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by chaitanyabhansali » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:55 am
Although the term "segue" has come into popular use in the last few years, especially in journalism, in musicology it is when one proceeds to what follows without pause.

A. it is when one proceeds to
B. it is proceeding to
C. it is when one is proceeding to
D. it refers to a direction to proceed to
E. it is in reference to proceeding with

Please explain.
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by chufus » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:47 pm
chaitanyabhansali wrote:Although the term "segue" has come into popular use in the last few years, especially in journalism, in musicology it is when one proceeds to what follows without pause.

A. it is when one proceeds to
B. it is proceeding to
C. it is when one is proceeding to
D. it refers to a direction to proceed to
E. it is in reference to proceeding with

Please explain.
Is the answer E?
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:57 am
chaitanyabhansali wrote:Although the term "segue" has come into popular use in the last few years, especially in journalism, in musicology it is when one proceeds to what follows without pause.

A. it is when one proceeds to
B. it is proceeding to
C. it is when one is proceeding to
D. it refers to a direction to proceed to
E. it is in reference to proceeding with

Please explain.
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by gunjan1208 » Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:44 am
IMO D
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by jumsumtak » Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:42 pm
IMO D
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by HSPA » Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:21 pm
proceeding without pause is segue... IMO E
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by chaitanya.bhansali » Sat Nov 26, 2011 8:30 am
OA: D

In choice A, B and C, the pronoun it simultaneously refers forward to when or proceeding and backward to the term "segue'. As a result, the sentence asserts illogically that the term is actually a time rather than a word referring to a musical direction.

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by avik.ch » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:32 am
This problem is exactly similar, same construction, to OG-12, # 132.

OA - D
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