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plz explain...my choice as E..

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by ritesh3112 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:00 pm
Q1:
During her presidency of the short-lived Woman's State Temperance Society (1852-1853), Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as she was a staunch advocate of liberalized divorce laws, scandalized many of her most ardent supporters in her suggestion that drunkenness should be made sufficient cause for divorce.

A. as she was a staunch advocate of liberalized divorce laws, scandalized many of her most ardent supporters in her suggestion that drunkenness should be
B. as she was a staunch advocate for liberalized divorce laws, scandalized many of her most ardent supporters by her suggestion of drunkenness being
C. in being a staunch advocate for liberalized divorce laws, had scandalized many of her most ardent supporters with the suggestion of drunkenness being
D. a staunch advocate of liberalized divorce laws, scandalized many of her most ardent supporters by suggesting that drunkenness be
E. a staunch advocate of liberalized divorce laws, she scandalized many of her most ardent supporters in suggesting that drunkenness should be
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by sars72 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:06 pm
(A) "as she was" is wrong; "in her suggestion" is wrong
(B) "as she was" is wrong
(C) "in being" is wrong; "with the suggestion" is wrong
(D) looks OK
(E) "she" should ont come after comma; "in suggesting" is wrong

Answer choice (D) it is :)
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by mmon » Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:47 pm
imo d

as is wrongly placed
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by Domnu » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:28 pm
The answer should be D. Here's why:

A - "as" doesn't make sense. In addition to incorrect grammar, this suggests that just because Elizabeth Stanton was a staunch advocate of liberalized divorce laws, she scandalized many of her most ardent supporters.

B - Same as A.

C - "in being" isn't correct, and "being" isn't correct either, with respect to tense usage (last word of the sentence)

E - "she scandalized..." isn't correct; this is supposed to be a clause, not a sentence
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by girish3131 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:46 pm
No dispute abt Ans.

Just wanna add one more point here...

As per my knowledge, wen we use word 'SUGGEST' then it become subjuncive (First verb with infinitive without 'TO') and we can't use word SHOULD with this wod i.e. SUGGEST ...

Please correct me if wrong...

Thanks!
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