The reasons for the budget cuts, of which there is dozens, will be revealed at tonight's city council meeting by the mayor and the council members.
A] The reasons for the budget cuts, of which there is dozens
B] The reason for the budget cuts, of which there is dozens
C] The reasons for the budget cut, of which there is dozens
D] The reason for the budget cuts, of which there are dozens
E] The reasons for the budget cuts, of which there are dozens
Clearly the confusion is between D and E.
The source is PowerPrep and the given OA is D. Could anyone please help.
Thanks
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there is ambiguity in E. 'of which there are dozens' can refer to reasons or budget cuts. Choice D fixes that... 'of which' refers to budget cuts.
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[email protected] wrote:The reasons for the budget cuts, of which there is dozens, will be revealed at tonight's city council meeting by the mayor and the council members.
A] The reasons for the budget cuts, of which there is dozens
B] The reason for the budget cuts, of which there is dozens
C] The reasons for the budget cut, of which there is dozens
D] The reason for the budget cuts, of which there are dozens
E] The reasons for the budget cuts, of which there are dozens
Clearly the confusion is between D and E.
The source is PowerPrep and the given OA is D. Could anyone please help.
Thanks
As you said, the choice is between D and E. In E, we are left wondering 'Are there dozens of budget cuts? Or are there dozens of reasons for the budget cuts?' Frankly, we don't know for sure. But in answer option D, the use of singular 'reason' clarifies that there are dozens of budget cuts and only one reason for this. Thus, D is a better answer choice.
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i received a message about this problem.
there's no way this problem is from PowerPrep (= the old GMAC software, dating from before the GMATPrep days).
i can tell that it's not an official problem because (i) the sentence is weirdly written and awkward, and, more importantly, (ii) it's not written in the official format.
by (ii), what i mean is this: OFFICIAL problems ALWAYS start the underline at the first location where anything changes.
So, if this problem were official, neither "the" nor "dozens" would be underlined, as both of those appear in all five versions. The underline would only go from reason/reasons to is/are.
The poster above me has given the presumed justification behind the "correct" answer here, but all 5 versions of this sentence are sufficiently ugly for you to just ignore it (and distrust the source).
there's no way this problem is from PowerPrep (= the old GMAC software, dating from before the GMATPrep days).
i can tell that it's not an official problem because (i) the sentence is weirdly written and awkward, and, more importantly, (ii) it's not written in the official format.
by (ii), what i mean is this: OFFICIAL problems ALWAYS start the underline at the first location where anything changes.
So, if this problem were official, neither "the" nor "dozens" would be underlined, as both of those appear in all five versions. The underline would only go from reason/reasons to is/are.
The poster above me has given the presumed justification behind the "correct" answer here, but all 5 versions of this sentence are sufficiently ugly for you to just ignore it (and distrust the source).
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