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(C) 2008 GMAT Club - [t]v01#37[/t]

by logitech » Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:36 am
Scientists working on a number of separate projects made contributions to the invention of the radio, such as Nikola Tesla, who was one of the first to receive a patent in the United States for what was then called “wireless transmission of data.”


* radio, such as Nikola Tesla
* radio; including as Nikola Tesla
* radio, including Nikola Tesla
* radio; not least among them being Nikola Tesla
* radio; especially Nikola Tesla
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Re: (C) 2008 GMAT Club - [t]v01#37[/t]

by sudhir3127 » Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:41 am
logitech wrote:Scientists working on a number of separate projects made contributions to the invention of the radio, such as Nikola Tesla, who was one of the first to receive a patent in the United States for what was then called “wireless transmission of data.”


* radio, such as Nikola Tesla
* radio; including as Nikola Tesla
* radio, including Nikola Tesla
* radio; not least among them being Nikola Tesla
* radio; especially Nikola Tesla
i think all options are wrong :)

but still C looks some what better


Semi colon divides two independent clauses.
thus B,D,E do not contain an independent clause in their second part.

A and C . Use of such as is wrong in A
hence C,
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Re: (C) 2008 GMAT Club - [t]v01#37[/t]

by logitech » Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:43 am
sudhir3127 wrote:

A and C . Use of such as is wrong in A
hence C,
What is wrong with "such as" ?
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Re: (C) 2008 GMAT Club - [t]v01#37[/t]

by sudhir3127 » Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:47 am
logitech wrote:
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A and C . Use of such as is wrong in A
hence C,
What is wrong with "such as" ?
Radio such as Nicola ... nicola is not a form of radio ...
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Re: (C) 2008 GMAT Club - [t]v01#37[/t]

by logitech » Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:57 am
sudhir3127 wrote:
logitech wrote:
sudhir3127 wrote:

A and C . Use of such as is wrong in A
hence C,
What is wrong with "such as" ?
Radio such as Nicola ... nicola is not a form of radio ...
Well so are you telling that INCLUDING Nicola does not refer to radios ?
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Re: (C) 2008 GMAT Club - [t]v01#37[/t]

by sudhir3127 » Sun Dec 07, 2008 2:06 am
logitech wrote:
sudhir3127 wrote:
logitech wrote:
sudhir3127 wrote:

A and C . Use of such as is wrong in A
hence C,
What is wrong with "such as" ?
Radio such as Nicola ... nicola is not a form of radio ...
Well so are you telling that INCLUDING Nicola does not refer to radios ?
As i earlier said .. all options look bad to me ..for me C is the best ..
Actually it shud have been written as

scientists, including Nicola tesla,.............

but other options have bigger problems.
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by niraj_a » Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:23 am
i chose A between A and C simply in order to maintain the percepted meaning of the stem. both A and C suck IMO.
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Re: (C) 2008 GMAT Club - [t]v01#37[/t]

by iamcste » Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:46 am
logitech wrote:Scientists working on a number of separate projects made contributions to the invention of the radio, such as Nikola Tesla, who was one of the first to receive a patent in the United States for what was then called “wireless transmission of data.”


* radio, such as Nikola Tesla
* radio; including as Nikola Tesla
* radio, including Nikola Tesla
* radio; not least among them being Nikola Tesla
* radio; especially Nikola Tesla
well, just to confirm

Is comma after Tesla present in the stem ?

I choose E
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Re: (C) 2008 GMAT Club - [t]v01#37[/t]

by vivek.kapoor83 » Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:52 am
iamcste wrote:
logitech wrote:Scientists working on a number of separate projects made contributions to the invention of the radio, such as Nikola Tesla, who was one of the first to receive a patent in the United States for what was then called “wireless transmission of data.”


* radio, such as Nikola Tesla
* radio; including as Nikola Tesla
* radio, including Nikola Tesla
* radio; not least among them being Nikola Tesla
* radio; especially Nikola Tesla
well, just to confirm

Is comma after Tesla present in the stem ?

I choose E


E for me too
A - Such as is wrong.Tesla is scientist not radio.
B- Including as is wrong
C - Including tesla seems to modify radio
D - wordy
E - Two independent clauses, joined by semi colon is correct.
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by jeevan.Gk » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:41 am
One more E !!
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by karmayogi » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:44 am
To me all options are wrong, but in GMAT you don't have "None of these" option :wink:. So have to select something.

I was looking for something that will not modify 'radio' and E fits the bill.

IMO E
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by logitech » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:57 am
OA C
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by iamcste » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:32 am
logitech wrote:OA C

Can you post the explanation for C

I believ GMAtclub tests to provide explanation as well
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by brb588 » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:26 pm
karmayogi wrote:To me all options are wrong, but in GMAT you don't have "None of these" option :wink:. So have to select something.

I was looking for something that will not modify 'radio' and E fits the bill.

IMO E
It can't be E.

An independent clause must follow a semicolon. In addition, this type of clause is able to stand alone without any support:

"Especially Nikola Tesla, who was one of the first to receive a patent in the United States for what was then called “wireless transmission of data.”" This makes absolutely no sense because of the words "especially" and "who." EDIT: Actually, for this reason alone, it cannot be "B," "D" or "E."

Choice "C" makes the the info on Tesla a modifier of the original independent clause.
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by vittalgmat » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:50 pm
All options look equally bad to me..
Nikola Tesla should be closer to "scientists" if u want to use 'such as' otherwise we will have a brand of radio called Nikola tesla....

E looks better than the rest but it has a long way to go.
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