Sentence Correction

shilpi84 wrote:I still do not get why D is wrong!

IMO because D creates a run on sentence...

"have" is verb but "with" is not a verb.

so D joins two totally independent clauses with just comma....i.e. creates a run-on sentence.

yashanth.ponnanna wrote:"A" should be it. "E" is wrong because "which have" could refer to the republic of phillipines or to the islands. The verb does not make a specific reference to a noun.

due to which the clause clearly refers to immediately preceding noun i.e. islands.

I am still not able to understand properly what is wrong with "E"...

Can someone please help...

Friends,

I am bit confused with the pronoun reference here. Please help me to understand.

After the comma:

(1) two of them - Them refers to islands ( that's why them is plural)
(2) its area - Its refer to republic of Philippines

Am I correct here?

viju9162 wrote:Friends,

I am bit confused with the pronoun reference here. Please help me to understand.

After the comma:

(1) two of them - Them refers to islands ( that's why them is plural)
(2) its area - Its refer to republic of Philippines

Am I correct here?

IMO Yes.

goelmohit2002 wrote:Hi All,

In the below question, OA is[spoiler] "A"[/spoiler]. Although OA looks to be best, but can some one please help me understand what is the reasosn for kicking out "E" ?

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The republic of Philippines encompasses more than seven thousand islands, two of them with two thirds of its area.

A) two of them with two thirds of its area
B) two thirds of their area being in two of them
C) and its area is two thirds in two islands
D) two of them have two thirds of its area
E) which have two thirds of its area in two of them

Kindly post ur query after the question as it gives a hint to the correct answer choice and reduces the effectiveness..
Now, here i think D should be the correct answer coz IMO A does not clearly indicates that those 2 islands contain two-third of its area..
I don't feel that i should think of logic that "have" means to get or eat or to possess... such as, i have my own base ball kit or I have an ice-cream this afternoon. But even with this logic, i think D is best..
Please lemme know if i misunderstood something..
Please post OE for this question if possible and lemme know the source of this problem..

As I mentioned in the original post...the OA is "A".

OA is A . here is special apposition. this happen in OG10, in the sentence "chinese character, each letter a picture"

E is wrong because

which can not refer to the country for agreement of "have"

which can not refer to island because it is not logic to do so.

any questions, pls, tell me

goelmohit2002 wrote:As I mentioned in the original post...the OA is "A".

I would like to have Official Explanation if possible coz i think here we should look for run-on sentences as well in selecting the right choice. I just wanna confirm whether i am correct about using run-on sentence concept here..

Difference b/w A&D...
anybody???

necromancer_678 wrote:Difference b/w A&D...
anybody???

IMO that is explained in the above thread itself....