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by nafiul9090 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:43 am
Hogwartians believed that wands connect with the wizards not only at a physical but also at a mental level, and many wizards claimed to have experienced it through the most powerful magic.

a. have experienced it through
b. have experience with it by the means to
c. have experienced the latter by the means of
d. have its experience by
e. have as experience later by the means of
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by Nidhi4mba » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:47 am
C it is...
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by gunjan1208 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:47 am
I shall go with A
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by Nidhi4mba » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:48 am
Gunjan, A has a problem..You can not say what does "it" refer to. It may be physical or the mental level...
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by GmatKiss » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:29 am
IMO:C
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by nafiul9090 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:35 pm
yes the answer is C.
i got it wrong. i chose option A. i mixed up the meaning between as a means of and by the means of

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by mad2011 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:15 pm
Nafiual can u please elaborate on this
AFAIK by means of = using something
As of means of = doing s'thing to achieve s'thing else



IMO C
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by nimish » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:39 pm
Why not 'D'?
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by nafiul9090 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:01 pm
mad2011 wrote:Nafiual can u please elaborate on this
AFAIK by means of = using something
As of means of = doing s'thing to achieve s'thing else



IMO C
i thought here as means of would be appropriated i just mixed up the meaning of these 2 idioms
by the way
X as a means of Y = X is a type of Y
X as a means to Y = x is a method to achieve y
by the means of = using

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by aspirant2011 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:51 pm
Yup by the means of is an idiom.......
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