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by aspirant2011 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:28 am
As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications.

(A) As the former
(B) The former
(C) Former
(D) She was
(E) As the

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by Frankenstein » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:34 am
Hi,
The meaning is a big problem here. He can act as a chairman for 18 years but he cant act as a former chairman for 18 years right? Think about the meaning, we can visualize it :)
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:38 am
Frankenstein wrote:Hi,
The meaning is a big problem here. He can act as a chairman for 18 years but he cant act as a former chairman for 18 years right? Think about the meaning, we can visualize it :)
I agree but I am not able to get that how can we assume that he can't act as a former chairman for 18 years?????
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by Frankenstein » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:52 am
Hi,
See, We can say:
1)'As the chairman of the board for 18 years, he reviewed....'
This means he reviewed while he was acting as the chairman

2)'The former chairman of board for 18 years, he reviewed..'
This means 'he reviewed ....' the part 'the former chairman'(but we do not know when reviewed all these, whether he did while he was chairman or later) is just describing him that he was once chairman.

Now see 'As the former chairman of the board for 18 years, he reviewed....'
This means he reviewed while he was acting as a 'former chairman'. He can't act as a former chairman right? Think about it!
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:07 am
Frankenstein wrote:Hi,
See, We can say:
1)'As the chairman of the board for 18 years, he reviewed....'
This means he reviewed while he was acting as the chairman

2)'The former chairman of board for 18 years, he reviewed..'
This means 'he reviewed ....' the part 'the former chairman'(but we do not know when reviewed all these, whether he did while he was chairman or later) is just describing him that he was once chairman.

Now see 'As the former chairman of the board for 18 years, he reviewed....'
This means he reviewed while he was acting as a 'former chairman'. He can't act as a former chairman right? Think about it!
yup got it :-)
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by jonathan123456 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:16 am
aspirant2011 wrote:As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications.

(A) As the former
(B) The former
(C) Former
(D) She was
(E) As the

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Is OA E?
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by killer1387 » Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:26 am
E +1
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:12 am
yes OA is E.......
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