use of comma

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use of comma

by gmatpaladi » Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:15 pm
The principal has sought approval for her plan to grant promotions to only those seventh-grade students proficient in reading without meeting
with opposition.
(A) reading without meeting with opposition
(B) reading, having met with no opposition
(C) reading, without the opposition of others
(D) reading, and has not met with opposition
(E) reading without opposition

What do you think the answer may be?
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Re: use of comma

by aroon7 » Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:04 pm
gmatpaladi wrote:The principal has sought approval for her plan to grant promotions to only those seventh-grade students proficient in reading without meeting
with opposition.
(A) reading without meeting with opposition
(B) reading, having met with no opposition
(C) reading, without the opposition of others
(D) reading, and has not met with opposition
(E) reading without opposition

What do you think the answer may be?
B - wordy
C - others is newly introduced
D - has - students require plural

between A and E, i think E is concise

OA pls
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by nervesofsteel » Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:05 pm
IMO D

(A) reading without meeting with opposition <- opposition is to be faced by principal .. not the reading..

(B) reading, having met with no opposition <- Having met doesn't sound correct imo

(C) reading, without the opposition of others <- Opposition of Others .. use of other is making things wordy..

(D) reading, and has not met with opposition <- Parallel is use of HAS.... Correct

(E) reading without opposition <- opposition is to be faced by principal .. not the reading..

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use of comma

by gmatpaladi » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:15 pm
OA is D

As per the last post parallel use of has makes this the answer
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by shargaur » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:18 pm
I have jolted down major rules about comma.
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