But, While, Whereas

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But, While, Whereas

by shiromani » Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:47 am
933. While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, owners of cooperative apartments have shares in a corporation that owns a building and leases apartments to them.
(A) While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling,
(B) The owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, but
(C) Whereas owners of condominium apartments have free and clear title to their dwellings,
(D) An owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, whereas
(E) Condominium apartment owners have a title to their dwelling that is free and clear, while

OA: C


I am little confused among the usage of While, but, Although and Whereas.

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by VikingWarrior » Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:04 am
Good question.
My answer is C
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by mgmt_gmat » Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:08 am
Between While and whereas... always whereas wins.

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by shehzadkhawar » Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:46 am
Whereas and while are synonyms describing opposition. Plus subject-count contradiction is pretty much clear.

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by sonalarora » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:52 pm
Is the Answer C??

shiromani wrote:933. While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, owners of cooperative apartments have shares in a corporation that owns a building and leases apartments to them.
(A) While the owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling,
(B) The owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, but
(C) Whereas owners of condominium apartments have free and clear title to their dwellings,
(D) An owner of a condominium apartment has free and clear title to the dwelling, whereas
(E) Condominium apartment owners have a title to their dwelling that is free and clear, while

OA: C


I am little confused among the usage of While, but, Although and Whereas.

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by sallespadua » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:06 pm
Definitely C.

"Whereas" in use in contrasting.
"While" gives the idea of "at the same time".