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by shrutib » Wed May 30, 2012 10:08 am
.<Needless to say the coach expects an one-hundred-and-twenty percent effort from each of the players in today's game which determined the championship.>

A) Needless to say the coach expects an one-hundred-and-twenty percent effort from each of the players in today's game which determined the championship.

B) The coach expects an one-hundred-and-twenty percent effort from each of the players in today's game which determined the championship.

C) The coach expects a total effort from each of the players in today's championship game.

D) The coach expects a one-hundred-and-twenty percent effort from each of the players in today's game which determined the championship.

E) Needless to say the coach expects a total effort from each of the players in today's championship
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Wed May 30, 2012 10:31 am
A) Subtle issue but easy to spot -- should be 'A' one-hundred.... no "AN"
B) Same issue
C) CORRECT
D) There should be a comma after game -- the stuff after is a non-essential clause
E) Needless to say should have a comma after it.

Honestly, this does not feel like a typical GMAT question with these subtle grammar issues (or there are some typos); however, it is useful to think in about the the structure of the modifiers in D and E for identifying errors in other questions.
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by dhonu121 » Wed May 30, 2012 10:36 am
Tense preservation leaves only C and E as the correct answer choice.
In E, Needless to say is unwanted.
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by shrutib » Wed May 30, 2012 12:25 pm
Hi!!

I was also stuck between C and E. I just wanted to know whether "needless to say" always unnecessary. Or as Jim mentioned, it should be followed by a comma. Can we expect this type in real GMAT?

Thanks for you both for your time.
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