The defendant claimed that the destroyed fence was not his responsibility, it was broken by a windstorm years before he was hired to paint it.
(A) responsibility, it was broken by a windstorm years
(B) responsibility, and was broken by a windstorm years
(C) responsibility, which was broken by a windstorm years
(D) responsibility, for it had been broken by a windstorm years
(E) responsibility, it had been broken by a windstorm years
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point taken
ankita1709 wrote:KArthik ... Please use spoiler for indicating the answers..
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karthikpandian19 wrote:The defendant claimed that the destroyed fence was not his responsibility, it was broken by a windstorm years before he was hired to paint it.
(A) responsibility, it was broken by a windstorm years ...two IC joined by comma
(B) responsibility, and was broken by a windstorm years .... as or bcos is needed not and
(C) responsibility, which was broken by a windstorm years ....which points to responsiblity
(D) responsibility, for it had been broken by a windstorm years ...correct...clauses joined by for
(E) responsibility, it had been broken by a windstorm years .....same as A
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Dude,
When Ankita said to use spoilers to indicate the OA, she means that you do it while you are writing the question.
I feel D is the right answer.
When Ankita said to use spoilers to indicate the OA, she means that you do it while you are writing the question.
I feel D is the right answer.
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OA is D
1947 wrote:karthikpandian19 wrote:The defendant claimed that the destroyed fence was not his responsibility, it was broken by a windstorm years before he was hired to paint it.
(A) responsibility, it was broken by a windstorm years ...two IC joined by comma
(B) responsibility, and was broken by a windstorm years .... as or bcos is needed not and
(C) responsibility, which was broken by a windstorm years ....which points to responsiblity
(D) responsibility, for it had been broken by a windstorm years ...correct...clauses joined by for
(E) responsibility, it had been broken by a windstorm years .....same as A
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The only reason to rule out the option B is that the clauses are connected by conjunction "and" instead of "because" or "for".
Just read out the sentence once more with "and" and then with "for" ---- now use will understand the logic of the sentence
Just read out the sentence once more with "and" and then with "for" ---- now use will understand the logic of the sentence
jimmyjimmy wrote:can nyone tell how to rule out option B ??
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IMO use of AND is not wrong as such in B, but it has 2 problems:jimmyjimmy wrote:can nyone tell how to rule out option B ??
1) use of WAS BROKEN indicates DESTROYING AND BRKING happened at the same time (but this problem we can ignore as we have another phrase "before he was hired" that indicates brking happened before DESTORYING
2) IMO use of COMMA before AND is a MAJOR PROBLEM - when we connect two verbs for a subject, then use of comma is not required
