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by ankitbagla » Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:11 pm
A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the same year as Gulliver's Travels were published, shows how the biting satire that marked many of Swift's public works was reflected in his public writings as well.

(A) A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the same year as Gulliver's Travels were published
(B) A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the same year of publication as Gulliver's Travels
(C) A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the same year that Gulliver's Travels was published
(D) Jonathan Swift wrote a newly discovered letter in the same year as he published Gulliver's Travels that
(E) Jonathan Swift wrote a newly discovered letter in the same year of publication as Gulliver's Travels that

I could narrow down the choices to B and C . But stuck after that
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:34 pm
In B, the wording "in the same year of publication" makes it sound like the letter was also published. Since it was newly discovered, that doesn't make sense.

"in the same year that Gulliver's Travels was published" clearly means that only Gulliver's Travels was published.
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by ankitbagla » Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:54 pm
In my knowledge In B it seems that ,
A letter was written in the same year as publication( year ) of Gulliver's travels . how could it sound that the letter was also published . prep phrase (in the same year as publication clearly modifies the verb was written ) . When it was written ? In the same year of publication of the Gulliver's travels.

Kindly help. I am not able to understand till now
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by kdn508 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:23 pm
ankitbagla wrote:A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the same year as Gulliver's Travels were published, shows how the biting satire that marked many of Swift's public works was reflected in his public writings as well.

(A) A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the same year as Gulliver's Travels were published
(B) A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the same year of publication as Gulliver's Travels
(C) A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the same year that Gulliver's Travels was published
(D) Jonathan Swift wrote a newly discovered letter in the same year as he published Gulliver's Travels that
(E) Jonathan Swift wrote a newly discovered letter in the same year of publication as Gulliver's Travels that

I could narrow down the choices to B and C . But stuck after that
Experts kindly help

OA:C

I'm no expert but I think the keyword was 'was' published that made C the clear answer, I believe it matches with the word published in the stem of the sentence. Both are past tense!
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by Rajiv Shukla » Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:10 am
kindly answer some of my questions

1)WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERGRAD INSTITUTION,I HAVE DONE MY UNDERGRAD FROM AN INSTITUTION WHICH IS FAMOUS HERE IN INDIA BUT NOT SO FAMOUS IN THE WORLD,HOW IS THIS COMPONENT OF THE APPLICATION REVIEWED?

2) I HAVE JUST CLEARED MY UNDERGRAD,WHICH THINGS I CAN DO NOW TO BECOME A COMPETATITIVE CANDIDATE IN THE NEAR FUTURE?

3)WHAT TYPE OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SCHOOLS R SEEKING? HOW MUCH [IN MONTHS] SHOULD BE AVERAGE DURATION OF EXTRACURICULAR ACTIVITY?
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:06 pm
ankitbagla wrote:In my knowledge In B it seems that ,
A letter was written in the same year as publication( year ) of Gulliver's travels . how could it sound that the letter was also published . prep phrase (in the same year as publication clearly modifies the verb was written ) . When it was written ? In the same year of publication of the Gulliver's travels.

Kindly help. I am not able to understand till now
You can read it either way, which is why C is a better option. It eliminates the ambiguity.
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by [email protected] » Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:32 pm
Hi Rajiv Shukla,

You try posting these questions in the Admissions Forum (on this site). You're more likely to receive some advice in THAT Forum. Right now, you're in the Sentence Correction Sub-Forum.

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