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by vscid » Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:01 am
Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans and so was probably very difficult for a foreign traveler to learn in a short time.

a] Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans

b] Old English had three genders resembling those of the Germans

c] The three genders of Old English resembled a German's

d] Old English's three genders resembled the German's

e] The three genders of old English that resembled those of the Germans
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by logitech » Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:25 am
Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans[/u] and so was probably very difficult for a foreign traveler to learn in a short time.

The green part signals us the subject: OLD ENGLISH

Eliminate C, D and E

Between A and B

I will choose resembled over resembling since this happened in the past ( was )

a] Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans

b] Old English had three genders resembling those of the Germans
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by maihuna » Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:32 am
The statement conjugated with an and requires Old english to be the subject of starting statement, option C is vague s owe are left with A and B:

a] Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans

b] Old English had three genders resembling those of the Germans

Resembling the participal seems a better option to me than an use of resembled...so I will go with A
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:51 am
but logitech, how and why u r using Past perfect. Pls explain
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by piyush_nitt » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:20 am
maihuna wrote:The statement conjugated with an and requires Old english to be the subject of starting statement, option C is vague s owe are left with A and B:

a] Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans

b] Old English had three genders resembling those of the Germans

Resembling the participal seems a better option to me than an use of resembled...so I will go with A
what is the antecedent for pronoun "those"?
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by logitech » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:22 am
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:but logitech, how and why u r using Past perfect. Pls explain
PAST PERFECT : HAD + HAD
SIMPLE PAST : HAD

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by logitech » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:23 am
piyush_nitt wrote:
maihuna wrote:The statement conjugated with an and requires Old english to be the subject of starting statement, option C is vague s owe are left with A and B:

a] Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans

b] Old English had three genders resembling those of the Germans

Resembling the participal seems a better option to me than an use of resembled...so I will go with A
what is the antecedent for pronoun "those"?
I would say GENDERS.

What do you think ?
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by piyush_nitt » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:31 am
logitech wrote:
piyush_nitt wrote:
maihuna wrote:The statement conjugated with an and requires Old english to be the subject of starting statement, option C is vague s owe are left with A and B:

a] Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans

b] Old English had three genders resembling those of the Germans

Resembling the participal seems a better option to me than an use of resembled...so I will go with A
what is the antecedent for pronoun "those"?
I would say GENDERS.

What do you think ?
Thanks Logitech.

I am not sure.

what does 'that' refers to? I always had a notion, 'that' always refers to immediate preceding noun. if 'those' refers to genders as well then the sentence sounds crazy isn't it?

Old English had three genders [Genders]that resembled those[Genders] of the Germans

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by logitech » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:34 am
I have two cars that resembled cars of Micheal Jordan.
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by logitech » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:35 am
Oh by the way, we still dont know the OA. SO I might be way off right now! :)
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by piyush_nitt » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:37 am
logitech wrote:I have two cars that resembled cars of Micheal Jordan.

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by vscid » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:44 am
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:but logitech, how and why u r using Past perfect. Pls explain
I do not think there is any 'past perfect' option here.
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by maihuna » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:56 am
piyush_nitt wrote:
maihuna wrote:The statement conjugated with an and requires Old english to be the subject of starting statement, option C is vague s owe are left with A and B:

a] Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans

b] Old English had three genders resembling those of the Germans

Resembling the participal seems a better option to me than an use of resembled...so I will go with A
what is the antecedent for pronoun "those"?
Which option doesn't contain those?
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by piyush_nitt » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:11 pm
maihuna wrote:
piyush_nitt wrote:
maihuna wrote:The statement conjugated with an and requires Old english to be the subject of starting statement, option C is vague s owe are left with A and B:

a] Old English had three genders that resembled those of the Germans

b] Old English had three genders resembling those of the Germans

Resembling the participal seems a better option to me than an use of resembled...so I will go with A
what is the antecedent for pronoun "those"?
Which option doesn't contain those?
There is NO option as such. I was just trying to understand the BASICS.
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by tanviet » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:54 am
a phrase is more concise than a clause (see GMAT EXAM SUCCESS by LeaningEpress)

so B is correct

resembling here dose not mean a continuousness
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