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by xcusemeplz2009 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:13 am
Sir Garfield Sobers, a Barbadian cricketer who is widely regarded as the greatest all-around player the game has ever seen, unified West Indian people by serving as a source of Caribbean pride and he created an avenue for the Caribbean nations to receive worldwide recognition.
a)he created an avenue for the Caribbean nations to receive worldwide recognition

b)created an avenue for the Caribbean nations in receiving worldwide recognition

c)creating an avenue that the worldwide recognition be received by the Caribbean nations.

d)created an avenue for the Caribbean nations to receive worldwide recognition

e)creating an avenue that the Caribbean nations should receive worldwide recognition
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by nano124 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:41 am
Ans is D.

"to receive" is idiomatically incorrect in this case.

a)he created an avenue for the Caribbean nations to receive worldwide recognition
("he created" is redundant here)

b)created an avenue for the Caribbean nations in receiving worldwide recognition
("in receiving" is idiomatically incorrect)

c)creating an avenue that the worldwide recognition be received by the Caribbean nations.
(creating is not parallel to unified)

d)created an avenue for the Caribbean nations to receive worldwide recognition
(correct answer)

e)creating an avenue that the Caribbean nations should receive worldwide recognition
(creating is not parallel to unified)
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by kbharadwaj.1987 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:55 am
Dude it's B.
Parallelism.
unified West Indian people by SERVING as a source of Caribbean pride and created an avenue for the Caribbean nations in RECEIVING worldwide recognition.
Check the capital words.
It's sure B.
IMO B.
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by Nermal » Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:09 am
I think the parallelism is "Sir Garfield Sobers....unified and [he] created"

This leaves us with A, B and D.

I find "in receiving" unidiomatic because that guy created something with the aim that those people would receive recognition. This is usually expressed with an infinitive.

So, A or D.
I think "he" is superfluous and I would therfore chose D.
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by fruti_yum » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:06 pm
Nermal wrote:I think the parallelism is "Sir Garfield Sobers....unified and [he] created"

This leaves us with A, B and D.

I find "in receiving" unidiomatic because that guy created something with the aim that those people would receive recognition. This is usually expressed with an infinitive.

So, A or D.
I think "he" is superfluous and I would therfore chose D.
IMO D
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by bharathh » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:09 pm
IMO D. Same reasoning given by nano
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:21 am
imo D...
coz in B...if u talk for parallelism...then

by serving...by receving woould hv been correct
isnt it
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by kbharadwaj.1987 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:30 am
Hmm ya sorry guys, it's D.
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