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The audience for the new opera

by komal » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:41 am
The audience for the new opera, an inventive rendition of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, was clearly enthralled by the show for the attendees paused for some moments before applauding vigorously at its conclusion.

(A) was clearly enthralled by the show for the attendees

(B) were clearly enthralled by the show for they

(C) were clearly enthralled by the show as they

(D) was clearly enthralled by the show for they

(E) was clearly enthralled by the show as is clear since its attendees

OA [spoiler](A)[/spoiler]
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by hrishi19884 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:07 am
komal wrote:The audience for the new opera, an inventive rendition of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, was clearly enthralled by the show for the attendees paused for some moments before applauding vigorously at its conclusion.

(A) was clearly enthralled by the show for the attendees

(B) were clearly enthralled by the show for they

(C) were clearly enthralled by the show as they

(D) was clearly enthralled by the show for they

(E) was clearly enthralled by the show as is clear since its attendees

OA [spoiler](A)[/spoiler]
Here "audience" is a collective noun -- so "was" should be used.

Rules out B,C

Now, "they" has a pronoun error. What is "they" referring to? (they cannot refer to audience, since audience is singular)

Rules out D,E

A- correctly mentions "attendees" who paused for some moments ......

Hence IMO A
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by sadullaevd » Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:18 am
komal wrote:The audience for the new opera, an inventive rendition of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, was clearly enthralled by the show for the attendees paused for some moments before applauding vigorously at its conclusion.

(A) was clearly enthralled by the show for the attendees

(B) were clearly enthralled by the show for they

(C) were clearly enthralled by the show as they

(D) was clearly enthralled by the show for they

(E) was clearly enthralled by the show as is clear since its attendees

OA [spoiler](A)[/spoiler]
audience can't be antecedent of pronouns in bold(they), eliminate B, C, D

E sounds awful, two conjunctions (as, since), present tense.

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