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molt_llest: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 69; Joined: Sat May 10, 2008 3:05 pm; Thanked: 1 times

by molt_llest » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:56 am

A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(A) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(B) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(C) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(E) Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy

The correct answer is C, but in this sentence I understand that the brown rice is considered a gourmet delicacy. I would have chosen D or E.

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by anju » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:07 am

Choice D after removing extra phrases: Most Japanese consider genmai-cha as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama. - this changes the meaning as in actual sentence Japanese do not consider genmaicha virtually unavailable outside Yo.....

Choice E after removing extra phrases : most Japanese consider genmai-cha a gourmet delicacy - which again is not the intended meaning.

Choic C is grammatically correct choice with the intended meaning intact and clear

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by aspiringgmat » Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:36 am

What about B ??

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by ershovici » Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:52 am

All choices contain incorect idiom consider to be, should be - consider XY or consider tea a delicacy.
E have correct idiom but I seem it has modifier error.
So C is the best answer.

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aks.anupam: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 42; Joined: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:14 pm; Location: India; GMAT Score:660

by aks.anupam » Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:33 am

Yes, C is correct because it uses the correct idiom: Consider X Y.

E is wrong, because that option has modifier error: Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai.... In this, Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama modifies most Japanese! Which is incorrect! It should modify the tea!

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by OGMATTERS » Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:19 am

molt_llest wrote:A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(A) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(B) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(C) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(E) Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy

The correct answer is C, but in this sentence I understand that the brown rice is considered a gourmet delicacy. I would have chosen D or E.

I chose C.

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aks.anupam: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 42; Joined: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:14 pm; Location: India; GMAT Score:660

by aks.anupam » Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:37 am

I don't think that in C brown rice is considered a gourmet delicacy, but green tea itself. There are two sentences conjunct-ed with "and", so for the second half of the sentence, green tea is the subject, as it is for the first half.

I hope I made myself clear!

What say?

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by winner's attitude » Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:32 am

I discarded C because of its usage of IT

Can someone just elaborate on usage of IT in the given choice C.

1) When is the usage of IT acceptable ? is it true that if IT clause is a subordinate clause it can refer to the noun of the main clause ?

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by Jim@Grockit » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:48 am

winner's attitude wrote:I discarded C because of its usage of IT

Can someone just elaborate on usage of IT in the given choice C.

1) When is the usage of IT acceptable ? is it true that if IT clause is a subordinate clause it can refer to the noun of the main clause ?

"It" can absolutely refer to a noun in the main clause from within a subordinate clause. In fact, "it" can refer to something in a completely separate sentence.

I walked to the store in the rain. I was disappointed to find out it was closed.

"It" works the same way other pronouns do -- you can use it when its referent is unambiguous. The only other noun to which it could refer is "brown rice"; if we wanted to say that brown rice was rare, the sentence would be better-written with that closer to "rice". As it is, the sentence is a sequence of three statements about this tea: genmai-cha contains X and is considered Y, though it is Z.

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