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by kartik1979 » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:50 am
Shortly after George Bernard Shaw joined the Fabian Society, he took the position, which he held for the rest of his life, that income should be literally and absolutely equal for everybody, proclaiming with Marx that poverty was a crime and the capitalism robbery

A) the position, which he held for the rest of his life, that income should be literally and absolutely equal for everybody,
(B) the position, and held it for the rest of his life, that income should be literally and absolutely equal for everybody,
(C) the position, holding it for the rest of his life, of income being literally and absolutely equal for everybody,
(D) a position that income must be literally and absolutely equal for everybody, and he held it for the rest of his life,
(E) a position that income must be literally and absolutely equal for everybody, holding it for the rest of his life and
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by pandeyvineet24 » Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:17 am
IMO A.

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by brick2009 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:38 am
What is the position? that income some be equal...

also, it is a parallel construction.

E if correct.

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by sunnyjohn » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:01 am
IMO: E

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by sunnyjohn » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:06 am
pandeyvineet24 wrote:IMO A.
hmm..i eliminated A and B on the base of

'that + should' ==> its wrong in American English.

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Re: shortly after

by Ludacrispat26 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:57 am
kartik1979 wrote:Shortly after George Bernard Shaw joined the Fabian Society, he took the position, which he held for the rest of his life, that income should be literally and absolutely equal for everybody, proclaiming with Marx that poverty was a crime and the capitalism robbery

A) the position, which he held for the rest of his life, that income should be literally and absolutely equal for everybody,
(B) the position, and held it for the rest of his life, that income should be literally and absolutely equal for everybody,
(C) the position, holding it for the rest of his life, of income being literally and absolutely equal for everybody,
(D) a position that income must be literally and absolutely equal for everybody, and he held it for the rest of his life,
(E) a position that income must be literally and absolutely equal for everybody, holding it for the rest of his life and
Answer should be A.

B- The word "and" changes the meaning of the sentence

C- Awkward, and the "being" is a nice red flag

D- "A position" is wrong, change of "should" to "must," and vague "it"

E- Same reasons as D
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by tanviet » Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:37 pm
check grammar before meaning or die

check grammar. gmat alway tests minor grammar errors, which we normally forget.

"it" is ambiguous. we eliminate 4 choices

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by 2010gmat » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:17 pm
imo a

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by gmatv09 » Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:27 pm
IMO A

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