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by solitaryreaper » Tue Nov 01, 2016 5:26 am
Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.

A.Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
B.Three most prominent record companies of all the ones that were involved in early jazz were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
C.Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were, of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three of them that were most prominent.
D.Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were three most prominent of all the record companies involved in early jazz.
E.Out of all the record companies that were involved in early jazz, three of them that were the most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.

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I'm having a hard time digesting why A (which is the OA) is a better option than D(which looks grammatically sound)?
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Nov 02, 2016 2:31 am
solitaryreaper wrote:Hi Mitch and other experts !

I'm having a hard time digesting why A (which is the OA) is a better option than D(which looks grammatically sound)?
Need some help here.

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Ellipsis is the omission of words whose presence is implied.
Generally, only words that appear EARLIER IN THE SENTENCE may be omitted.

A: Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent [?] were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
Here, it's crystal clear that the bracketed portion refers to the phrase in blue, which appears EARLIER IN THE SENTENCE:
Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent [record companies] were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
This usage of ellipsis is correct, since the implied phrase in brackets appears earlier in the sentence.

D: Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were three most prominent [?] of all the record companies.
Here, it is NOT crystal clear what words are implied within the brackets, since no eligible phrase appears earlier in the sentence.
Thus, this usage of ellipsis is not viable.
Eliminate D.

An idiomatic reason to eliminate D:

SUPERLATIVES are modifiers that express the greatest degree of a quality:
best, strongest, most popular, etc.
Generally, a phrase that refers to superlative members of a group must be preceded by the.
Mary is THE BEST PLAYER on the team.
John is one of THE STRONGEST BOYS in school.
THE TWO MOST POPULAR FLAVORS are vanilla and chocolate.

D: Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were three most prominent.
Here, the superlative in red is NOT preceded by the.
Eliminate D.
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by solitaryreaper » Wed Nov 02, 2016 2:48 am
Ellipsis is the omission of words whose presence is implied.
Generally, only words that appear EARLIER IN THE SENTENCE may be omitted.

A: Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent [?] were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
Here, it's crystal clear that the bracketed portion refers to the phrase in blue, which appears EARLIER IN THE SENTENCE:
Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent [record companies] were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
This usage of ellipsis is correct, since the implied phrase in brackets appears earlier in the sentence.

D: Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were three most prominent [?] of all the record companies.
Here, it is NOT crystal clear what words are implied within the brackets, since no eligible phrase appears earlier in the sentence.
Thus, this usage of ellipsis is not viable.
Eliminate D.

Hi Mitch
thanks for the prompt reply.

Just want to cement my understanding - can ellipsis be also legitimate if the phrase appears later in a sentence and it's presence is implied earlier in the sentence?

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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Nov 02, 2016 2:51 am
solitaryreaper wrote:Hi Mitch
thanks for the prompt reply.

Just want to cement my understanding - can ellipsis be also legitimate if the phrase appears later in a sentence and it's presence is implied earlier in the sentence?

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No.
Words that are omitted but implied must appear in the sentence BEFORE the point of omission.
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by solitaryreaper » Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:46 am
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No.
Words that are omitted but implied must appear in the sentence BEFORE the point of omission.

Thanks for the confirmation Mitch.
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by solitaryreaper » Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:47 am
No.
Words that are omitted but implied must appear in the sentence BEFORE the point of omission.
Thanks for the confirmation Mitch.
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