vjman999 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful, Sir Joseph Lister lent his name to the company that developed Listerine, the first antibacterial liquid. a. His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful b. Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful c. Because of the eventual success of his campaigning for sanitary conditions in operating rooms d. His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms being eventually successful e. Campaigning, eventually successfully, for conditions to be sanitary in operating rooms Please explain your answer!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catchamogh Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 IMO C... Underline stmt should be a clause that modify Sir Joseph Lister so A is out. b. Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful d. His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms being eventually successful e. Campaigning, eventually successfully, for conditions to be sanitary in operating rooms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surya167 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 imo b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoLife Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 My answer is A. a. His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful b. Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful c. Because of the eventual success of his campaigning for sanitary conditions in operating rooms d. His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms being eventually successful e. Campaigning, eventually successfully, for conditions to be sanitary in operating rooms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
givemeanid Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 A for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catchamogh Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 givemeanid, pls explain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmw Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 A is not a modifying clause. IMO C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawan167 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Whats the OG. I agree wth LEO. 'A' for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel99 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 In my opinion its D. C seems incorrect because of 'his campaigning for'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipooh Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 I was able to eliminate C, D, and E. The answer should be either A or B. Can someone explain why A is preferred over B? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vjman999 Posted August 20, 2007 Author Share Posted August 20, 2007 OA is 'A'. Legolife or anyone else...i now see why 'B' is wrong.Can you write the sentence starting with 'Since'. But still answer 'A' doesnt quite seem correct. Can you please split it up for me. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjafferi Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 IMO A too A. Correct answer B. eventually .....is used in the wrong context Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humtum0 Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 A is best among all the answers, however A appears to be a run-on sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandeyrav Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 The intent of the sentence is not to establish a cause and effect. It does not mean to say that since his campaign was successful, he gave his name to listerine. The sentence rather establishes sequence of events and introduces Sir Lister. Thats why it cannot begin with Since / because. B, C are hence out E, tries to say that campaigning and lending the name happened simultaneously. So out. Between A and D, D is out as it uses being. IMO A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jade3 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Nice Explaination pandeyrav vbmenu_register("postmenu_501360", true); Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiswe Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 My answer is A. a. His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful b. Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful c. Because of the eventual success of his campaigning for sanitary conditions in operating rooms d. His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms being eventually successful e. Campaigning, eventually successfully, for conditions to be sanitary in operating rooms - totally wierd had been - Past perfect progressive ; applicable for used only to show the order of 2 events which occured in the past. eg :He had been studying till his father came. A logically imples that (After) His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms (was)finally successful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samirnajeeb Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I'm still confused between A and B His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful, Sir Joseph Lister lent his name to the company that developed Listerine, the first antibacterial liquid. a. His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful b. Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful pandeyrav, plz explain your comments because it looks like it WAS the successful of his campaign that led him to lent his name .... it does look like a cause/effect situation 'had been' is correct as it tells us the correct sequence of events e.g the movie had started, when we entered the cinema Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikiforos Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 My answe ris A Sice cannot be used as the sentence is talking about a sequence of events following each other in time, and not as a consequence. So B is out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandeyrav Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I'm still confused between A and B His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful, Sir Joseph Lister lent his name to the company that developed Listerine, the first antibacterial liquid. a. His campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms finally successful b. Since his campaign for sanitary conditions in operating rooms had been eventually successful pandeyrav, plz explain your comments because it looks like it WAS the successful of his campaign that led him to lent his name .... it does look like a cause/effect situation 'had been' is correct as it tells us the correct sequence of events e.g the movie had started, when we entered the cinema Its tough to explain. But here is my attempt: The sentence never intends to say that because his campaign was successful, he lent his name. may be he did not have time since he was involved in the campaign to do anything else, but would have eventually lent his name to the antibacterial irrespective of the result of his campaign. His photo shoot in Malaysia finally over, XYZ started work on his next film. This probably demonstrates the difference between cause and effect and sequence of events better. There is no information to suggest that the photo shoot in Malaysia led to him getting the film (cause and effect). All it says is he finished his photo shoot in Malaysia and then started work on his new film. If you rewrite with a since or because, you introduce hard dependency between the two events which was not the intent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prreeet Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 A...being the best out of worst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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