serGINho Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 2227 The haunting beautiful song that the lead soloist performed was thought by all to be worthy of an encore. (A) The haunting beautiful song that the lead soloist performed was thought by all to be worthy of an encore (B) The haunting beautiful song, which the lead soloist has performed, was thought by all to be worthy of an encore © The hauntingly beautiful song, which the lead soloist performed, had been thought by all to be worthy of an encore (D) The performance by the lead soloist of haunting beautiful song was thought by all to be worthy of an encore (E) The lead soloist’s hauntingly beautiful song was thought by all to be a performance worthy of an encore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost_into_wild Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 option A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serGINho Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 lost_into_wild, please provide the explanation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost_into_wild Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 hi as i find use of 'has' in option B, had been in option C, setence structural chnages in option option D and E options induce sth out of context. so i eliminated them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john333 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Seems tricky, A seems to be ambiguous as it doesnt set the time frame right. They thought the performance to be worthy of encore first and then the artist performed or vice versa? B Same goes for B. Has makes the sentence awkward. C does use past perfect o set the ambiguity right but i guess it changes the logic of the sentence. They thought that performance was worthy of encore even before the artist performed, seems unlikely. D- the performance, does it necessarily mean that the soloist performed the same performance or he did something else. Meaning is not clear whether he performed the same song or not. Moreover it doesnt set the ambiguity about the timing right. E-seems appropriate out of all the options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearbull Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 2227 The haunting beautiful song that the lead soloist performed was thought by all to be worthy of an encore. (A) The haunting beautiful song that the lead soloist performed was thought by all to be worthy of an encore (B) The haunting beautiful song, which the lead soloist has performed, was thought by all to be worthy of an encore © The hauntingly beautiful song, which the lead soloist performed, had been thought by all to be worthy of an encore (D) The performance by the lead soloist of haunting beautiful song was thought by all to be worthy of an encore (E) The lead soloist’s hauntingly beautiful song was thought by all to be a performance worthy of an encore E is wordy IMO A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12rk34 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 It was the performance that was worthy of encore and not the song. Hence 'A', 'B' and 'C' are ruled out. 'Hauntingly beautiful' in 'E' changes the meaning. Hence D. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearbull Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 It was the performance that was worthy of encore and not the song. Hence 'A', 'B' and 'C' are ruled out. 'Hauntingly beautiful' in 'E' changes the meaning. Hence D. :) What makes you think that ? I guess If that were the case, Haunting should modify beautiful and not song in the form of hauntingly DID I miss something ???????? Please help Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john333 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 12rk34, Can you please elaborate. Hauntingly beautiful seems good to me. B&B, Do not you think setting the time frame rights is required in A. What happened first? Performance or the thought of encore? How could anyone think that performance woukd be worthy of encore even before it has happened??? Plz throw some light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12rk34 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 BEAR & BULL, JOHN 'hauntingly beautiful song' (adv. +adj. + noun) is certainly a correct construction but my reasoning was based on the fact that in no case tne meaning conveyed by 'A' should be changed. If you compare it with OG question (choice 'A') :While some academicians believe....only if it would be taught as a separately required course. Here the correct choice 'B' is : only if it is taught as a separate, required course. Here 'A' is incorrect, while there is a comma between the two adjectives in 'B'. OA pls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearbull Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 BEAR & BULL, JOHN 'hauntingly beautiful song' (adv. +adj. + noun) is certainly a correct construction but my reasoning was based on the fact that in no case tne meaning conveyed by 'A' should be changed. If you compare it with OG question (choice 'A') :While some academicians believe....only if it would be taught as a separately required course. Here the correct choice 'B' is : only if it is taught as a separate, required course. Here 'A' is incorrect, while there is a comma between the two adjectives in 'B'. OA pls. The examples you gave are basically coordinate adjectives Coordinate adjectives are exchangeable Let us test separate and required course test1) separate and required course test 2) required separate test Acceptable Hence we provide comma between them Let us test the adjectives in hand Haunting beautiful song test1) Haunting and beautiful song test2) beautiful haunting song The second test fails to prove them coordinate adjectives and hence , we don't need a comma HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john333 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 BEAR & BULL, JOHN 'hauntingly beautiful song' (adv. +adj. + noun) is certainly a correct construction but my reasoning was based on the fact that in no case tne meaning conveyed by 'A' should be changed. If you compare it with OG question (choice 'A') :While some academicians believe....only if it would be taught as a separately required course. Here the correct choice 'B' is : only if it is taught as a separate, required course. Here 'A' is incorrect, while there is a comma between the two adjectives in 'B'. OA pls. 12rk34 Ideally it should not happen, but it happens all the time on GMAT land. If you could check SC question 103 in OG 11, then you will be surprised to know that OA completely changes the meaning of the original sentence. There are many more examples of such questions. Comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12rk34 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 800Bob/Erin if you can enlighten us on this issue. :hmm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartera Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I agree with 12rk34, It was the performance that was worthy of encore and not the song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john333 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 OA plz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzi Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 2227 The haunting beautiful song that the lead soloist performed was thought by all to be worthy of an encore. (A) The haunting beautiful song that the lead soloist performed was thought by all to be worthy of an encore (B) The haunting beautiful song, which the lead soloist has performed, was thought by all to be worthy of an encore tense error © The hauntingly beautiful song, which the lead soloist performed, had been thought by all to be worthy of an encore tense error (D) The performance by the lead soloist of haunting beautiful song was thought by all to be worthy of an encore (E) The lead soloist’s hauntingly beautiful song was thought by all to be a performance worthy of an encore seems strectched I narrowed them into A or E. It seems E is strectched "performance worthy of an encore" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manasdas Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 C for me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serGINho Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 oa is A Choice D differs from A in that it says that the performance was worthy of an encore rather than the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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