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by vscid » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:35 pm

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The new office complex will be a place that has internet access in all common areas and where informal meeting areas stimulate communication among various departments.


1]that has internet access in all common areas and where

2]where internet access is in all common areas and where

3]which has internet access in all common areas and where

4]that internet access is available in all common areas and where

5]that has internet access in all common areas and that
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:01 pm

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I would choose B because of parallelism issues in the other answer choices

A- you must use the same relative modifier to begin each parallel clause (this sentence either needs to begin each clause with "that" or with "where"

B- correct

C- relative modifier's must be the same (either "which" twice or "where" twice)

D- Same issues as in A and C

E- you would need to insert "has" at the end of the answer choice for it to make sense.
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by thephoenix » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:29 pm

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vscid wrote:The new office complex will be a place that has internet access in all common areas and where informal meeting areas stimulate communication among various departments.

1]that has internet access in all common areas and where
correct
2]where internet access is in all common areas and where
incorrect IMO the linking verb is needs a main verb

3]which has internet access in all common areas and where
which is a non essential modifier and hence needs a comma

4]that internet access is available in all common areas and where
lacks llelism , here though the error of verb of option 2 is corrected but new error of llelism is making it wrng

5]that has internet access in all common areas and that
the two clauses separated by and is not llel
IMO A
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by hrishi19884 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:30 pm

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osirus0830 wrote:I would choose B because of parallelism issues in the other answer choices

A- you must use the same relative modifier to begin each parallel clause (this sentence either needs to begin each clause with "that" or with "where"

B- correct

C- relative modifier's must be the same (either "which" twice or "where" twice)

D- Same issues as in A and C

E- you would need to insert "has" at the end of the answer choice for it to make sense.
My stake for B too.....for the beautiful lady "parallelism"
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by soumyopriyosaha » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:57 pm

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vscid wrote:The new office complex will be a place that has internet access in all common areas and where informal meeting areas stimulate communication among various departments.


1]that has internet access in all common areas and where

2]where internet access is in all common areas and where

3]which has internet access in all common areas and where

4]that internet access is available in all common areas and where

5]that has internet access in all common areas and that
IMO B. We use the relative modifier "where" to describe a place. In this qs only B uses it.
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by hrishi19884 » Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:09 am

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soumyopriyosaha wrote:
vscid wrote:The new office complex will be a place that has internet access in all common areas and where informal meeting areas stimulate communication among various departments.


1]that has internet access in all common areas and where

2]where internet access is in all common areas and where

3]which has internet access in all common areas and where

4]that internet access is available in all common areas and where

5]that has internet access in all common areas and that
IMO B. We use the relative modifier "where" to describe a place. In this qs only B uses it.
Can't we describe place using "which"?

I think we can use "which" with a "comma" before it to describe a place.

Egypt, which is land of pyramids, is my favorite place.

Since there is no "which with a comma" option stream we can eliminate the choices

"The new office complex will be a place ,which has internet access in all common areas and where informal meeting areas stimulate communication among various departments. "

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by vscid » Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:46 am

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hrishi19884 wrote:
soumyopriyosaha wrote:
vscid wrote:The new office complex will be a place that has internet access in all common areas and where informal meeting areas stimulate communication among various departments.


1]that has internet access in all common areas and where

2]where internet access is in all common areas and where

3]which has internet access in all common areas and where

4]that internet access is available in all common areas and where

5]that has internet access in all common areas and that
IMO B. We use the relative modifier "where" to describe a place. In this qs only B uses it.
Can't we describe place using "which"?

I think we can use "which" with a "comma" before it to describe a place.

Egypt, which is land of pyramids, is my favorite place.

Since there is no "which with a comma" option stream we can eliminate the choices

"The new office complex will be a place ,which has internet access in all common areas and where informal meeting areas stimulate communication among various departments. "

-----can make a difference.
We can use 'which' with place. It is correct.
The GMAT is indeed adaptable. Whenever I answer RC, it proficiently 'adapts' itself to mark my 'right' answer 'wrong'.
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