COMMA + VERBed is essentially a which -modifier with the pronoun which omitted. this is a completely new insight...! is it always true in GMAT SC ? so, you're essentially saying that since function/role of a COMMA + VERBed -modifier is similar to that of a which -modifier, sense in option A is too ...

gmatguru, while I understand your complete explanation why C is the OA, but what I find awkward (and perhaps crappy as well) is the structure in the OA - we know GMAT is the boss, but I doubt, how often we use such structure in real-life !! however, I've a quick question on the structure in A: Pleas...

so, the default referent for the appositive (NOUN or NOUN-phrase) will generally be the nearest preceding noun (but NOT the nearest preceding NOUN-phrase).

did I get you right ?

While i understand you in your above reply, but still i've some doubt with reference to your following post: What had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership is a NOUN CLAUSE: a CLAUSE -- subject + verb -- serving as a NOUN. This noun clause is in APPOSITION to the preceding noun ( communal ownership...

hi verbal experts,
please let me know whether i'm correct in the following -

another error in A &C : "which" seems to modify “brain� in option A & C, thus distorting the meaning. right ?

p.s: however, the second interpretation, which is deemed correct over the other, seems to be by some brute force as GMAT has deemed it correct! The only answer choice that conveys a clear meaning is E. this is where my concern is because as we've discussed above that meaning in A is logical but E i...

so from the above discussions, we can say that the followings will mostly/generally hold true in GMAT SC: 1. EXPLETIVE IT + FORM OF TO BE + VERBed is a VIABLE structure when the EXPLETIVE IT refers to the following that -clause . 2. EXPLETIVE IT + FORM OF TO BE + VERBed is NOT VIABLE structure when ...

gmatguru,
any update on my above post ?

thank you!