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Word placement- Question# 72 1000SC

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meh_ Just gettin' started! Default Avatar
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Word placement- Question# 72 1000SC Post Sun Jun 10, 2007 7:56 am
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    This is an example taken from one of the practice Manhattan test. I belive it sounds really "weird" but I guess it is correct according to the book. Anyments?





    Though it had about 11 inches of snow, aviation officials said conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing was acceptable.



    A) aviation officials said conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing was acceptable

    B) the runway conditions during the emergency landing were acceptable according to aviation officials

    C) according to aviation officials, the runway was in acceptable condition during the time of the emergency landing

    D) the runway was said by aviation officials to be in acceptable condition during the emergency landing

    E) aviation officials said that conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing were acceptable



    D) is the right answer even though is a passive tense._________________Isis Alaska


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    arunjithp Just gettin' started! Default Avatar
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    Post Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:18 am
    meh_ wrote:
    This is an example taken from one of the practice Manhattan test. I belive it sounds really "weird" but I guess it is correct according to the book. Anyments?





    Though it had about 11 inches of snow, aviation officials said conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing was acceptable.



    A) aviation officials said conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing was acceptable

    B) the runway conditions during the emergency landing were acceptable according to aviation officials

    C) according to aviation officials, the runway was in acceptable condition during the time of the emergency landing

    D) the runway was said by aviation officials to be in acceptable condition during the emergency landing

    E) aviation officials said that conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing were acceptable



    D) is the right answer even though is a passive tense._________________Isis Alaska


    discreet Rising GMAT Star Default Avatar
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    Post Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:06 am
    Yes,in B,The phrase "according to aviation officials" is awkwardly placed at the end.

    While reading the sentence,it was obvious for me that the choice that has the runway conditions at the beginning of the second clause would be correct(as "it"in the first clause is modifying runway conditions).Two options had this.
    I was about to chose B but I noticed that the Phrase that is modifying the runway conditions is placed at the end and appears to create an awkward construction.So,D is correct.

    Note that Passive choice doesn't necessarily mean that it's incorrect.
    Given two "Grammatically correct" sentences in active and passive voice,the former is preferred(as passive tends to create a wordy sentence).Here,B is not grammatically correct,so the choice D is correct.

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