Sentence Correction

Source Knewton-prep

In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export, bottling Syrah wines, a dark red wine with tastes of chocolate, hints of espresso, and traces of white grapes for additional flavor and variety and which earned the largest percentage of taxable income through wine exports proportional to its geographic size of any wine-producing region of the country.


(A) In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export, bottling

(B) The region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export in the 1930s, which bottled

(C) In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export and bottled

(D) The most profitable appellation producing red wines for export In the 1930s was the region of Crozes-Hermitage, bottling

(E) In the 1930s the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export was the region of Crozes-Hermitage, which bottled

IMO D?

atulmangal wrote:Source Knewton-prep

In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export, bottling Syrah wines, a dark red wine with tastes of chocolate, hints of espresso, and traces of white grapes for additional flavor and variety and which earned the largest percentage of taxable income through wine exports proportional to its geographic size of any wine-producing region of the country.


(A) In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export, bottling

(B) The region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export in the 1930s, which bottled

(C) In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export and bottled

(D) The most profitable appellation producing red wines for export In the 1930s was the region of Crozes-Hermitage, bottling

(E) In the 1930s the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export was the region of Crozes-Hermitage, which bottled

The problem with choices A, C and D is that there is no comma after the prepositional phrase "In the 1930s" and the Independent Clause.

The problem with B is that the relative pronoun which is referring to 1930s and the meaning of sentence becomes illogical.

Hence D is the answer

IMO E
'which bottled' parallel to 'which earned' and 'which' refers to the region of Crozes-Hermitage.

Frankenstein wrote:IMO E
'which bottled' parallel to 'which earned' and 'which' refers to the region of Crozes-Hermitage.

Frankenstein,

I thought the which refers to Crozes-Hermitage rather that "the region of Crozes-Hermitage".

Whether the placement of "in the 1930's" wrong in D? or what is wrong with that answer choice

I would have gone for A in the exam.

In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export, bottling Syrah wines, a dark red wine with tastes of chocolate, hints of espresso, and traces of white grapes for additional flavor and variety and which earned the largest percentage of taxable income through wine exports proportional to its geographic size of any wine-producing region of the country

But I was not able to check the limit of modifier/definition of Syrah wine. "And which earned" sounds dubious. Kindly help atul.

atulmangal wrote:Source Knewton-prep

In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export, bottling Syrah wines, a dark red wine with tastes of chocolate, hints of espresso, and traces of white grapes for additional flavor and variety and which earned the largest percentage of taxable income through wine exports proportional to its geographic size of any wine-producing region of the country.


(A) In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export, bottling

(B) The region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export in the 1930s, which bottled

(C) In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export and bottled

(D) The most profitable appellation producing red wines for export In the 1930s was the region of Crozes-Hermitage, bottling

(E) In the 1930s the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export was the region of Crozes-Hermitage, which bottled

IMO E

....Crozes-Hermitage, which bottled..... and which earned the largest

Now I got it ... Kudos to Frank..

IMO E

I would say tough one for me , took 2:37 sec.. huh.

IMO E

(A) In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export, bottling

(B) The region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export in the 1930s, which bottled

(C) In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export and bottled

(D) The most profitable appellation producing red wines for export In the 1930s was the region of Crozes-Hermitage, bottling

(E) In the 1930s the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export was the region of Crozes-Hermitage , which bottled

Reached E under a minute.

Tricky question.

g.shankaran wrote:

Frankenstein wrote:IMO E
'which bottled' parallel to 'which earned' and 'which' refers to the region of Crozes-Hermitage.

Frankenstein,

I thought the which refers to Crozes-Hermitage rather that "the region of Crozes-Hermitage".

Whether the placement of "in the 1930's" wrong in D? or what is wrong with that answer choice

Hi,
I don't think the placement of 'in the 1930's' in D is incorrect. As I have mentioned earlier 'D' lacks parallelism.

OA is E guys, I was b/w A and E in exam but finally picked Op A in exam...my bad because of so much subtle error. The only error i find in Op A is the same as @Frankenstein mentioned,

the second WHICH "which earned" must refer to Crozes-Hermitage. In Op A thats not the case hence wrong.

In the 1930s the region of Crozes-Hermitage was the most profitable appellation producing red wines for export, bottling Syrah wines, a dark red wine with tastes of chocolate, hints of espresso, and traces of white grapes for additional flavor and variety and which earned the largest percentage of taxable income through wine exports proportional to its geographic size of any wine-producing region of the country.

the catch was the words in red above, its important to read the non underlined part of the sentence and look for parallelism indicators before scanning the answer choices vertically.

+1 for E.