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by senthil » Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:46 pm
The suspect in the burglary was advised of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was interrogated in a detention room.
(A) of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was
(B) of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and
(C) of his right to remain silent and that he could not leave and
(D) that he had a right to remain silent, could not leave, and was
(E) that he had a right to remain silent, that he could not leave, and was


I dont find a corrrect answer ! please explain what cud be the correct answer ?
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by chidcguy » Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:02 pm
We dont need a that he had.

The Q is testing parallelism and was advised is not underlined meaning all the three need to be in simple past

A is my pick
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by senthil » Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:19 pm
But in common after advise,demand ... we use 'that 'right ? BUt teh answer is not A
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by sibbineni » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:51 pm
B is my answer

What is the OA

subjunctive can take

<subjunctive>+noun form+<to> or
<subjunctive>+that+noun form
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by sulabh » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:47 am
I think its B as only B is parallel.The suspected was advised..told..and interrogated....

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by atlantic » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:43 am
Clearly B is the only parallel.
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by niraj_a » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:53 am
i'm divided between B and E.....
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by gmatinjuly » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:09 am
B is my answer...

Was is in the sentence ….

So in all the clauses u don’t have to have an extra was. (ELIMINATE A/D/E)
C not parallel as it is using that with told.

The suspect…was …advised………told and interrogated.
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by logitech » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:32 pm
Why is D wrong ?
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by pandeyvineet24 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:43 pm
Between D and E, I will go with E.

All the 3 actions are not on same logical level. .. " of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was interrogated in a detention room. "

Phrases "of his right to remain silent" and "told he could not leave" are on the same level and should be paralle but "was interrogated in a detention room" is on a different level so should not be parallel to the other 2.
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by Bidisha800 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:38 pm
Simple (B)
The suspect in the burglary was
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1) advised of his right to remain silent,
2) told he could not leave,
3) and interrogated ....

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by arora007 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:03 am
Thanks Bidisha800 , you have clearly explained the answer.

I had picked up E,somehow was tricked with pseudo-parallelism.

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by aspirant2011 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:45 am
I would go with E.............wats the OA?
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by arora007 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:14 am
aspirant2011 wrote:I would go with E.............wats the OA?
I thanked Bidisha800 because bidisha was right... the OA is B
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