Query on SC Q - MGMAT CAT

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Query on SC Q - MGMAT CAT

by gmattering » Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:05 am
Guys, pls take a look at below Q from MGMAT CAT. Why is the 1st choice correct? is there such a structure "such baritone as bing crosby..."? Pls advise


It was not long after the 1930s commenced that such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to the popularization of a type of romantic, soothing singing that came to be called "crooning."

1) It was not long after the 1930s commenced that such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to CORRECT

2) Not long after the commencement of the decade of the 1930s, baritone singers such as Bing Crosby and also Russ Columbo decided to contribute in

3) Not long after the 1930s commenced, baritone singers like Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to

4) Not long after the beginning of the 1930s commencement, baritone singers like Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo had contributed to

It was not long after the 1930s commenced that baritone singers such as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo had contributed in
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by thephoenix » Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:39 am
when giving example always use such as ----> 3 and 4 out

5) had contributed is wrong tense ( sequencing gets changed)

2) decided to contribute is different than contributed , hence meaning is altered

such as x and y(correct) is better than such as x and also y(incorrect)

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by gmattering » Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:55 pm
thephoenix wrote:when giving example always use such as ----> 3 and 4 out

5) had contributed is wrong tense ( sequencing gets changed)

2) decided to contribute is different than contributed , hence meaning is altered

such as x and y(correct) is better than such as x and also y(incorrect)


hi you are using POE .. is "such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed... " structurally correct? better choice is (baritone singers such as bing ..) but of course, it's not in the choice

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by hopesrhigh » Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:55 am
"such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed... ". I think this is correct structure.

There is an idiom in MGMAT - "such X as Y and Z".

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