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by GMATMadeEasy » Tue May 18, 2010 4:52 am
Though most people take it for granted now, the nationwide admission of students to colleges and universities based on academic merit is a relatively recent phenomenon, beginning only after World War II.

1> Though most people take it for granted now, the nationwide admission of students to colleges and universities based on academic merit
B> Though it is now taken for granted by most people, the admission of nationwide students to colleges and universities based on academic merit
C> Now taken for granted by most people, colleges and universities admitting students based on their academic merit
D> Most take them for granted now, but the admission of nationwide students to colleges and universities based on their academic merit
E> Most people now take for granted that colleges and universities admit students nationally based on academic merit, and it

I completely agree with the explanation and attepmted correctly also. My question is, on the option B , why first part the modifier "Though it is now taken for granted by most people" is incorrect ? I didn't get clear explanation from Manhattan solution.

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by thinkpanther » Tue May 18, 2010 10:05 am
IMO Option A should be the answer.

What is the OA?

Option B is in passive voice and hence not preferred
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by GMATMadeEasy » Tue May 18, 2010 2:35 pm
Yes, your answer is correct. But my question is :

the modifier "Though it is now taken for granted by most people" is incorrect in option B as per Manhattan explanation. I dont understand why so ?
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by kevincanspain » Tue May 18, 2010 2:53 pm
The passive voice is needlessly wordy, but the big problem with B is the placement of 'nationwide'
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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed May 19, 2010 4:12 am
I agree that nationwide is a biggest problem in B.

But the modifier in B if I ignore the passive voice is correct way of modifying it ? I am trying to get the concept in fact.

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by kevincanspain » Wed May 19, 2010 6:10 am
I don't consider 'though (clause)' a modifier

I could write

Though Russia's economy is growing by leaps and bounds, the American government...
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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed May 19, 2010 6:39 am
I agree with you in fact. In that case, How come A is correct answer ?

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by kevincanspain » Wed May 19, 2010 10:24 am
GMATMadeEasy wrote:I agree that nationwide is a biggest problem in B.

But the modifier in B if I ignore the passive voice is correct way of modifying it ? I am trying to get the concept in fact.

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by loveusonu » Wed May 19, 2010 2:29 pm
GMATMadeEasy wrote:Though most people take it for granted now, the nationwide admission of students to colleges and universities based on academic merit is a relatively recent phenomenon, beginning only after World War II.

1> Though most people take it for granted now, the nationwide admission of students to colleges and universities based on academic merit
B> Though it is now taken for granted by most people, the admission of nationwide students to colleges and universities based on academic merit
C> Now taken for granted by most people, colleges and universities admitting students based on their academic merit
D> Most take them for granted now, but the admission of nationwide students to colleges and universities based on their academic merit
E> Most people now take for granted that colleges and universities admit students nationally based on academic merit, and it

I completely agree with the explanation and attepmted correctly also. My question is, on the option B , why first part the modifier "Though it is now taken for granted by most people" is incorrect ? I didn't get clear explanation from Manhattan solution.

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2 problems with B, which makes it Incorrect:
1>'Though' i think is a subordinating conjunction and hence not a modifier issue but choice is Incorrect because of simple a Passive construction
2>Nationwide students admission OR admission of nationwide students: Both have different meaning, A is more logical and B conveys nuisance meaning.

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by frank1 » Wed May 19, 2010 8:19 pm
I Started eliminating from
C.....their .....whose not clear...can refer to universities or students
D take THEM for granted....what
E 'IT' is not right

now A and B
read A first sounds right...
read B.....nationwide students ...it changed the meaning

so left with A
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