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by CITI29 » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:31 am
Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than [b]they had in their previous campaigns[/b], it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
(A) they had in their previous campaigns
(B) their previous campaigns had had
(C) they had for any previous campaign
(D) in their previous campaigns
(E) for any previous campaign

why is ans 'e' and not 'c'?
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by reachac » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:50 pm
Ok E is the answer.

To show y C is wrong, lets plug it in

Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had for any previous campaign, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.

One bold part referes to the army as plural while the second bold part(which is not underlined) refers to the army as singular. That not correct !
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by sibbineni » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:27 am
IMO (E)

Army is singular, but in (C) army is referred by they which is wrong.
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by reachac » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:34 am
sibbineni wrote:IMO (E)

Army is singular, but in (C) army is referred by they which is wrong.
Heyy dats not always true, depends on the contextual usage so beware :)
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by kiranlegend » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:03 am
adding to my friend's reachac's comment, i would say that army when performing an action as a single unit is singular such as in this case.. but if we need to consider units of army, we will need to consider it plural..
take for eg.,: the army are divided in their opinion..

i hope it helps! coorect me if i went wrong anywhere
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