Sentence Correction

arora007 wrote:Some homeowners prefer gas heat to oil because there is no need for deliveries or no large storage tanks, with its being cheaper in most places.

A)oil because there is no need for deliveries or no large storage tanks, with its being cheaper in most places.
B)oil because there is no need for deliveries or large storage tanks, in most places gas is cheaper
C)oil, being that there are no deliveries or large storage tanks, and it is cheaper in most places
D)oil, needing no deliveries or large storage tanks,and anyways gas is cheaper in most places
E)oil, since gas is cheaper in most places and has no need of deliveries or large storage tanks

stormier wrote:

arora007 wrote:Some homeowners prefer gas heat to oil because there is no need for deliveries or no large storage tanks, with its being cheaper in most places.

A)oil because there is no need for deliveries or no large storage tanks, with its being cheaper in most places.
B)oil because there is no need for deliveries or large storage tanks, in most places gas is cheaper
C)oil, being that there are no deliveries or large storage tanks, and it is cheaper in most places
D)oil, needing no deliveries or large storage tanks,and anyways gas is cheaper in most places
E)oil, since gas is cheaper in most places and has no need of deliveries or large storage tanks

Some homeowners prefer gas heat to oil because there is no need for deliveries or large storage tanks, in most places gas is cheaper.


I disagree. The part after comma in choice B does not make sense. It seems like a run-on sentence. None of the choices appear correct to me.

AdamKnewton wrote:

stormier wrote:

arora007 wrote:Some homeowners prefer gas heat to oil because there is no need for deliveries or no large storage tanks, with its being cheaper in most places.

However, I do not believe this is a broken question; one of the choices makes the logic clear in that all th phrases in the latter part of the sentence are describing the gas (this is the problem with most of the other choices -- it's not grammatically clear that they're talking about gas as opposed to oil) and makes no Sentence Structure errors. Does anyone see which choice that is?

[spoiler](E) is correct. The "since..." clause is dependent, so there is no run-on problem, and that clause accurately and clearly describes only the gas. (B) and (C) are unclear in terms of their modification of gas as opposed to oil, and (D) not only makes this modification error but includes the unidiomatic "anyways" that will NEVER be right on the GMAT![/spoiler]

Adam - in choice E ---> "gas has no need of deliveries" is a very awkward construction, I think. Gases don't have needs.

stormier wrote:

AdamKnewton wrote:

stormier wrote:

arora007 wrote:Some homeowners prefer gas heat to oil because there is no need for deliveries or no large storage tanks, with its being cheaper in most places.

However, I do not believe this is a broken question; one of the choices makes the logic clear in that all th phrases in the latter part of the sentence are describing the gas (this is the problem with most of the other choices -- it's not grammatically clear that they're talking about gas as opposed to oil) and makes no Sentence Structure errors. Does anyone see which choice that is?

[spoiler](E) is correct. The "since..." clause is dependent, so there is no run-on problem, and that clause accurately and clearly describes only the gas. (B) and (C) are unclear in terms of their modification of gas as opposed to oil, and (D) not only makes this modification error but includes the unidiomatic "anyways" that will NEVER be right on the GMAT![/spoiler]

Adam - in choice E ---> "gas has no need of deliveries" is a very awkward construction, I think. Gases don't have needs.

Hmm. Maybe you're right. I admit I may be stretching to find a right answer here. But logical problems are always secondary to grammar/syntax problems, so I'd be comfortable picking it on the GMAT if I saw this exact question. As we have all discussed above, though, this is probably a broken question and we won't see it on test day. So, yes, probably (E) is meant to be wrong, too, for the reasons you have pointed out.