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by vaibhav.iit2002 » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:08 am
Laos has a land area about the same size as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many are members of hill tribes.

A. about the same size as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many
B. of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in Laos there is a population of only four million, and many
C. that is about the same size as Great Britain's land area, but in Laos with a population of only four million people, many of them
D. comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only four million in population, and many
E. comparable to that of Great Britain, but a population of only four million, many of whom
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by mruzeful » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:41 am
I go with D..

E sounded right but I feel 'that' in

Laos has a land area comparable to that of Great Britain..

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by capnx » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:55 am
down to D and E, and I picked E.

E sounds better to me in terms of parallelism and modification: Laos has a land area... but a population... many of whom...

D's last part on "and many" is not really parallel and rather vague (many of what?)
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by vaibhav.iit2002 » Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:04 am
D. Laos has a land area ...blah blah ...but [has] only four million in population, and many
E. Laos hasa land area ...blah blah ... but[has] a population of only four million, many of whom


D seems clearly wrong as "has" can't be assumed there, it should read but isonly four million in population

What say??
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by crackgmat007 » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:18 pm
vaibhav.iit2002 wrote:E. Laos hasa land area ...blah blah ... but[has] a population of only four million, many of whom


D seems clearly wrong as "has" can't be assumed there, it should read but isonly four million in population

What say??
In E, there is a comma before BUT. Can we assume HAS after BUT.
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by nervesofsteel » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:31 pm
D. comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only four million in population, and many <- Land area is compared with Great Britain... it should be compared with land area of GB.. IMO..

E. comparable to that of Great Britain, but a population of only four million, many of whom <- many of whom is correct IMO..
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by crackgmat007 » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:46 pm
nervesofsteel wrote:D. comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only four million in population, and many <- Land area is compared with Great Britain... it should be compared with land area of GB.. IMO..

E. comparable to that of Great Britain, but a population of only four million, many of whom <- many of whom is correct IMO..
Doesn't answer my question - below.
In E, there is a comma before BUT. Can we assume HAS after BUT.
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Whom reference: Kaplan Method

by mani090406 » Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:40 am
Please can a Kaplan instructor tell me that how does "whom" refer to " people" in above example as written in OG 12.

I implemented the Kaplan extract method :

1) Isolated the relative pronoun in its own clause :

"whom are many members of the hill tribe"

2)who or whom are many members of hill tribe

Answer i chose : "they are" not "them are"

Hence "whom" must have been incorrect.

Please advise where i am wrong.

Many Thanks
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by Ludacrispat26 » Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:03 am
Great discussion here:

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/lao ... t5749.html
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by Ludacrispat26 » Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:09 am
Great discussion here:

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/lao ... t5749.html
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by vineetbatra » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:49 am
Can someone please explain why E will not be a run on sentence. It has a subject Many of whom and a verb are.
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by chendawg » Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:43 pm
I'm not too sure what I'm supposed to take away from this problem. Anyone have light on what concrete issues there are for this problem, other than just general idiomatic issues?
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