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bupbebeo: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 134; Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:08 am; Thanked: 3 times

please answer with explanation

by bupbebeo » Fri May 07, 2010 9:07 pm

That which is self-evident cannot be disputed, and that in itself is self-evident.

a. That which is self-evident cannot be disputed, and that in

b. That that is self-evident cannot be disputed, of which

c. It is self-evident that which cannot be disputed, and this fact

d. The self-evident cannot be disputed, and this fact

e. That which is self-evident cannot be disputed, a fact which

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by rockeyb » Fri May 07, 2010 9:29 pm

bupbebeo wrote:That which is self-evident cannot be disputed, and that in itself is self-evident.

a. That which is self-evident cannot be disputed, and that in

b. That that is self-evident cannot be disputed, of which

c. It is self-evident that which cannot be disputed, and this fact

d. The self-evident cannot be disputed, and this fact

e. That which is self-evident cannot be disputed, a fact which

WHICH needs to be preceded by a comma and the only exception is when we use a preposition before WHICH .

Ex : The book, which is on the table , is a good book.

Ex : This is the only case in which I disagree .

So we can straightaway eliminate E , C and A .

Of the remaining choices B and D I would choose D .

In B That that - --- is unidiomatic and we would also need a comma between the two that .

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by loveusonu » Fri May 07, 2010 9:49 pm

bupbebeo wrote:That which is self-evident cannot be disputed, and that in itself is self-evident.

a. That which is self-evident cannot be disputed, and that in
b. That that is self-evident cannot be disputed, of which
c. It is self-evident that which cannot be disputed, and this fact
d. The self-evident cannot be disputed, and this fact
e. That which is self-evident cannot be disputed, a fact which

IMO: D
In the sentence "That which is self-evident cannot be disputed, and that in"
highlighted 'that' seems to refer the completeprevious clause, which can't be done by any pronoun.

You need word like "this fact" or "a finding" to modify the previous clause. Hence A/B are gone.

Error in A\C : which should always be preceded by comma in GMATLAND(some exceptions eg. "of which" , "in which")

Hence it should be D

Hope that helps!!

Sonu
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