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by kul512 » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:12 pm
Is there any difference between D and E due to "Which" and "That" usage?

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by GmatKiss » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:52 am
Japan is a culture of accommodation and constraint, a system of forms, etiquetteand images, making its ever-present congestion tolerable

(A) Japan is a culture of accommodation and constraint, a system of forms, etiquette, and images, making its
(B) Japan, a culture of accommodation and constraint, is a system of forms, etiquette, and images, which makes its
(C) A culture of accommodation and constraint, Japan is a system of forms, etiquette, and images making its
(D) Japan's is a culture of accommodation and constraint, a system of forms, etiquette, and images that makes the
(E) Japan's is a culture of accommodation and constraint, of a system of forms, etiquette, and images which makes the

IMO: D , parallel and concise!

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by karthikgmat » Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:27 am
Had to think deep to chose D

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by tomada » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:37 am
Where was this question taken from?
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by shekhar.kataria » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:33 pm
Horrible Question. I think None of the Option is correct. but if i have to choose one i would go with D. Here is why i think all are wrong.

A,B,C :- Japan is not a culture,straight and simple.

D :- It should have and between a culture and a system. Otherwise the sentence is not complete and hence a fragment.

E :- awkward construction.

Correct me if i m wrong in my logic for D.

Japan's is a culture of accommodation and constraint, a system of forms, etiquette, and images that makes the
W/o and before a system , a reader would expect another noun so as to complete the sentence.



ritula wrote:Japan is a culture of accommodation and constraint, a system of forms, etiquetteand images, making its ever-present congestion tolerable

(A) Japan is a culture of accommodation and constraint, a system of forms, etiquette, and images, making its
(B) Japan, a culture of accommodation and constraint, is a system of forms, etiquette, and images, which makes its
(C) A culture of accommodation and constraint, Japan is a system of forms, etiquette, and images making its
(D) Japan's is a culture of accommodation and constraint, a system of forms, etiquette, and images that makes the
(E) Japan's is a culture of accommodation and constraint, of a system of forms, etiquette, and images which makes the
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by killer1387 » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:53 pm
Japan is country not a culture.
Hence D

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by [email protected] » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:53 pm
Japan is a culture of accommodation and constraint, a system of forms, etiquetteand images, making its ever-present congestion tolerable

(A) Japan is a culture of accommodation and constraint, a system of forms, etiquette, and images, making its
(B) Japan, a culture of accommodation and constraint, is a system of forms, etiquette, and images, which makes its
(C) A culture of accommodation and constraint, Japan is a system of forms, etiquette, and images making its
(D) Japan's is a culture of accommodation and constraint, a system of forms, etiquette, and images that makes the
(E) Japan's is a culture of accommodation and constraint, of a system of forms, etiquette, and images which makes the



After doing so many sentence corrections questions, here you see a blinder coming from nowhere...

Japan is a country that's right, but even option D sounds wordy to me.

How can Japan's culture be a culture of something something...

you could write Japan's culture is known for its or Japan's culture includes...

A bit difficult to digest...

Maybe some expert could help in this question to understand better the whole sentence...
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