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by Mission2012 » Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:56 pm
In 1985, fewer than 1 million wild boars inhabited approximately 25 states, according to John Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, who tracked the different state populations.

a> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, who tracked the different state populations.
b> Rosen, who is the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, tracks the different state populations.
c> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group, who tracked the different state populations and was located in the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming.
d> Rosen, who is the manager of the wildlife research group and was tracking the different state populations at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming.
e> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming and who tracked the different state populations.

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by vinay1983 » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:04 pm
Mission2012 wrote:In 1985, fewer than 1 million wild boars inhabited approximately 25 states, according to John Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, who tracked the different state populations.

a> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, who tracked the different state populations.
b> Rosen, who is the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, tracks the different state populations.
c> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group, who tracked the different state populations and was located in the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming.
d> Rosen, who is the manager of the wildlife research group and was tracking the different state populations at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming.
e> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming and who tracked the different state populations.

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Is it D
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by theCodeToGMAT » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:11 pm
{A} - CORRECT
{B} - InCORRECT; "is" is wrong.. we are talking about event in past.
{C} - INCORRECT; Meaning issue..
{D} - INCORRECT; "is" is wrong.. we are talking about event in past.
{E} - INCORRECT; Phrase & Clause..

According to me.. [spoiler]{A}[/spoiler]
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by Mission2012 » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:22 pm
Right Answer.

But i am still struggling with the explanation.

A> "who tracked the different state populations" - it is modifying "wildlife research group". Should the modifier begin with "who"?

B> I am not convinced that it has tense problem. It could be that a person today is reporting a fact about 1985

C> may be awkward sounding but doesnt change the meaning. I dont see any grammatical error
theCodeToGMAT wrote:{A} - CORRECT
{B} - InCORRECT; "is" is wrong.. we are talking about event in past.
{C} - INCORRECT; Meaning issue..
{D} - INCORRECT; "is" is wrong.. we are talking about event in past.
{E} - INCORRECT; Phrase & Clause..

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by theCodeToGMAT » Mon Oct 07, 2013 2:22 am
a> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, who tracked the different state populations.
Noo... it's not modifying Group.. it's similar to appositives.


b> Rosen, who is the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, tracks the different state populations.
--> We are referring to a past event of the year "1985".. "is" could have been correct if the sentence had stated a word "now"
who is "now" the manager of the wildlife
--> Rosen.....tracks the different state populations - Don't you see the awkwardness..
The sentence: In 1985, fewer than 1 million wild boars inhabited approximately 25 states, according to John Rosen.....tracks the different state populations.
INCORRECT

c> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group, who tracked the different state populations and was located in the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming.
--> This choice is breaking the sentence into part.. "Rosen was the manager of wildlife research group" and "Rosen was located in Jackson"
This can mean.. Rosen was manager of Rosen group.. but was temporarily located in Jackson.
The original sentence says: Rosen is the manager of Research group in Jackson.
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by rakeshd347 » Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:03 am
Mission2012 wrote:In 1985, fewer than 1 million wild boars inhabited approximately 25 states, according to John Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, who tracked the different state populations.

a> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, who tracked the different state populations.
b> Rosen, who is the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, tracks the different state populations.
c> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group, who tracked the different state populations and was located in the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming.
d> Rosen, who is the manager of the wildlife research group and was tracking the different state populations at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming.
e> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming and who tracked the different state populations.

OA after some discussion
I think A should be the correct answer.
explanation:

a> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, who tracked the different state populations....This choice is just looks so beautiful and stands out...I think its the correct answer no error found.

b> Rosen, who is the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming, tracks the different state populations...the manager is better than who is the manager....usage of present tense is not appropriate.

c> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group, who tracked the different state populations and was located in the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming....this option sounds like manager was located in national wildlife refuge....illogical meaning.

d> Rosen, who is the manager of the wildlife research group and was tracking the different state populations at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming...the two red parts are not parallel.

e> Rosen, the manager of the wildlife research group at the National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming and who tracked the different state populations....where is the verb for the manager.
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