the options are not marked properly, so re-quoting....

mundasingh123 wrote:Our understanding was that she would continue to cover the costs of school enrollment and room and board for the children, which she verbally agreed to pay with the rest of the family.

A) which she verbally agreed to pay with the rest of the family.
B) which she agreed verbally with the rest of the family to pay.
C) of which she agreed verbally with the rest of the family to pay.
D) both of which she verbally agreed to pay with the rest of the family.
E) both of which she agreed to pay with the rest of the family verbally.
Can someone explain

tough one...
IMO B

which refers to cost...
In Option A, it appears as if she is paying not by money but by "rest of family" !!
In option D, Both is redundant. The phrase with the rest of the family is misplaced, making it sound as if the subject of the sentence and the family were planning to pay the fees together

BellTheGMAT wrote:the options are not marked properly, so re-quoting....

mundasingh123 wrote:Our understanding was that she would continue to cover the costs of school enrollment and room and board for the children, which she verbally agreed to pay with the rest of the family.

A) which she verbally agreed to pay with the rest of the family.
B) which she agreed verbally with the rest of the family to pay.
C) of which she agreed verbally with the rest of the family to pay.
D) both of which she verbally agreed to pay with the rest of the family.
E) both of which she agreed to pay with the rest of the family verbally.
Can someone explain

tough one...
IMO B

which refers to cost...
In Option A, it appears as if she is paying not by money but by "rest of family" !!
In option D, Both is redundant. The phrase with the rest of the family is misplaced, making it sound as if the subject of the sentence and the family were planning to pay the fees together

are u a native english speaker

wat made u thnk so?? preparation of gmat is not of much diff for native and non native - its just working upon ur strengths and weakness...

mundasingh123 wrote:Our understanding was that she would continue to cover the costs of school enrollment and room and board for the children, which she verbally agreed to pay with the rest of the family.

A) which she verbally agreed to pay with the rest of the family.
B) which she agreed verbally with the rest of the family to pay.
C) of which she agreed verbally with the rest of the family to pay.
D) both of which she verbally agreed to pay with the rest of the family.
E) both of which she agreed to pay with the rest of the family verbally.
Can someone explain

Mixed between A and D.

BellTheGMAT wrote:wat made u thnk so?? preparation of gmat is not of much diff for native and non native - its just working upon ur strengths and weakness...

I disagree. On the whole native speakers have greater advantage over non-natives, specially in sentence correction!

BellTheGMAT wrote:wat made u thnk so?? preparation of gmat is not of much diff for native and non native - its just working upon ur strengths and weakness...

Usually Non natives have more weaknesses than Natives.

OA B .
You mind explaining the meaning of "agreed verbally with ... "

This SC makes me want to go lick some grammar text book

IMO B

Explanation provided by BellTheGMAT is perfect.


PS: i love the topic name btw 'cost of children'

edited

1) I thought 'which/that' refers to the word just before the comma. In this case it refers to 'children'.

2) Also is 'both of which' after a comma a whistle blower?

Please correct me if my understanding is wrong.

I think we do have a rule for which
There must not be verb between which and the thing to which it refers to logically(need not be the closest noun always ,though it usually is)

which - refers to costs and there is no verb between them - then its ok
But which canoot here refer to understanding as there is verb between
understanding and which .

Bell... since you are assumed to be a native speaker. Can you help me

Our understanding was that she would continue to cover the costs of school enrollment and room and board for the children, ..................

she would continue to cover costs of school enrollment and room
and(continue to)board for children --> should there not be a ',' before AND

Thats exactly a reason which can refer to costs (as there is not verb between costs and which )
Undertanding was just an example to show that it cannot refer to Which

E.g.

I like to play video games and eat apples, which interests me to play (Incorrect)
as 'which' logically refers to videogames but there is a verb 'eat' between 'video games ' and 'which'

Had the sentence been
I like video games and apples, which interests me to play --- Can be correct as there is no verb between 'video games ' and 'which'

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Can you help me

Our understanding was that she would continue to cover the costs of school enrollment and room and board for the children, ..................

she would continue to cover costs of school enrollment and room
* and(continue to)board for children --> should there not be a ',' in pace of * before AND