the life of Daniel Bernoulli

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alivapriyada: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 146; Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:42 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 3 times; GMAT Score:560

by alivapriyada » Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:47 am

Born and raised in Groningen, Netherlands, the life of Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, was dedicated to pioneering work in astronomy and also mathematical physics.

the life of Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, was dedicated to pioneering work in astronomy and also

Daniel Bernoulli, who was one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century as well as the father of modern hydrodynamics, dedicated his life to pioneering work in astronomy and also

the life of Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, which he dedicated to pioneering work in astronomy and

Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, he dedicated his life to pioneering work in astronomy and

Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, dedicated his life to pioneering work in astronomy and

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by arpita@gurome » Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:20 am

This is a long underline thus an easy approach to weed out wrong answers is look for grammatical errors or internal inconsistency in the answer choices. Remember prephrasing such a long sentence will be tough and time consuming.

Let us look at the choices:

A - "Born in ........ Netherlands" is a modifier should have a noun after it. Choice A it does not look correct, the life of Bernoulli was not born in ..... Netherlands ...... Hence discard.
B - Since we have a solid error with us and the sentence is long, let us split here based on this error. Keep this choice as the modifier is modifying Bernoulli.
C - Discard (same as A)
D - Keep
E - Keep

Looking at the contenders:
B, D and E

B - "also" is redundant after "and". Also the 'who' in the beginning is redundant. Discard
D - "he" is redundant. discard.
E - by elimination should be correct, but let us look at the answer choice as well. No error can be found.

[spoiler]Hence pick E [/spoiler]

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by gmat_perfect » Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:30 am

alivapriyada wrote:Born and raised in Groningen, Netherlands, the life of Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, was dedicated to pioneering work in astronomy and also mathematical physics.

the life of Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, was dedicated to pioneering work in astronomy and also

Daniel Bernoulli, who was one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century as well as the father of modern hydrodynamics, dedicated his life to pioneering work in astronomy and also

the life of Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, which he dedicated to pioneering work in astronomy and

Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, he dedicated his life to pioneering work in astronomy and

Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, dedicated his life to pioneering work in astronomy and

The splits:

1. Born and raised in Groningen, Daniel Bernoulli....is correct because "the life" cannot born and raised. This kills A and C.

2. GMAT prefers conciseness. So, "X, who is a writer..." is preferable to "X, a writer...". This kills B.

3. "Daniel Bernoulli, .............., dedicated"
is good. We do not need to mention the subject again. This kills D.

Answer is E.

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by alivapriyada » Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:32 am

Thanx a lot Arpita and Gmat_perfect.

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