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by rahul.s » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:37 am
John Mercer Brooke created a sounding apparatus that is essentially a rod, connected to a string, that strikes the sea floor, causing the tension on the string to slack and a ball to fall to the ground; the rod, released from its weight, is easily drawn up, bringing with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining all specimens able to adhere, for an extended period of time, to a special glue lining the cup.

(A) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining the specimens
(B) a cup-like apparatus with it, and in which remaining specimens
(C) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which remain the specimens
(D) with it a cup-like apparatus in which remains specimens
(E) with it a cup-like apparatus and remaining in it all the

OA: C
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by Rajat Khandelwal » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:59 am
bringing with it a cup-like apparatus, in which remain the specimen able to adhere, for an extended period of time, to a special glue lining the cup.

bold line is present participle phrase with the object of the action "bring " and the prepositional phrase modifying "bring".

In which is relative pronoun referring to the cup-like apparatus .
it shd be seen like this....In which the specimen remain able to adhere......

To adhere is infinitive acting as a adverb , as it modifies "able".


Hence the option seems to be the correct is C....
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by beat_gmat_09 » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:05 am
rahul.s wrote:John Mercer Brooke created a sounding apparatus that is essentially a rod, connected to a string, that strikes the sea floor, causing the tension on the string to slack and a ball to fall to the ground; the rod, released from its weight, is easily drawn up, bringing with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining all specimens able to adhere, for an extended period of time, to a special glue lining the cup.

(A) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining the specimens
(B) a cup-like apparatus with it, and in which remaining specimens
(C) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which remain the specimens
(D) with it a cup-like apparatus in which remains specimens
(E) with it a cup-like apparatus and remaining in it all the

OA: C
Source: Knewton

A is incorrect due to improper verb usage for specimens
B for punctuation ", and" ..and also does not make sense when put in sentence
"..in which remaining specimens able to adhere...."
D is ok but C is more precise and preferable
E is wordy and is nonsense when sentence is completed.
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by rahul.s » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:08 am
beat_gmat_09 wrote:
rahul.s wrote:John Mercer Brooke created a sounding apparatus that is essentially a rod, connected to a string, that strikes the sea floor, causing the tension on the string to slack and a ball to fall to the ground; the rod, released from its weight, is easily drawn up, bringing with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining all specimens able to adhere, for an extended period of time, to a special glue lining the cup.

(A) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining the specimens
(B) a cup-like apparatus with it, and in which remaining specimens
(C) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which remain the specimens
(D) with it a cup-like apparatus in which remains specimens
(E) with it a cup-like apparatus and remaining in it all the

OA: C
Source: Knewton

A is incorrect due to improper verb usage for specimens
B for punctuation ", and" ..and also does not make sense when put in sentence
"..in which remaining specimens able to adhere...."
D is ok but C is more precise and preferable
E is wordy and is nonsense when sentence is completed.
i think we can write-off (D) because it contains a subject-verb agreement error:

(D) with it a cup-like apparatus in which remains specimens

a specimen remains, while specimens remain
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by beat_gmat_09 » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:58 am
rahul.s wrote:
beat_gmat_09 wrote:
rahul.s wrote:John Mercer Brooke created a sounding apparatus that is essentially a rod, connected to a string, that strikes the sea floor, causing the tension on the string to slack and a ball to fall to the ground; the rod, released from its weight, is easily drawn up, bringing with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining all specimens able to adhere, for an extended period of time, to a special glue lining the cup.

(A) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining the specimens
(B) a cup-like apparatus with it, and in which remaining specimens
(C) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which remain the specimens
(D) with it a cup-like apparatus in which remains specimens
(E) with it a cup-like apparatus and remaining in it all the

OA: C
Source: Knewton

A is incorrect due to improper verb usage for specimens
B for punctuation ", and" ..and also does not make sense when put in sentence
"..in which remaining specimens able to adhere...."
D is ok but C is more precise and preferable
E is wordy and is nonsense when sentence is completed.
i think we can write-off (D) because it contains a subject-verb agreement error:

(D) with it a cup-like apparatus in which remains specimens

a specimen remains, while specimens remain
I agree.
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by prinit » Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:27 am
rahul.s wrote:John Mercer Brooke created a sounding apparatus that is essentially a rod, connected to a string, that strikes the sea floor, causing the tension on the string to slack and a ball to fall to the ground; the rod, released from its weight, is easily drawn up, bringing with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining all specimens able to adhere, for an extended period of time, to a special glue lining the cup.

(A) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining the specimens
(B) a cup-like apparatus with it, and in which remaining specimens
(C) with it a cup-like , in which remain the specimens
(D) with it a cup-like apparatus in which remains specimens
(E) with it a cup-like apparatus and remaining in it all the

OA: C
Source: Knewton
My pick is C. Possessive pronoun poison :)
with it a cup-like apparatus, in which remain the specimens The Comma is necessary here. So C wins
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