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komati_anusha
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by komati_anusha Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:01 am

The council granted the right to make legal petitions TO CITY OFFICIALS.
My understanding: legal petitions are made for city officials.
There is a meaning error. ??

The council granted CITY OFFICIALS the right to make legal petitions. ( Better) Mean : City officials has the right to make petitions.

Is my understanding is right??
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Re: mgmat SC

by MohitS94 Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:39 pm

Your change does make it easier to comprehend.
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Re: mgmat SC

by StaceyKoprince Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:18 pm

Please remember to read (and follow!) the forum guidelines before posting. This folder is only for general strategy questions, not content or specific test problems. Check out the content / problem folders and post in the relevant folder depending upon the source of the problem you want to post (and make sure to follow the rules about banned sources).

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I will answer briefly here, but if you want to have a more in-depth discussion, please re-post in the appropriate folder. Thanks!

This sentence is ambiguous:
The council granted the right to make legal petitions TO CITY OFFICIALS.

It can be read two ways:
(1) City officials were granted to right to make legal petitions.
(2) Someone else (maybe citizens?) was granted the right to petition (make petitions to) city officials.

You are correct in your interpretation of the second version.
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