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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Don't we need an AND here in this sentence ??
Hi All,
In GMAT material provided by Kaplan, I came across the following sentence which is supposed to be correct..
But for some reason, it doesn't make much sense to me..
The Allied forces in world War II - France, Great Britain, Soviet Union and the united states - were culturally and
politically diverse nations, united in their common fight against Germany.
Don't we need an "AND" after nations ? The sentece would be like:
The Allied forces in world War II - France, Great Britain, Soviet Union and the united states - were culturally and
politically diverse nations, and united in their common fight against Germany.
thank you,
Sharad.
In GMAT material provided by Kaplan, I came across the following sentence which is supposed to be correct..
But for some reason, it doesn't make much sense to me..
The Allied forces in world War II - France, Great Britain, Soviet Union and the united states - were culturally and
politically diverse nations, united in their common fight against Germany.
Don't we need an "AND" after nations ? The sentece would be like:
The Allied forces in world War II - France, Great Britain, Soviet Union and the united states - were culturally and
politically diverse nations, and united in their common fight against Germany.
thank you,
Sharad.
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Sharad Hi All, In GMAT material provided by Kaplan, I came across the following sentence which is supposed to be correct.. But for some reason, it doesn't make much sense to me.. The Allied forces in world War II - France, Great Britain, Soviet Union and the united states - were culturally and politically diverse nations, united in their common fight against Germany.
- Sharad Hi All, In GMAT material provided by Kaplan, I came across the following sentence which is supposed to be correct..
- But for some reason, it doesn't make much sense to me..
- The Allied forces in world War II - France, Great Britain, Soviet Union and the united states - were culturally and politically diverse nations, united in their common fight against Germany.
- Don't we need an "AND" after nations ?
- The sentece would be like: The Allied forces in world War II - France, Great Britain, Soviet Union and the united states - were culturally and politically diverse nations, and united in their common fight against Germany.
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SharadHi All,
In GMAT material provided by Kaplan, I came across the following sentence which is supposed to be correct..
But for some reason, it doesn't make much sense to me..
The Allied forces in world War II - France, Great Britain, Soviet Union and the united states - were culturally and
politically diverse nations, united in their common
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MilkySharadHi All,
In GMAT material provided by Kaplan, I came across the following sentence which is supposed to be correct..
But for some reason, it doesn't make much sense to me..
The Allied forces in world War II - France, Great Britain, Soviet Union and the united states - were culturally and
politically diverse n
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Here's my slightly different version:
The Allied forces in World War II - France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States - were culturally and
politically diverse nations, united in their comm
The Allied forces in World War II - France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States - were culturally and
politically diverse nations, united in their comm
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Dear Gurus,
This doesn't make any sense to me.. I am interested in knowing why we don't need an AND here..
The simplified sentence would be :
The Allied forces were X and Y.
where X = "culturally and politically diverse nations"
and Y = "united in their common fight against Germany"
thanks,
Sharad
This doesn't make any sense to me.. I am interested in knowing why we don't need an AND here..
The simplified sentence would be :
The Allied forces were X and Y.
where X = "culturally and politically diverse nations"
and Y = "united in their common fight against Germany"
thanks,
Sharad
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My version of the simplified sentence is--
The allied forces were nations united.
not--
The allied forces were nations and united.
The allied forces were nations united.
not--
The allied forces were nations and united.
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Aha.. Thanks for explaining, Devkett.. I finally get it... Comma kept on confusing me.. But comma is n that Kaplan book..
(it wasn't my typo..
(it wasn't my typo..
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I'd still be curious, Sharad, to know what some of the grammarians think about deleting that comma. (I'm just a native speaker.)
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Hi guys,
The Allied forces in World War II - France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States - were culturally and politically diverse nations united in their common fight against Germany.
If you remove the comma, it seems to me that it binds the following phrase much more tightl
The Allied forces in World War II - France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States - were culturally and politically diverse nations united in their common fight against Germany.
If you remove the comma, it seems to me that it binds the following phrase much more tightl
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