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by gmat_perfect » Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:57 pm
In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of their ancestral lands in the eighteenth century.

(A) that two upstate New York counties owed resti¬tution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of
(B) that two upstate New York counties owed resti¬tution to three tribes of Oneida Indians because of their unlawful seizure of
(C) two upstate New York counties to owe restitu-tion to three tribes of Oneida Indians for their unlawful seizure of
(D) on two upstate New York counties that owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians because they unlawfully seized
(E) on the restitution that two upstate New York counties owed to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of

[spoiler]Answer: A[/spoiler]
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by reply2spg » Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:19 pm
What is your question. Answer is A
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by gmat_perfect » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:16 am
What is the problem in B?

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by sirisha.g » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:23 am
gmat_perfect wrote:What is the problem in B?
In B, "because of their unlawful seizure of their" is awkward.
note that second "their" is not underlined in the question

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