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by aspirant2011 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:57 pm
Part of the proposed increase in state education spending is due to higher enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown steadily since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, are at a record high.

(A) enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown steadily since the mid 1980's and, at nearly 47 million, are at

(B) enrollment, with a number of students in public schools growing steadily since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, reaching

(C) enrollment: since students in public schools have grown steadily in number since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, have reached

(D) enrollment: the number of students in public schools has grown steadily since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, has reached

(E) enrollment: students in public schools have grown steadily in number since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, are at

[spoiler]OA: Though I agree that correct answer is D but why is exactly C wrong????[/spoiler]
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by Frankenstein » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:18 pm
Hi,
What follows a colon should be either an explanation or list of examples for the preceding independent clause.
And C says students have grown steadily in number, students have reached a record high. This is incorrect.
It is actually the number of students that has grown steadily and the number has reached a record-high.
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:29 pm
Frankenstein wrote:Hi,
What follows a colon should be either an explanation or list of examples for the preceding independent clause.
And C says students have grown steadily in number, students have reached a record high. This is incorrect.
It is actually the number of students that has grown steadily and the number has reached a record-high.
Thanks Frankenstein for ur response,please clear my few more doubts

1. Is since also used for giving reasons????
2. Is the part preceding a colon a independent clause???? Because I was aware that part preceding & succeeding a semi colon is always an Independent clause.Does the same hold true for colon also???
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by Frankenstein » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:43 pm
Hi,
1. Is since also used for giving reasons????
I believe it can be used for giving reasons when it is used as sub-ordinating conjunction. That is the reason we cannot use this after colon in C. It can be used after comma to connect independent clause and another dependent clause.
2. Is the part preceding a colon a independent clause???? Because I was aware that part preceding & succeeding a semi colon is always an Independent clause.Does the same hold true for colon also???
The part preceding colon should definitely be an independent clause. The part after the colon can be either an explanatory clause or list of examples.

Would appreciate if an expert can confirm this.
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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:12 pm
Frankenstein wrote:Hi,
1. Is since also used for giving reasons????
I believe it can be used for giving reasons when it is used as sub-ordinating conjunction. That is the reason we cannot use this after colon in C. It can be used after comma to connect independent clause and another dependent clause.
"since" definitely can be used to connect two clauses with a cause and effect relationship. Since I have grown 10 kilos in the last year, I started a diet.

In fact, that is the problem with C: the 'since' after the colon creates an expectation for a later clause that doesn't actually come up.

Since students have grown in number, and have achieved a record high... what? What happened because of this?
2. Is the part preceding a colon a independent clause???? Because I was aware that part preceding & succeeding a semi colon is always an Independent clause.Does the same hold true for colon also???
The part preceding colon should definitely be an independent clause. The part after the colon can be either an explanatory clause or list of examples.

Would appreciate if an expert can confirm this.
sounds about right.
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by tanviet » Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:19 pm
Expert, pls, help
why B is wrong?

In addition, Pls, explain, the use of "with phrase" or more generally , the use of prepositional phrase

I think that "with phrase" can be a adjectival and a adverbial but do not know how to realize these functions. pls, help.
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by GmatKiss » Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:25 am
duongthang wrote:Expert, pls, help
why B is wrong?

In addition, Pls, explain, the use of "with phrase" or more generally , the use of prepositional phrase

I think that "with phrase" can be a adjectival and a adverbial but do not know how to realize these functions. pls, help.
(B) enrollment, with a number of students in public schools growing steadily since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, reaching

For me, with [a] number looks ambiguous in B
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by sahilchaudhary » Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:22 am
Hello,

There are 2 problems with B

1. adverbial clause "with....." incorrectly modifies " spending is"... does not make sense

2. a number of students .. growing... - Students are not growing, "the number of students is" is correct
tanviet wrote:Expert, pls, help
why B is wrong?

In addition, Pls, explain, the use of "with phrase" or more generally , the use of prepositional phrase

I think that "with phrase" can be a adjectival and a adverbial but do not know how to realize these functions. pls, help.
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