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Q15: Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff,

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Q15: Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, [#permalink] New post   22 Oct 2005, 06:01
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Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soldier’s pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become too ill to serve.
A. 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become
B. 22, was injured three times, while being discharged in 1783 because she had become
C. 22, and was injured three times, and discharged in 1783, being
D. 22, injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she was
E. 22, having been injured three times and discharged in 1783, being



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Re: Q15: Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, [#permalink] New post   22 Oct 2005, 08:38
I agree with Laxie.

Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soldier’s pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become too ill to serve.
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Re: Q15: Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, [#permalink] New post   22 Oct 2005, 09:22
I think using active voice for the verb" injury" is better than passive voice. Moreover, this sentence only states a list of consequent actions, past perfert tense is not neccessary.

I vote for D

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Re: Q15: Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, [#permalink] New post   22 Oct 2005, 12:33
Only A maintains parallelism.

B. 'was injured...while being discharged' is incorrect
C. 'and was injured...and discharged...being' awkward
D. 'Simpson injured three times and was discharged' is incorrect
E. 'having been'..'being' is incorrect
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Re: Q15: Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, [#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2005, 04:41
(A) for me, too.

(D) is wrong since we need "was" in front of "injured".
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Re: Q15: Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, [#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2005, 07:17
nakib77 wrote:
Q15:
Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soldier’s pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become too ill to serve.
A. 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become
B. 22, was injured three times, while being discharged in 1783 because she had become
C. 22, and was injured three times, and discharged in 1783, being
D. 22, injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she was
E. 22, having been injured three times and discharged in 1783, being


A is the best choice. Maintains parelleism also.

B and C are awkward

D implies that Deobrah Sampson has injured someone.
E Two pariciple should not be used in asentence.
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Re: Q15: Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, [#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2005, 14:12
OA is A. thank you guys.



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