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prachi18oct: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 269; Joined: Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:33 pmFollowed by: 5 members; Thanked: 8 times

by prachi18oct » Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:51 am

A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
(D) some Black's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
(E) some Black's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa

Can any instructor explain these options.

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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:36 pm

prachi18oct wrote:A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
(D) some Black's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
(E) some Black's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa

Can any instructor explain these options.

I see both A and B gramatically correct. A has awkward construction though.

Thus, IMO B.

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Pranay

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by prachi18oct » Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:30 pm

Is B not changing the meaning of the sentence?
It means that the return of blacks symbolises possibility of freedom to him which is not correct sense.Also, the progressive form of symbolize also is incorrect here.

A seems more correct.

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by sanjoy18 » Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:49 pm

Answer should be A.

some Blacks return to Africa, the land that,

"The land" non essential appositive, so has to be set-off with Comma or else the meaning will be distorted as it happened in option B

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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:52 pm

prachi18oct wrote:Is B not changing the meaning of the sentence?
It means that the return of blacks symbolises possibility of freedom to him which is not correct sense.Also, the progressive form of symbolize also is incorrect here.

A seems more correct.

Return of blacks in B had symbolized the possibility of freedom if symbolizing was preceeded by a comma. However, since no comma is present I perceive that symbolizing modifies land in B.

Open to debate.

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Pranay

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by sunil1989 » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:45 pm

Correct the sentence in {......}

The study showed that carbon dioxide emissions increased much less in the last year than analysts {had expected them to ????and general pollution levels will flatten} out this year.

1) had expected them to ????and general pollution levels will flatten
2) had expected and that general pollution levels would flatten
3) expected they would and that general pollution levels will be flattening
4) expected it to and and general pollution levels would flatten
5) expected and that general pollution levels will have flatten

Mine answer is 1 but confusion is between 1 and 2 but the use of that has prevented me from choosing it.

{Nearly 20 genera of electric fish are classified in theMormyridae taxon, which includes 203 different species,more than all the other taxons of electric fish combined.}

1) Nearly 20 genera of electric fish are classified in the Mormyridae taxon, which includes 203 different species, more than all the other taxons of electric fish combined.
2) With 203 different species, that is more than all the other taxons of electric fish combined, the Mormyridae taxon has nearly 20 genera of electric fish that are classified in it.
3) The Mormyridae taxon, with nearly 20 genera of electric fish are classified in it, it includes more different species than all the other taxons of electric fish combined, 203.
4) While nearly 20 genera of electric fish are classified in it, the Mormyridae taxon includes 203 different species, which is more than all the other taxons of electric fish combined.
5) More than all the other taxons of electric fish combined, the Mormyridae taxon, with nearly 20 genera of electric fish classified in it, includes 203 different species.

Mine answer is 1 as through POE
2 is nonsensical and comparison is wrong
3 use of FYI in the comparision
4 SV error as first part of the sentence "While nearly 20 genera of electric fish are classified in it" whom does it refers to
5 FYI used in comparision

Analysis

Meaning

"Nearly 20 genera of electric fish are classified in theMormyridae taxon" -- The Mormyridae taxon classified nearly 20 genera of electric fish

"which includes 203 different species" -- descriptive information or FYI

"more than all the other taxons of electric fish combined" -- compared with

a. The Mormyridae taxon classified nearly 20 genera of electric fish
b. more than all other taxons of electric fish combined.

These two are compared I guess.

Waiting for a reply.

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by theCodeToGMAT » Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:41 am

Prachi, can you please post the OA and the source

I, somehow, don't agree with the posts on this thread insisting that OA is {B}.

The reason I say so is simply because.. If you re-read my above line in blue

then do you think that I want to say that "thread" is insisting that OA is {B}????? Definitely NO! it's post..

{B} is badly written and cannot be the GMAT answer.

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by prachi18oct » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:47 am

This question is from one of the past GMAT questions.The answer is A only.I wanted to seek some explanations to check if my reasoning is correct.I got this right! Thanks!

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by theCodeToGMAT » Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:28 pm

prachi18oct wrote:This question is from one of the past GMAT questions.The answer is A only.I wanted to seek some explanations to check if my reasoning is correct.I got this right! Thanks!

Some sources may falsely claim there questions to be past GMAT Questions

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