John Maynard Keynes, the greatest economist of the twentieth

[h.harpreet]

John Maynard Keynes, the greatest economist of the twentieth century, once wrote an essay on another Cambridge genius, the scientist and mathematician Isaac Newton.


a)the greatest economist of the twentieth century, once wrote an essay on another Cambridge genius, the scientist and mathematician
b)the great economist of the twentieth century, once wrote an essay on another Cambridge genius, the scientist and mathematician
c)the greatest economist of the twentieth century, once wrote an essay about another Cambridge genius, the scientist and mathematician
d)the greatest economist of the twentieth century, once wrote an essay on another Cambridge genius, who was a scientist and the mathematician
e)who was one of the greatest economists in the twentieth century, once wrote an essay on another Cambridge genius, the scientist and mathematician

i got this question from one of Mba Prepration site www.winningprep.com.
i am not sure how they answered A
Thanks
Harpreet

[tim]

Nice copy and paste job. Unfortunately you won't get any assistance with this one until you ask a question about it and provide a source..

[h.harpreet]

Posts: 1 John Maynard Keynes, the greatest economist of the twentieth century, once wrote an essay on another Cambridge genius, the scientist and mathematician Isaac Newton.


a)the greatest economist of the twentieth century, once wrote an essay on another Cambridge genius, the scientist and mathematician
b)the great economist of the twentieth century, once wrote an essay on another Cambridge genius, the scientist and mathematician
c)the greatest economist of the twentieth century, once wrote an essay about another Cambridge genius, the scientist and mathematician
d)the greatest economist of the twentieth century, once wrote an essay on another Cambridge genius, who was a scientist and the mathematician
e)who was one of the greatest economists in the twentieth century, once wrote an essay on another Cambridge genius, the scientist and mathematician

i got this question from one of Mba Prepration site www.winningprep.com.
i am not sure how they answered A
Thanks

[jnelson0612]

h. harpreet, were you able to eliminate any of the other answer choices? Let's narrow them down and then compare.

[elevinty]

I answered C because I thought we should say WRITE ABOUT not WRITE ON?
what's the difference between WRITE ON/ABOUT?
The other options have meaning issues.

[RonPurewal]

I answered C because I thought we should say WRITE ABOUT not WRITE ON?
what's the difference between WRITE ON/ABOUT?
The other options have meaning issues.

both seem fine to me.

in fact, i don't see any problems with any of the first three choices. (the split between "greatest" and "great" also isn't resolvable -- the two meanings are different, but both are legitimate)

i think it's time to mark down "winningprep" as another Source Of Bad Problems.
i don't recall seeing other problems from this source, but, if others pop up and they're as bad as this one, we'll definitely add the source to our "banned" list.

[elevinty]

Thanks Ron for clearing this up....

[jnelson0612]

Thank you everyone. I agree that this question is not very good, and thus not worth much of your time.