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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:38 am
Most North Carolina ski resorts broadcast music onto the slopes; skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are no slopes without music.

(A) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
(B) because skiers can choose hard rock, soft pop, or "beautiful music," there are
(C) however, skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music," and
(D) although skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
(E) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music" slopes, but

Please explain this question in detail!
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by 1947 » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:49 am
D ....conveys the meaning that there is so much to choose from .....but still there is no slope with no music.....so D seems correct.
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by Nidhi4mba » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:58 am
Most North Carolina ski resorts broadcast music onto the slopes; skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are no slopes without music.

(A) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
(B) because skiers can choose hard rock, soft pop, or "beautiful music," there are
(C) however, skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music," and
(D) although skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
(E) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music" slopes, but

I feel the answer should be A. There was a close call between A & E, but A wins.. In all the other sentences other than A, there's a switch in the sentence( because in B, however in C, although in D & but in E) which is unwarranted. So, the answer should be a A.
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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:00 am
IMO: A as well, for the same reason given by Nidhi
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by Acorn » Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:36 am
Most North Carolina ski resorts broadcast music onto the slopes; skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are no slopes without music.

(A) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are

WRONG.. RUN-ON. TWO SENTENCES CONNECTED ONLY BY A COMMA. NEEDS COORDINATOR/SUBORDINATOR.
(B) because skiers can choose hard rock, soft pop, or "beautiful music," there are
WRONG...
(C) however, skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music," and
WRONG..ALTERS THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE.

(D) although skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
CORRECT
(E) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music" slopes, but

WRONG..USAGE OF .AMONG X,Y AND Z IS WRONG...
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by bblast » Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:52 am
forget the non underline part before the semicolon.
now look at D

(D) although skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are no slopes without music.

the part in gree above is a subordinate clause and the part in blue is an independant clause. A comma is correctly used to connect them both.

The correct answer would be D.

A is a run on as pointed above
B is technically correct with a subordinate and a main clause but we cannot put in a because relationship meaningwise here !!- {lotsa debate on meaning being tested on gmat these days}
C and no slopes without music ?? huh
E but no slopes without music does not make complete sense in the sentence.
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by mundasingh123 » Sat Sep 24, 2011 5:49 am
bblast wrote:forget the non underline part before the semicolon.
now look at D

(D) although skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are no slopes without music.

the part in gree above is a subordinate clause and the part in blue is an independant clause. A comma is correctly used to connect them both.

The correct answer would be D.

A is a run on as pointed above
B is technically correct with a subordinate and a main clause but we cannot put in a because relationship meaningwise here !!- {lotsa debate on meaning being tested on gmat these days}
C and no slopes without music ?? huh
E but no slopes without music does not make complete sense in the sentence.
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by k.pankaj.r » Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:00 am
Acorn wrote:Most North Carolina ski resorts broadcast music onto the slopes; skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are no slopes without music.

(A) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are

WRONG.. RUN-ON. TWO SENTENCES CONNECTED ONLY BY A COMMA. NEEDS COORDINATOR/SUBORDINATOR.
(B) because skiers can choose hard rock, soft pop, or "beautiful music," there are
WRONG...
(C) however, skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music," and
WRONG..ALTERS THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE.

(D) although skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
CORRECT
(E) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music" slopes, but

WRONG..USAGE OF .AMONG X,Y AND Z IS WRONG...
PLz correct me if I am wrong but in A the clauses are separated by semi colon sign.
isn't it sufficent for run on clauses?

also, oter choices are conditional..using because, although,but, however...
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by Acorn » Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:15 am
PLz correct me if I am wrong but in A the clauses are separated by semi colon sign.
isn't it sufficent for run on clauses?

also, oter choices are conditional..using because, although,but, however...

(A) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are

WRONG.. RUN-ON. TWO SENTENCES CONNECTED ONLY BY A COMMA. NEEDS COORDINATOR/SUBORDINATOR.

Sorry for the error. I meant the second part of the sentence after semi-colon has two sentences..ie
Skiers can choose.....slopes,
There are....music.
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:08 pm
I think it the more common usage would be "between" rather than "among" for all answer choices ("between" only being used for two things is an incorrect oversimplification).
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