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litesee/SC/Test11/ Question 23

by khurram » Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:35 pm
In June of 1989, Princeton Township approved a developer's plans to build 300 houses on a large portion of the 210-acre site of the Battle of Princeton, one of only eight Revolutionary War battlefields that had remained undeveloped.


A one of only eight Revolutionary War battlefields that had remained undeveloped.
B one of eight of the only Revolutionary War battlefields that have remained undeveloped
C one of the only eight undeveloped Revolutionary War battlefields that remains
D only one of eight Revolutionary War battlefields to remain undeveloped
E only one of the eight remaining undeveloped Revolutionary War battlefields


Answer is A , I guess bs should have "to" after battlefields all , e is ing, so out as sentence is more ed. d should have said to have remained undeveloped so wrong, c sounds wrong, plus putting a modifier.

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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:42 pm
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participle issue

by resilient » Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:09 am
doesnt the answer A present a participle issue?
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tense issue

by resilient » Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:12 am
if you notice that that in the original correct section of the sentence teh word "APPROVED" is used and that remained is taking place before the approval. Thus, HAD must be used in order to have a past perfect. Correct me if I am wrong,
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by khurram » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:06 pm
Thanks

I think you explained the ans in the easiest way possible. This way any answer of this type can be solved in seconds.

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by sampleresume » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:32 pm
OG question. I chose A
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by babuxavier » Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:14 am
IMO A
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by babuxavier » Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:31 am
IMO A
While reading the original sentence, it is clear that site of Battle of Princeton is one among the eight battlefields that had not been developed before June on 1989. Hence, past perfect tense (had remained) also makes sense.

Also, D changes meaning. In original sentence, 'only' modifies 'eight' (so, author wants to stress that there were only eight revolutionary battlefields), while D says: 'only one of eight...' ('only' modifies 'one').

(A) one of only eight Revolutionary War battlefields that had remained undeveloped

(B) one of eight of the only Revolutionary War battlefields that have remained undeveloped

Tense problem
(C) one of the only eight undeveloped Revolutionary War battlefields that remains
tense problem
(D) only one of eight Revolutionary War battlefields to remain undeveloped
wroing modifier
(E) only one of the eight remaining undeveloped Revolutionary War battlefields
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