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United States Senator Daniel Inouye

by maihuna » Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:23 am
United States Senator Daniel Inouye was appointed to several posts within the Democratic party during his first term, that included assistant majority whip and vice-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee.

A. that included
B. which includes
C. including
D. some of which were
E. among them being

OA: C
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by pandeyvineet24 » Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:08 am
maihuna wrote:United States Senator Daniel Inouye was appointed to several posts within the Democratic party during his first term, that included assistant majority whip and vice-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee.

A. that included - > "that" starts a relative modifier clause, since its nearest to first term, the clause starting with "that" seems to modify "first term", where as it should modify "Posts"
B. which includes - > same as A.
C. including
D. some of which were -> Run on sentence, 2 independent clauses joined by comma
E. among them being ->awkward

OA: C
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by CookieNet » Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:35 am
pandeyvineet24 wrote:
maihuna wrote:United States Senator Daniel Inouye was appointed to several posts within the Democratic party during his first term, that included assistant majority whip and vice-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee.

A. that included - > "that" starts a relative modifier clause, since its nearest to first term, the clause starting with "that" seems to modify "first term", where as it should modify "Posts"
B. which includes - > same as A.
C. including
D. some of which were -> Run on sentence, 2 independent clauses joined by comma
E. among them being ->awkward

OA: C
According to MGMAT, D is not run on sentence. some of which = which. They are used in the same way.

Actually, as some of which and which are grammartically used in the same way, it seems to modify his first term instead of posts. This suggests the incorrect meaning.
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by thephoenix » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:10 am
maihuna wrote:United States Senator Daniel Inouye was appointed to several posts within the Democratic party during his first term, that included assistant majority whip and vice-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee.

A. that included
B. which includes
C. including
D. some of which were
E. among them being

OA: C
sme tips from the GMAT point of view

comma that is almost not accepted in GMAT
comma which always modify nearest eligible noun
A and B out
D some of which is an adjective phrase and therfore modifies nearest noun firm .......not intended by s/c
E among them being........... does not carry any verb hence s/c becomes awkward

C it is
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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:38 am
A and B modify team , which is not what we are looking for . ELIMINATE

C - Correct

D - awkward and wordy. we got better answer options here . why go for D instead ?

E- awkward . being - almost always wrong in GMAT

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by mohit11 » Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:56 am
thephoenix wrote:
maihuna wrote:United States Senator Daniel Inouye was appointed to several posts within the Democratic party during his first term, that included assistant majority whip and vice-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee.

A. that included
B. which includes
C. including
D. some of which were
E. among them being

OA: C
sme tips from the GMAT point of view

comma that is almost not accepted in GMAT
comma which always modify nearest eligible noun
A and B out
D some of which is an adjective phrase and therfore modifies nearest noun firm .......not intended by s/c
E among them being........... does not carry any verb hence s/c becomes awkward

C it is
Just to add to the amazing pointers given by thephoenix, a participle is the most succinct way to introduce a modifier.
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by [email protected] » Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:19 am
I had a doubt here.

the 2 positions after comma should ideally modify posts. With the use of comma + including it is modifying the entire previous clause?

This modifier nether answers the how they were appointed not does it express the result of being appointed tpo several posts. So, how is comma + including correct.

Please explain?
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