Waiter's Tip

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Waiter's Tip

by selango » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:21 pm
Distracted by his friends' argument over how many dollars to leave on the table for the waiter, Sergei left all of his money at the restaurant, and had to go back later that evening to claim them.

A. Distracted by his friends' argument over how many dollars to leave on the table for the waiter, Sergei left all of his money at the restaurant, and had to go back later that evening to claim them.

B. Sergei left all of his money at the restaurant distracted by his friends' argument over how many dollars to leave on the table for the waiter, and had to go back later that evening to claim them

C. Distracted by his friends' argument over how many dollars to leave on the table for the waiter, Sergei left all of his money at the restaurant, and had to go back later that evening to claim it

D. Sergei was distracted by his friends' argument over how many dollars to leave on the table for the waiter, left all of his money at the restaurant, had to go back later that evening to claim them

E. Sergei was distracted by his friends' argument over how many dollars to leave on the table for the waiter, left all of his money at the restaurant, had to go back later that evening to claim it
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by kvcpk » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:59 pm
Hey Anand,

i think C is missing Distracted at the beginning.
"Once you start working on something,
don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it.
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by selango » Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:17 pm
Sorry..Edited it..
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by [email protected] » Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:56 pm
IMO-C

A- them
B- them
C- Correct
D- passive
E- parallel construction of series of sentence/modifier

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by sumit.sinha » Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:36 am
It correctly refers back to its antecedent money.
E is wordy/missing conjunction.
Choose C.
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