble X to Y.
The correct form is X resembles to Y.
you cannot say " the Egyptians resembled the sphinx to a lion."
here in option C, "resembling" sounds like "egyptians built the sphinx and resembled it to a lion" which is wrong
IMO yes. but grammatically its the only correct option.

a. Resembling both a lion and- egyptians resembled both a lion and man?
b. Building it to resemble both a lion and-correct
c. Resembling it to both a lion and-explained already
d. Having a resemblance to both a lion and-again egyptians had the resemblance??
e. Building it to resemble not only a lion and also- not only "but" also is the correct form
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by Mayur Sand » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:38 pm
to be honest question is not that gr8
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by mehravikas » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:45 pm
Its from MGMAT CAT !! Option B is clearly redundant...!!
Mayur Sand wrote:to be honest question is not that gr8
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by vineetbatra » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:11 am
Besides redundant, the choice says "building it", which sounds like an action happening right now (although an Ing verb without a to be verb is either a Gerund or an Adverbial modifier), and the latter sentence says constructed which is in the past.

Can someone please advice on my chain of thought.
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by ranell » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:10 pm
X resembles Y - it's an idiom
Eliminate C and use B
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by siddharth rastogi » Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:30 pm
IMO B
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by GoodThings » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:14 pm
The first part of the sentence modifies "ancient egyptians." Choices A,C, D modify the Sphinx. That leaves us with B and E. B has the correct idiom.
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