Sentence Correction

We who graduated from high school in the Unites States in the early ’60s were caught in the middle of the crisis in education created by the Soviet Union’s “Sputnik” success.
A. We who graduated from high school in the United States in the early ’60s were
B. We, who graduated from high school in the United States in the early ’60s, were
C. We who then graduated high school in the United States in the early ’60s were
D. Those of us who then graduated from high school in the United States in the early ’60s were
E. We high school graduates who were in the United States in the early ’60s were

B it is

My pick is B too

B - restrictive clause is needed
C, D - use of them awk and changes meaning
E - changes the meaning

A - correct

Can you tell me what do you mean by a restrictive clause?

I picked B because the sentence reads clearly

we were caught in the middle of the crisis in education created by the Soviet Union’s “Sputnik” success

with out the middle phrase

On second thoughts you may be correct. B does change the meaning of the sentence by not restricting the definition of "We"

chidcguy wrote:Can you tell me what do you mean by a restrictive clause?

I picked B because the sentence reads clearly

we were caught in the middle of the crisis in education created by the Soviet Union’s “Sputnik” success

with out the middle phrase

A restrtive clause (or phrase) is information that is necessary to understand the sentence. Most commonly, the GMAT uses "that" to begin a restrictive phrase.

A non-restrictive phrase is "bonus" information that's not necessary to understand the sentence. Most commonly, the GMAT uses "which" to begin a non-restrictive phrase, which will appear between commas.

Here are two examples:

"Law 461, which governs gun control, is up for review."

We already know that we're talking about Law 461, so "which governs gun control" is just bonus description - non-restrictive.

"The law that governs gun control is up for review."

Well, "the law" doesn't tell us enough to understand what the author is discussing. So, "governs gun control" is necessary to understand the sentence - restrictive.

in B) We, who graduated from high school in the United States in the early ’60s, were caught....

if we remove "who graduated from high school in the United States in the early ’60s"..the sentence still makes a sense.

We were caught...

what is the OA

Stuart - can you pls comment what is correct answer in your opinion

sanjaylakhani wrote:what is the OA

Stuart - can you pls comment what is correct answer in your opinion

I'd go with the original ("A").

The information after "we" is essential to understanding who "we" are, i.e. it's restrictive, and belongs in the main part of the sentence.

(D) would be fine except for the "then" before "graduated".

OA is A.Thanks

sorry to reopen the thread, after quite a while.
This question appeared in the BTG practice questions.

well...

I chose B.

We who graduated from the high schools in the United States in the early 60s were

doesn't this "the" seem to stress on the schools of US in the early 60s, a special class of schools which were caught in the middle of the Soviet Union's "Sputnik" success ?


What would you have chosen A or a new choice F? (B without commas)

We who graduated from high school in the United States in the early '60s were

I think they revised the question to drop the "the" in front of high school so there is no longer an issue regarding the "the".

chendawg wrote:I think they revised the question to drop the "the" in front of high school so there is no longer an issue regarding the "the".

Chendawg thanks for the update!! u rock!!

Where is "the" in front of high school?

I went for D.

We who...sounds a bit awkward.