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by karthikpandian19 » Tue May 08, 2012 12:51 am
A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and
(B) Visible at Managua's major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that
(C) A new phenomenon visible at Managua's major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who
(D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managua's major intersections, which
(E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managua's major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Tue May 08, 2012 6:46 am
A has an agreement error: "A new phenomena...are..."

B has a modifier error: "...children, new phenomena..." It is not the children that are the new phenomena.

D changes the meaning by using the adjective "phenomenally"

E is overly wordy and awkward.



C is the best choice, but I don't particularly like "a new phenomenon...is waves..."
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by GmatKiss » Tue May 08, 2012 12:09 pm
imo:c
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by jordan23 » Wed May 09, 2012 8:06 am
IMO C as well.
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by karthikpandian19 » Wed May 09, 2012 10:00 pm
OA is C
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