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by rahulg83 » Sat May 16, 2009 11:15 pm
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by chetanojha » Sat May 16, 2009 11:59 pm
IMO A.

"Portent of" is the correct use. Also the answer is concisel.
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by Mayur Sand » Sun May 17, 2009 8:09 pm
I guess (B) is answer which is pointing to "Destroyed. Please correct me if aim wrong
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by thetrystero » Mon May 18, 2009 1:36 am
A sounds good.

seems to me that "of" would be the correct usage instead of "for" when used with "portent".

can't pinpoint exactly why, but the present continuous in B sounds awkward.
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by rahulg83 » Mon May 18, 2009 6:16 am
OA is A
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by Mayur Sand » Mon May 18, 2009 7:29 am
Any body plz tell me why (B) is wrong
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by kc_raj » Mon May 18, 2009 7:30 am
IMO E

which is not modifing Jerusalem before comma,

, and it correctly refers to the destruction of Jerusalem
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