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by nipunkathuria » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:20 pm
However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that the instruction of moral values should take place in the elementary school classroom, it is difficult for them to arrive at consensus concerning what those values are and how they should be taught.

A. However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that
B. Despte the fact that parents in Johannson's district may agree that
C. There is a general agreement among the parents in Johannson's distict that
D. Although the parents in Johansson's district agree for
E. Even though the parents in Johannson's district agree

Plz explain the solution
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by Target2009 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:49 pm
nipunkathuria wrote:However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that the instruction of moral values should take place in the elementary school classroom, it is difficult for them to arrive at consensus concerning what those values are and how they should be taught.

A. However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that
B. Despte the fact that parents in Johannson's district may agree that
C. There is a general agreement among the parents in Johannson's distict that
D. Although the parents in Johansson's district agree for
E. Even though the parents in Johannson's district agree

Plz explain the solution
DE out as we need that.
A out cause of "much parents"
B is out as Despte doesn't convey the meaning require in this sentence.
IMO : C
OA plz.
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by prachich1987 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:09 pm
However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that the instruction of moral values should take place in the elementary school classroom, it is difficult for them to arrive at consensus concerning what those values are and how they should be taught.

A. However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that
B. Despte the fact that parents in Johannson's district may agree that
C. There is a general agreement among the parents in Johannson's distict that ----- Incorrect,...creates a run on sentence
D. Although the parents in Johansson's district agree for ----- Incorrect.agree for instruction???I think it is not a proper usage
E. Even though the parents in Johannson's district agree------Incorrect.agree instructions???


I am confused between A & B
In A MUCH is not used to mean no. of parents.It means the extent to which parents may agree
Despite the fact is wordy

IMO : A
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by Target2009 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:35 pm
prachich1987 wrote:However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that the instruction of moral values should take place in the elementary school classroom, it is difficult for them to arrive at consensus concerning what those values are and how they should be taught.

A. However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that
B. Despte the fact that parents in Johannson's district may agree that
C. There is a general agreement among the parents in Johannson's distict that ----- Incorrect,...creates a run on sentence
D. Although the parents in Johansson's district agree for ----- Incorrect.agree for instruction???I think it is not a proper usage
E. Even though the parents in Johannson's district agree------Incorrect.agree instructions???


I am confused between A & B
In A MUCH is not used to mean no. of parents.It means the extent to which parents may agree
Despite the fact is wordy

IMO : A
May be you are right Prachi, Initially I selected A, but Much confused me and then I moved to C. But the above reasons are still not clear to me..

1. Run On sentence : how ?? is it cause of sentence starting from "it"
"There is a general agreement among the parents in Johannson's distict that the instruction of moral values should take place in the elementary school classroom, it is difficult for them to arrive at consensus concerning what those values are and how they should be taught.

2. In A MUCH is not used to mean no. of parents.It means the extent to which parents may agree .
But is that what sentence trying to convey or its "most of parent in Johannson's district may agree". To me it look emphasis on number of parents rather than degree of agreement.

Please clarify. Thanks in Advance.
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by bharath539 » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:17 am
Target2009,

You can find exactly similar question in 1-5 questions of OG12th or Verbal Review 2nd edition. You will find explanation there also.
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by RACHVIK » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:07 am
The question is fairly straight forward and tests basic sentence structure & sentence context.

However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that the instruction of moral values should take place in the elementary school classroom, it is difficult for them to arrive at consensus concerning what those values are and how they should be taught.

A. However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that
B. Despte the fact that parents in Johannson's district may agree that
C. There is a general agreement among the parents in Johannson's distict that
D. Although the parents in Johansson's district agree for
E. Even though the parents in Johannson's district agree

The sentence has a dependent clause followed by an independent clause and the two parts show contrast.

Option B: 'Despite' is a preposition and never used to introduce a clause . Hence Incorrect.
Option C: Does not show contrast - Hence Incorrect
Option D: 'agree for' is unidiomatic. Hence Incorrect
Option E: Leave out the 'that' after 'agree'. Hence Incorrect.

This leaves '[spoiler]A'[/spoiler] which is indeed the correct answer. OA please!!

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by ankurmit » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:23 am
IMO A.

here much does not refer to parents.It refers to agree here and hence use of much is correct.
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by mundasingh123 » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:07 am
Can U pls reveal the source ?
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by EducationAisle » Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:02 am
Apart from some grammatical flaws in some of the other options that have already been pointed out, please note that all options other than A change the meaning of the original sentence.

However much parents agree that... is not the same as the intensely toned down parents agree that....

The original sentence stresses on the extent of agreement (almost a limitless extent), while the answer choices (other than A) just mention the existence of agreement as a fact.

Remember, we can't change the meaning (in this case the tone) of the sentence, unless the original sentence is non-sensical.
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by nipunkathuria » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:03 am
EducationAisle wrote:Apart from some grammatical flaws in some of the other options that have already been pointed out, please note that all options other than A change the meaning of the original sentence.

However much parents agree that... is not the same as the intensely toned down parents agree that....

The original sentence stresses on the extent of agreement (almost a limitless extent), while the answer choices (other than A) just mention the existence of agreement as a fact.

Remember, we can't change the meaning (in this case the tone) of the sentence, unless the original sentence is non-sensical.

OA=A
I totally agree with the explanation given above.
only A gives the right picture and all the other options change the meaning of the sentence.

"However much"- was really confusing when i read it the first time.
But guys when u read it again, it will throw the exact meaning.

The source if "Kaplan 800"

Thanks guys...keep up the discussion
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