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by Chaitanya_1986 » Wed May 11, 2011 10:47 am
The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is the migration of motorists from passenger cars to minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups.
(A) The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is
(B) Of the trends the auto industry experienced in the last 50 years has been one of the most significant,
(C) In the last 50 years, one of the most significant trends that the auto industry has been experiencing has been
(D) One of the most significant trends that the auto industry has experienced in the last 50 years is
(E) In the last 50 years, the auto industry experienced one of the most significant trends that it has had, that of

OA is D

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I have a doubt regarding the usage of this structure......In the last 50 years-- this type of clause will be coming some times in middle of a sentence.... and sometimes at the end of the sentence.....is there any pattern for this???? else this is purely structure based on question given????
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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed May 11, 2011 12:06 pm
Chaitanya_1986 wrote: I have a doubt regarding the usage of this structure......In the last 50 years-- this type of clause will be coming some times in middle of a sentence.... and sometimes at the end of the sentence.....is there any pattern for this???? else this is purely structure based on question given????
this is an adverbial phrase of time. So it is flexible in its position but generally, you see it in the beginning in many standard writings.
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by itsmebharat » Tue May 24, 2011 2:33 am
(A) The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is
(B) Of the trends the auto industry experienced in the last 50 years has been one of the most significant, changes the whole meaning
(C) In the last 50 years, one of the most significant trends that the auto industry has been experiencing has been
wordy
(D) One of the most significant trends that the auto industry has experienced in the last 50 years is
(E) In the last 50 years, the auto industry experienced one of the most significant trends that it has had, that of
wordy

Understanding "that Vs which" will help you to solve such Q.
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by sameerballani » Tue May 24, 2011 3:59 am
Chaitanya_1986 wrote:The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is the migration of motorists from passenger cars to minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups.
(A) The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is
(B) Of the trends the auto industry experienced in the last 50 years has been one of the most significant,
(C) In the last 50 years, one of the most significant trends that the auto industry has been experiencing has been
(D) One of the most significant trends that the auto industry has experienced in the last 50 years is
(E) In the last 50 years, the auto industry experienced one of the most significant trends that it has had, that of

OA is D

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I have a doubt regarding the usage of this structure......In the last 50 years-- this type of clause will be coming some times in middle of a sentence.... and sometimes at the end of the sentence.....is there any pattern for this???? else this is purely structure based on question given????
A: which modifies 50 years and that is wrong.
B: has been doesn't seems right. Passive voice used
C: has been experiencing is awkward. Implies: it is still going on.. Passive voice used.
E: has had: awkward, that of : is used to create copy while comparing

D: Concise
One of the most significant trends that the auto industry has experienced in the last 50 years is the migration of motorists from passenger cars to minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups.
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