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A critique

by sulabh » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:25 am
The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light,” a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a new chemistry that Davy hoped to found.
A. a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a
B. a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle and also his envisioning of a
C. a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and envisioning as well
D. critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle forward and also a vision of
E. critiquing all the chemistry done since Robert Boyle as well as his own
envisioning of
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by zura » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:32 pm
down to a and b
b wordy
imo A
oa pls
Impossible is nothing
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by loki.gmat » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:49 pm
unnecessary "ing construction" is used in B C D n E.
hence IMO A.



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by atlantic » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:07 am
Paralelism is only correct in A - 'a critique' / 'a vision'.

Is A the OA? Let us know, please.
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by codesnooker » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:16 am
Parallelism also present in (E). (A) seems to me awkward. Hence I will go with choice (E).

What is OA?
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by netigen » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:30 am
need to be parallel around "as well as"

A i think is the correct ans.
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by sulabh » Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:53 am
thanks guys OA is A.
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by gmatinjuly » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:47 am
A critique is more apt (Eliminate D/E)
A CRITIQUE ……AS WELL AS A VISION (parallel….his emvisioning …not parallel)
A correct
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by abcdefg » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:50 am
The OA is A . However, "since Robert Boyle"?. This really tripped me up. What is "since Robert Boyle?"

Shouldn't it be something like "the times of Robert Boyle" or "since Robert Boyle conducted experiment XYZ?"

This doesn't make sense to me. Can someone please explain? Thanks.
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by zeppelin » Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:11 am
As per me, It should be B.
As in A ,
"a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a"
Robert Boyle is not similar to vision of a new chemistry. So we cannot use AS WELL AS
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