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by mundasingh123 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:29 am
This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships: of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.

A)of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.
of which number, 7 of the 15 are still, to date, in existence.
of the number 15, 7, to date, are still in existence.
to date of these 15, 7 are still in existence.
E)to date, 7 of the 15 are still in existence.
Can someone explain
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by BellTheGMAT » Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:34 am
wats the source of question??

The phrase after the colon should make sense. I guess E makes sense.

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by mundasingh123 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:42 am
BellTheGMAT wrote:wats the source of question??

The phrase after the colon should make sense. I guess E makes sense.
Source Gmatclub Test V02
isnt E a run on sentence .
Isnt to date 7 of the 17 are still in existence an independent sentence with a subject and verb
Thats a comma not a colon
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by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:01 am
IMO: E

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by gmatblood » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:02 am
mundasingh123 wrote:This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships: of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.

of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.
of which number, 7 of the 15 are still, to date, in existence.
of the number 15, 7, to date, are still in existence.
to date of these 15, 7 are still in existence.
to date, 7 of the 15 are still in existence.
Can someone explain
IMO: E

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by parul9 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:11 am
Is it A?

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by mundasingh123 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:15 am
No OA until i get an explanation .
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by parul9 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:22 am
This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.

A) of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.
B) of which number, 7 of the 15 are still, to date, in existence.
C) of the number 15, 7, to date, are still in existence.
D) to date of these 15, 7 are still in existence.
E) to date, 7 of the 15 are still in existence.
Can someone explain

My take:
I did not read A while finding the answer.
so, I start with B - "of which number" makes 15 the subject instead of townships. So its wrong.
C - This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,of the number 15... - doesn't dound right. I guess because again the emphasis is on 15 and not townships.
D - This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,to date of these 15,... - this might have made sense if had there been a full stop instead of a comma. But since there is a comma here, the parts seem disonected.
E - Similar reasoning as D.

So I read the sentence again. And as it did the first time I read it, it makes good sense now too.

Hope this helps.

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by mundasingh123 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:25 am
parul9 wrote:This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.

A) of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.
B) of which number, 7 of the 15 are still, to date, in existence.
C) of the number 15, 7, to date, are still in existence.
D) to date of these 15, 7 are still in existence.
E) to date, 7 of the 15 are still in existence.
Can someone explain

My take:
I did not read A while finding the answer.
so, I start with B - "of which number" makes 15 the subject instead of townships. So its wrong.
C - This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,of the number 15... - doesn't dound right. I guess because again the emphasis is on 15 and not townships.
D - This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,to date of these 15,... - this might have made sense if had there been a full stop instead of a comma. But since there is a comma here, the parts seem disonected.
E - Similar reasoning as D.

So I read the sentence again. And as it did the first time I read it, it makes good sense now too.

Hope this helps.
Thanks for the explanation But i should have told you . A is not the answer.
E is the OA .
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by parul9 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:27 am
Ahh crap!
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by parul9 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:33 am
Is there a colon or a comma in the original question?

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by mundasingh123 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:45 am
parul9 wrote:Is there a colon or a comma in the original question?
comma why is A incorrect
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by Proleefeek111 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:02 am
A difficult one!

B,C,D can be eliminated immediately.

The question that needs to be asked is what E has going for it that A doesn't ?

IMO it is the modifier 'to date' in A which makes the dependant clause without any reference. For e.g. if you read only the sentence "7 are still in existence" a natural enquiry would be 7 of what ?

This relationship is constructed effectively in E. '7 of those 15' sounds more convincing.

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by parul9 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:33 pm
Proleefeek111 wrote:A difficult one!

B,C,D can be eliminated immediately.

The question that needs to be asked is what E has going for it that A doesn't ?

IMO it is the modifier 'to date' in A which makes the dependant clause without any reference. For e.g. if you read only the sentence "7 are still in existence" a natural enquiry would be 7 of what ?

This relationship is constructed effectively in E. '7 of those 15' sounds more convincing.
Hi Proleefeek111,

The question has a comma and not a colon.
A also makes a reference to the dependent clause using "of which".
In fact, I find E very disconnected from the first part of the sentence.

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by aspirant2011 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:27 pm
Isn't it to date & are still in existence redundant?????

Also, in A of which refers to 15 new townships, I am not able to make out why A is wrong :(...... Expersts please help