Would be grateful for input on why each of the incorrect choices are wrong.
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P.S. What level of difficulty would this one be classified as ? 500, 550, 600, 650+ ? Thanks.
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IMO A
Option A - beginning ....and ending [parallel], participle - outnumbering correctly refers to the subject of the preceding clause i.e. Emily Dickinson's letters.
Option B period that begins.......and ended [incorrect]
Option C beginning.....and that ends [incorrect]
Option D and Option E - "which" - relative pronoun always refers to preceding noun, "which" should refer to letters instead of Susan Dickinson
To be honest I am not in a position to judge the level of this question, but if I must, I would say around 500-550 range, considering the time I took, to solve it.
OA?
Option A - beginning ....and ending [parallel], participle - outnumbering correctly refers to the subject of the preceding clause i.e. Emily Dickinson's letters.
Option B period that begins.......and ended [incorrect]
Option C beginning.....and that ends [incorrect]
Option D and Option E - "which" - relative pronoun always refers to preceding noun, "which" should refer to letters instead of Susan Dickinson
To be honest I am not in a position to judge the level of this question, but if I must, I would say around 500-550 range, considering the time I took, to solve it.
OA?
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OA is E.
I am struggling to pick out why A is incorrect ... anyone have any ideas on why the incorrect choices are incorrect.
Parallel,
I think you identified a good point which rules out some of the answer choices (parallelism: beginning/ending)
I do think this is at least a 600+ level question ... any thoughts ? By the way, this was the first SC question I got after getting 8 questions right (in a row), which may indicate that this is a higher level difficulty question (it was number 29 on the GMATPrep test)
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I am struggling to pick out why A is incorrect ... anyone have any ideas on why the incorrect choices are incorrect.
Parallel,
I think you identified a good point which rules out some of the answer choices (parallelism: beginning/ending)
I do think this is at least a 600+ level question ... any thoughts ? By the way, this was the first SC question I got after getting 8 questions right (in a row), which may indicate that this is a higher level difficulty question (it was number 29 on the GMATPrep test)
Thanks.
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E should be wrong.
I can correlate to the fact that "outnumber" should be used instead of "outnumbering" but usage of "which" in E is totally wrong.
Refer to pg78 MGMAT 2007 edition.
Indeed help is needed.
I can correlate to the fact that "outnumber" should be used instead of "outnumbering" but usage of "which" in E is totally wrong.
Refer to pg78 MGMAT 2007 edition.
Indeed help is needed.
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Yes E is shown as the correct answer ... see attached screenshot.parallel_chase wrote:E should be wrong.
I can correlate to the fact that "outnumber" should be used instead of "outnumbering" but usage of "which" in E is totally wrong.
Refer to pg78 MGMAT 2007 edition.
Indeed help is needed.
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which is used for things not for people.
So which in choice E is for letters not Dickinson.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
which is used for things not for people.
So which in choice E is for letters not Dickinson.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Emily Dickinson's Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson ....... outnumber her letters to anyone else.
Outnumbering sounds awkward.
Outnumbering sounds awkward.
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I agree with tryingmybest.Tryingmybest wrote:Emily Dickinson's Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson ....... outnumber her letters to anyone else.
Outnumbering sounds awkward.
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IMO E
I eliminated A because outnumbering sounds like the action is still in progress
So outnumber is a correct verb.
This comes to B and E.
B is wrong as begins.........ended are not parallel.
Hence E.
I eliminated A because outnumbering sounds like the action is still in progress
So outnumber is a correct verb.
This comes to B and E.
B is wrong as begins.........ended are not parallel.
Hence E.
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Hi All,
In this question still I have not understood why the use of which is correct here. Why 'which' is modifying 'letters' instead of 'Dickinson'? Can anybody please explain it for me?
In this question still I have not understood why the use of which is correct here. Why 'which' is modifying 'letters' instead of 'Dickinson'? Can anybody please explain it for me?
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I think that is because "which" refers to things not people.vaishalijain7 wrote:Hi All,
In this question still I have not understood why the use of which is correct here. Why 'which' is modifying 'letters' instead of 'Dickinson'? Can anybody please explain it for me?
A: Emily Dickinson's letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period begining a few years before Susan's marriage to Emily's brother and ending shortly before Emily's death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else
This option suggests that the period is outnumbering her letters. Hence A is wrong.
IMO E
This option suggests that the period is outnumbering her letters. Hence A is wrong.
IMO E
vaishalijain7 wrote:Hi All,
In this question still I have not understood why the use of which is correct here. Why 'which' is modifying 'letters' instead of 'Dickinson'? Can anybody please explain it for me?
[Emily Dickinson's Letters ( to Susan Huntington Dickinson )] is subject to which 'which' is referring.
This subject(s) outnumber the (..)