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Graduation requirements (Kaplan800)

by Nailya » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:01 am
Except for one class in history and one in biology, all the student's graduation requirements have been fulfilled.

A) Except for one class in history and one in biology, all the student's graduation requirements have been fulfilled

B) Except for needing to take one class in history and one in biology, the student has fulfilled all of his requirements for graduation

C) The student has fulfilled all his graduation requirements except for one class in history and one in biology

D) Except for one history class and one biology class, the student has fulfilled all of his graduation requirements

E) Aside from the history class and biology class that he needs to take, the student's graduation requirements have all been fulfilled.

Please share your thoughts on the correct answer. Thanks in advance:-)
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by pakaskwa » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:31 pm
IMO, answer is C.

Except for should modify graduation requirements, not student. So we can eliminate B and D. E is wordy and awkward. Between A and C, modifier except for is closer to the noun graduation requirements it's modifying in C than in A, (and I think it's better to use active instead of passive construction). So I chose C.

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by Nailya » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:38 am
OA is D. According to kaplan's explanation, expressions such as except for and aside from are not qualified as modifiers.

I chose C too, but it is incorrect because of unidiomatic word order.
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by pakaskwa » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:38 pm
Hmm.... are there other phrases/terms that can't be used as modifiers?
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by Nailya » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:43 pm
I have never heard of those. Only quoted the official answer explanation from kaplan...
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by piyush_nitt » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:13 am
pakaskwa wrote:IMO, answer is C.

Except for should modify graduation requirements, not student. So we can eliminate B and D. E is wordy and awkward. Between A and C, modifier except for is closer to the noun graduation requirements it's modifying in C than in A, (and I think it's better to use active instead of passive construction). So I chose C.

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I believe there is another reason for C being an incorrect option

The student has fulfilled all his graduation requirements except for one class in history and one in biology

One in biology doesnot make any sense. It should be "one class in biology"
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by Nailya » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:10 pm
after all, history class and biology class sounds better than one class in history and one class in biology.
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by naaga » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:47 pm
you are right piyush, your reason is valid, you correctly pointed out the error.
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