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by karthikpandian19 » Wed May 09, 2012 11:15 pm
<< Being a Sunday, the library was closed. >>

(A) Being a Sunday, the library was closed

(B) It being a Sunday, the library was closed

(C) The library, being a Sunday, was closed.

(D) Since it was a Sunday, library was closed.

(E) The library was closed, being a Sunday.
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by jordan23 » Thu May 10, 2012 12:37 am
IMo D
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by karthikpandian19 » Thu May 10, 2012 5:21 pm
I too fell for the same trap of D

But OA is B

Can anyone explain why B and not others???
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by karthikgmat » Thu May 10, 2012 6:24 pm
I accept B as answer,

But not sure what's wrong in D?
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by karthikpandian19 » Thu May 10, 2012 6:37 pm
In my opinion, i think the following:

<< Being a Sunday, the library was closed. >>

(A) Being a Sunday, the library was closed (Wrong modifier for library)

(B) It being a Sunday, the library was closed - correctly modified with "it"

(C) The library, being a Sunday, was closed. (Wrong modifier for library)

(D) Since it was a Sunday, library was closed. (Wrong modifier for library)

(E) The library was closed, being a Sunday. (Wrong modifier for library)
karthikgmat wrote:I accept B as answer,

But not sure what's wrong in D?
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by Spidy001 » Thu May 10, 2012 7:03 pm
A Wrong modifier Being a sunday is modifying the library
C Wrong modifier being a sunday is modifying the library
D Wrong Tense Since it was ...., need present perfect
E Wrong modifier being sunday is referring to the library

Answer is B.
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Thu May 10, 2012 9:00 pm
A and C both imply that the library was a Sunday. E also has a modifier error.

D is missing the definite article "the."

B is not great, but it's the least terrible?

Where is this question from? It's not very GMAT-like.
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by karthikpandian19 » Thu May 10, 2012 9:03 pm
Lately i did the PRACTICE TEST from "Crack the GMAT" website and these questions are from there...............
Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:A and C both imply that the library was a Sunday. E also has a modifier error.

D is missing the definite article "the."

B is not great, but it's the least terrible?

Where is this question from? It's not very GMAT-like.
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