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by rajibgmat » Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:50 pm
Despite entering the courthouse with police escort, the lead attorney and his assistant, manhandled by an aggressive crowd of reporters that bombarded him with questions, was injured seriously enough to warrant immediate medical attention.

1) Despite entering the courthouse with police escort, the lead attorney and his assistant, manhandled by an aggressive crowd of reporters that bombarded him with questions, was injured seriously enough to warrant immediate medical attention.

2) Despite the fact that the lead attorney and his assistant entered the courthouse with police escort, they were manhandled by an aggressive crowd of reporters that bombarded the attorney with questions and injured him so seriously that he needed immediate medical attention.

3) Despite their entering the courthouse with police escort, the lead attorney and his assistant were manhandled by an aggressive crowd of reporters that bombarded him with questions, injuring him so seriously as to warrant immediate medical attention.

4) Despite the fact that they entered the courthouse with police escort, the lead attorney and his assistant, having been manhandled by an aggressive crowd of reporters, was bombarded with questions and injured seriously enough to warrant immediate medical attention.

5) Despite entering the courthouse with police escort, the lead attorney and his assistant were manhandled by an aggressive crowd of reporters that bombarded him with questions and injured him so seriously as to warrant immediate medical attention.

This question is from MGMAT SC Question Bank.....

Please explain why Answer B is correct over answer E, despite the fact that "despite the fact" in B is wordy ? Pardon me, if this is not the correct place to post this question ?
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by bhavikrao » Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:30 am
Rajibgmat,

This is a little tough one, but if you read ans E properly

the lead attorney and his assistant were manhandled by an aggressive crowd of reporters that bombarded him

the word "him" does it for me. the lead attorney and his assitant is compound,

and the pronoun "him" is not clear if it refers to assistant or the lead attorney.

Hence the choice B
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by rahul.s » Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:53 pm
i agree that 'the fact that' is considered wordy, but if you take a closer look, all the other options contain either a pronoun error, or a subject-verb agreement problem. so, by the process of elimination, B is the best answer.
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