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Why not 'C'? 'E' never seemed to be the correct option! :S

by hrshnarula Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:58 am

Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing of eight war ships as "fireships," vessels filled with pitch, brimstone, gunpowder, and tar and sent downwind toward the closely-anchored Spanish fleet.


A. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing

B. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing

C. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also due to the sacrificing

D. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrifice

E. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the defeat of the Spanish Armada was due not only to gale winds that favored the British but also to the sacrifice
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Re: Why not 'C'? 'E' never seemed to be the correct option! :S

by hrshnarula Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:08 pm

Any update???
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Re: Why not 'C'? 'E' never seemed to be the correct option! :S

by tim Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:35 am

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Re: Why not 'C'? 'E' never seemed to be the correct option! :S

by Willy Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:17 pm

hrshnarula Wrote:Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing of eight war ships as "fireships," vessels filled with pitch, brimstone, gunpowder, and tar and sent downwind toward the closely-anchored Spanish fleet.


A. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing

B. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing

C. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also due to the sacrificing

D. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrifice

E. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the defeat of the Spanish Armada was due not only to gale winds that favored the British but also to the sacrifice



In C and E, NOT ONLY .... BUT ALSO is correctly used. I think you are looking at only this aspect.

In choice C, WHICH is modifying Spanish Armada but it is not the intended meaning i.e. Spanish Armada didn't stymie the Armada’s plans but defeat did.

Also, due to the sacrificing in choice C doesn't sound okay to me. Please correct me in case I am wrong.
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Re: Why not 'C'? 'E' never seemed to be the correct option! :S

by tim Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:55 am

still need a source before we can help with this one..
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Re: Why not 'C'? 'E' never seemed to be the correct option! :S

by shraddhey Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:08 am

Manhattan Staff - It's from one of your CAT.
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Re: Why not 'C'? 'E' never seemed to be the correct option! :S

by tim Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:16 pm

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