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by thegmatbeater » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:48 pm
One of the informants eventually professed ignorant of the crime, having fear that his testimony would lead to reprisals against him by his former confederates

a).............
b) ignorantly to the crime, with
c) ignorance of the crime, since
d)ignorance of the crime, for
e) to have ignorance of the crime, since
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by Aldiablo » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:54 am
IMO C.
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by BlueRain » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:43 am
IMO B.

OA?
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by wilderness » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:14 am
IMHO D
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by loki.gmat » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:40 am
A - usage of "having" is incorrect.
B - changes the meaning of the sentence.the intended meaning is that one of the informants eventually claimed that he/she was not aware of the crime. B says that he/she actually professed (self-acknowledged) to the crime although ignorantly.hence incorrect.
C - ................ since fear that ............. - awkward construction.
E - same as C.

hence IMO D.



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by raunekk » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:17 pm
IMO:D

Professed X for Y
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by thegmatbeater » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:35 pm
OA is D, bu I thought that "since" can be used as "because" and chose the wrong answer C!
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by logitech » Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:14 pm
thegmatbeater wrote:OA is D, bu I thought that "since" can be used as "because" and chose the wrong answer C!
I chose the C for the same reason but in the explanation, Kaplan says that we need a preposition like FOR not a conjunction like SINCE.

Can anybody shed some light on this ?

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by raunekk » Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:15 pm
IMO,If "since" is used as a conjunction we dont require a "comma" in front of it..



Also, a "preposition" is always placed before a noun or a pronoun(here "fear" to show relation with rest of the the sentence..thus "for" is used..


Eg:

We packed a lunch, ________for____ we knew we would soon be hungry

(source: a grammar site suggested by logitech)
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by logitech » Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:40 pm
raunekk wrote:(source: a grammar site suggested by logitech)
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by aroon7 » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:56 pm
logitech wrote:
raunekk wrote:(source: a grammar site suggested by logitech)
:lol:

Thanks Raunekk!
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by raunekk » Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:48 pm
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