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SC Grail Q 54
December 14, 2011
3:39 pm
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54. After its international debut, the progress of the Cube towards the toy shop shelves of
the West was briefly halted so that it could be manufactured to Western safety and
packaging specifications.
A. After its international debut, the progress of the Cube towards the toy shop
shelves of the West was briefly halted so that it
B. Since its international debut, the progress of the Cube towards the toy shop
shelves of the West had been briefly halted so that it
C. After its international debut, the progress of the Cube towards the toy shop
shelves of the West was briefly halted so as to ensure that it
D. The cube‘s progress towards the toy shop shelves of the West was
briefly halted after its international debut so that it
E. Since its international debut, the progress of the Cube towards the toy shop
shelves of the West was briefly halted so that it
 
OA is D. What does ‘its’ refer to in OA? Please explain.
December 14, 2011
5:26 pm
Team Aristotle
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Logically ‘its’ can only refer to the cube but we agree that there is a technical problem with this because the noun ‘cube’ is not mentioned anywhere in the sentence. We will be making this change in the next edition of the SC Grail.

December 18, 2011
1:44 pm
sameerballani
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I just noticed 2 things -

1)”After its intl debut” is a modifier and should be immediately followed by the thing it modifies. It is followed by “The progress of cube” which sound illogical. Same for “Since its intl debut”.. Eliminates all but D.

2) “Its” has been used in all sentences. Being in possessive form,”Its” can only represent a possesive noun that occurs only in option D. Possessive noun is “Cube’s”. This strengthen option D as answer.

Let me know if you agree/disagree with me somewhere.

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