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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue May 25, 2010 10:13 am
Art experts have attributed the enduring intrigue of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to everything from having an enigmatic smile, which was never explained, to her association with the rich and powerful families of Europe.

having an enigmatic smile, which was never explained
having an enigmatic smile, which has never been explained
her enigmatic smile, for which there has never been an explanation
her enigmatic smile, which has never been explained
having an enigmatic smile, for which there has never been an explanation
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue May 25, 2010 10:16 am
The only two viable options are C and D.

The idiom is "From X to Y"

You must maintain parallelism within this idiom. Therefore, since "her" begins the phrase right after "to", "her" needs to begin the phrase right after "From". I would choose C, because in choice D, I don't think "which" is only modifying smile, it appears to be attempting to modify that entire phrase, and that is beyond the scope of how you can use which as a modifier. Choose C.
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by money9111 » Tue May 25, 2010 10:21 am
I choose D OA please
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue May 25, 2010 10:24 am
Could you post the OA when you get a chance?
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by thephoenix » Tue May 25, 2010 8:08 pm
it has to be b/n C and D
in C for which there has been looks wordier to me
and IMO the intended meaning is " there is no explanation for smile " so in D which is refering correctly to smile
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue May 25, 2010 8:20 pm
congrats those who have choosen D. The OA is D only

but money91111 bro u have not given any reasons for your answer. please atleast give one sentence what make u think to choose D. so that i can also learn how to choose correct answer.

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by paes » Tue May 25, 2010 9:46 pm
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:congrats those who have choosen D. The OA is D only

but money91111 bro u have not given any reasons for your answer. please atleast give one sentence what make u think to choose D. so that i can also learn how to choose correct answer.

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IDIOM ' from X to Y'
so only C or D possible
C : passive, awkward, long
D: concise and clear
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by aagar2003 » Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:27 am
Between C and D, I choose C.
I am confused between what dependent clause refering to versus which refering to closest noun.
In D, which clearly refers to Smile but an unexplained smile was not making any sense.
However, in C "for which there has never been an explanation" seems to refer to "HER ENIGMATIC smaile". I was thinking in the lines for explanation has to be for sth. It is her peculiar smile - "HER ENIGMATIC" that I was more interested in. Can somebody please explain where my understranding is going off the track?
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by mdavidm_531 » Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:52 am
Art experts have attributed the enduring intrigue of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to everything from having an enigmatic smile, which was never explained, to her association with the rich and powerful families of Europe.

having an enigmatic smile, which was never explained
having an enigmatic smile, which has never been explained
her enigmatic smile, for which there has never been an explanation
her enigmatic smile, which has never been explained
having an enigmatic smile, for which there has never been an explanation

First step: Idiom - From X to Y where X and Y should be parallel elements. Element Y is "to her association with the rich and powerful families of Europe." Looking for the same construction, this yields a 3-2 split:
having an enigmatic smile, which was never explained
having an enigmatic smile, which has never been explained
her enigmatic smile, for which there has never been an explanation
her enigmatic smile, which has never been explained
having an enigmatic smile, for which there has never been an explanation

Second step: Concision
her enigmatic smile, for which there has never been an explanation
her enigmatic smile, which has never been explained
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by aagar2003 » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:32 am
mdavidm_531 wrote: Second step: Concision
her enigmatic smile, for which there has never been an explanation
her enigmatic smile, which has never been explained
As I mentioned before, Between C and D, I choose C.
I am confused between what dependent clause refering to versus which refering to closest noun.
In D, which clearly refers to Smile but an unexplained smile was not making any sense.
However, in C "for which there has never been an explanation" seems to refer to "HER ENIGMATIC smile". I was thinking in the lines for explanation has to be for sth. It is her peculiar smile - "HER ENIGMATIC" that I was more interested in. Can somebody please explain where my understranding is going off the track?
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by mankey » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:03 am
My answer is C. Please provide OA.

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by GmatKiss » Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:00 pm
OA is D
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by mankey » Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:16 pm
Even I meant D, sorry for the typo there!

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by gmatblood » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:40 am
Is it not C?
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by gunjan1208 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:24 pm
Hi Money9111,

We are waiting for your answer. I could zero in for C & D but chose D for follwing reasona:
A: Its concise
B:,which is correct - It refers to the the noun preceding it.

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