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by 1947 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:00 pm
The strength of the political advertisement lies not in the candidate's speech but in the portrayal of stories of daily life in the city with positive embellishments that inspire a sense of honor and dignity within the average viewer.

(A)portrayal of stories of daily life in the city with positive embellishments that
(B) fact that it portrays stories of daily life in the city as having positive embellishments that
(C)fact that it portrays stories of daily life in the city, whose positive embellishments
(D)portrayal of stories of daily life in the city, which have positive embellishments and thus
(E)portrayal of stories of daily life in the city, whose positive embellishments

Please explain what is this testing....I selected E which is wrong....looks like I did not get the meaning of this sentence.....
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by avik.ch » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:41 am
1947 wrote:The strength of the political advertisement lies not in the candidate's speech but in the portrayal of stories of daily life in the city with positive embellishments that inspire a sense of honor and dignity within the average viewer.

(A)portrayal of stories of daily life in the city with positive embellishments that
(B) fact that it portrays stories of daily life in the city as having positive embellishments that
(C)fact that it portrays stories of daily life in the city, whose positive embellishments
(D)portrayal of stories of daily life in the city, which have positive embellishments and thus
(E)portrayal of stories of daily life in the city, whose positive embellishments

Please explain what is this testing....I selected E which is wrong....looks like I did not get the meaning of this sentence.....
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what is the OA ?
i think it should be A
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by GmatKiss » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:59 am
+1 for A
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by rahulvsd » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:53 am
B and C are outright out. Now we are left with A, D and E. D and E change the meaning by shifting the focus on city. The focus of this sentence is on the stories of life in the city not the city itself. So Answer should be A.

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by sam2304 » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:06 am
IMO A

D and E change the meaning. The stories should have positive embellishments to inspire not the city. E uses whose to modify city which is one more reason to eliminate the option.
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:25 am
Yup I agree with Sam2304.......
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by mankey » Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:36 am
Some expert please respond to this one.

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by avik.ch » Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:33 am
mankey wrote:Some expert please respond to this one.

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Well I am not an expert but would like to throw some light on this particular problem.

We all know why B an C is wrong and so no need to discuss that.
Lets come to A,D and E

A - portrayal of stories of daily life in the city with positive embellishments that - Usage of "with" is appropiate here. The "positive embellishments" is the inherent quality of the "stories of daily life in the city" and hence the usage of with is perfect.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/correct-usag ... tml#415422

D - portrayal of stories of daily life in the city, which have positive embellishments and thus - There is a meaning error in this sentence. "and thus" changes the meaning and essence of the original sentence.

E - portrayal of stories of daily life in the city, whose positive embellishments - incorrect modification, Here "whose" refer to the "city".
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by avik.ch » Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:57 am
rahulvsd wrote:B and C are outright out. Now we are left with A, D and E. D and E change the meaning by shifting the focus on city. The focus of this sentence is on the stories of life in the city not the city itself. So Answer should be A.

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The only problem I see in D is "and thus". The focus of D is not on "cities". Its true that "which" generally refer to noun before the comma but at times it dont. We have to deduce what it refers from the surrounding words. In this sentence it do refers clearly to stories and not city.
portrayal of stories of daily life in the city, which have positive embellishments and thus...

since stories is prural "which have" do refer to "stories ( prulal)......". Please refer to Emily dicekenson's letter SC in OG 12 and ron's explanation to it.

E - "whose" do refer to cities.
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by sam2304 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:15 am
Thanks avik for pointing out the usage of which. :)
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by 1947 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:26 pm
Thanks for the responses ...... ans indeed is A.
specially the usage of ,With.
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