moneyman wrote:PLs explain
IMO D
B and C incorrect modifer which and expended for is not idiomatic
A expended for
D -accounted for is rigt and parallelism of verbs
E- akward, that is not needed, creation of is awkward
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iamcste
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IMO D
B and C incorrect modifer which and expended for is not idiomatic
A expended for
D -accounted for is rigt and parallelism of verbs
E- akward, that is not needed, creation of is awkward
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IMO D
A B C - Passive voice "was expended"
E uses that for temples which is wrong.
We are left with D
A B C - Passive voice "was expended"
E uses that for temples which is wrong.
We are left with D
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I disagree with D
It is very awkward.
I go with B.
much of the local artisans’ creative energy was expended on the creation of Buddha images and on construction and decoration of the temples in which they were enshrined
It is very awkward.
I go with B.
much of the local artisans’ creative energy was expended on the creation of Buddha images and on construction and decoration of the temples in which they were enshrined
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A. IS passive and them does not have clear referrent
B. and C they does not have clear referrent
D. Parallel and "them" refers to images of buddha
Temples enshrining them clearly refers to Buddha images. Hence Correct.
E. same as A
B. and C they does not have clear referrent
D. Parallel and "them" refers to images of buddha
Temples enshrining them clearly refers to Buddha images. Hence Correct.
E. same as A
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B undoubtedly has its own issues as D
Pls check here
https://www.beatthegmat.com/help-please- ... t9245.html
Excerpt is
Pls check here
https://www.beatthegmat.com/help-please- ... t9245.html
Excerpt is
lunarpower wrote:
In ancient Thailand, much of the local artisans’ creative energy was expended for the creation of Buddha images and when they constructed and decorated the temples that enshrined them.
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B. much of the local artisans’ creative energy was expended on the creation of Buddha images and on construction and decoration of the temples in which they were enshrined
incidentally, this is not a well-written problem; it has 2 issues that wouldn't pass muster on an official test. viz.:
1) 'they' is technically ambiguous (although easy to resolve with 'common sense'), a situation that the gmat would not tolerate. on the gmat, 'they' would undoubtedly be replaced by 'those images'.
2) in order to maintain parallelism (about which the gmat is downright religious in its zeal), you'd want to insert the between 'on' and 'construction'.
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I just read the same post.
I agree that B has issues and "they" is ambiguous. However, of the choices I feel B is the best available.
I am surprised this question was on gmat prep.
Iamcste, you did mention that you thought "which" was an incorrect modifier in choice B.
You can use "in which" to introduce a relative clause after a noun that refers to a place or time.
I agree that B has issues and "they" is ambiguous. However, of the choices I feel B is the best available.
I am surprised this question was on gmat prep.
Iamcste, you did mention that you thought "which" was an incorrect modifier in choice B.
You can use "in which" to introduce a relative clause after a noun that refers to a place or time.
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dmateer25 wrote:I just read the same post.
I agree that B has issues and "they" is ambiguous. However, of the choices I feel B is the best available.
I did not find abut this pronoun error in your explanations...and there are other issues as well which Ron mentioned
I am surprised this question was on gmat prep.
same here
Iamcste, you did mention that you thought "which" was an incorrect modifier in choice B.
You can use "in which" to introduce a relative clause after a noun that refers to a place or time.
Can you provide more info or source on this
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That is a quote by Stacey Koprince on the MGMAT forums.For the test, you can generally think of it as: use "in which" when you want to use "where" but it's not a physical location or "when" but it's not a time.
"in" is a preposition - you can put lots of different prepositions before which. So you use "in" when you mean either literally or metaphorically located within, or a part of.
"which" is a relative pronoun, so you use it to refer to some other noun elsewhere in the sentence.
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cool. danke. mercidmateer25 wrote:That is a quote by Stacey Koprince on the MGMAT forums.For the test, you can generally think of it as: use "in which" when you want to use "where" but it's not a physical location or "when" but it's not a time.
"in" is a preposition - you can put lots of different prepositions before which. So you use "in" when you mean either literally or metaphorically located within, or a part of.
"which" is a relative pronoun, so you use it to refer to some other noun elsewhere in the sentence.
I found Stacey's comments: https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/in- ... -t785.html
Her logic will make answer B wrong as the temple is a physical location. . So where should be used in this sentence.
Her logic does not contradict my logic:
the which clause is grammatically incorrect. The temples lack a qualifier in the front i.e. the sentence is not ... the old temples in which ... So the which clause is the only qualifier of the temples and so is restrictive. I found many sources on the net that say such a clause should start with that. So B & C are out as grammatically incorrect.
D & E are trying to express the idea that creation as well as construction and decoration accounted for the energy.
D uses this structure: A accounted for X, and also B and C
This seems grammatically incorrect to me.
E uses the structure: A accounted for X, as well as B and C.
E seems grammatically correct. It does use the unidiomatic creation of images. So I would stay with a grammatically correct but unidiomatic answer and choose E.
Her logic will make answer B wrong as the temple is a physical location. . So where should be used in this sentence.
Her logic does not contradict my logic:
the which clause is grammatically incorrect. The temples lack a qualifier in the front i.e. the sentence is not ... the old temples in which ... So the which clause is the only qualifier of the temples and so is restrictive. I found many sources on the net that say such a clause should start with that. So B & C are out as grammatically incorrect.
D & E are trying to express the idea that creation as well as construction and decoration accounted for the energy.
D uses this structure: A accounted for X, and also B and C
This seems grammatically incorrect to me.
E uses the structure: A accounted for X, as well as B and C.
E seems grammatically correct. It does use the unidiomatic creation of images. So I would stay with a grammatically correct but unidiomatic answer and choose E.
