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by force5 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:36 am
An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out the same year as the first of the charter schools were opened, revealed that the school board was opposed to the public financing of these schools.

(A)An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out the same year as the first of the charter schools were opened
(B) An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out in the same year of the opening of the first charter school,
(C) An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out in the same year that the first charter school was opened.
(D) the superintendent of schools sent an email in the same year as the first of the charter schools that
(E) the superintendent of schools sent a letter in the same year of the opening as the first of the charter schools that
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by AIM GMAT » Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:47 am
IMO B .

Whats the source and OA ?
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by HSPA » Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:47 am
that revealed that is redundant (A/B/C) An email sent out in the same year as the first charter school was opened revelaed..

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by gig92 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:58 am
force5 wrote:An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out the same year as the first of the charter schools were opened, revealed that the school board was opposed to the public financing of these schools.

(A)An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out the same year as the first of the charter schools were opened
(B) An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out in the same year of the opening of the first charter school,
(C) An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out in the same year that the first charter school was opened.
(D) the superintendent of schools sent an email in the same year as the first of the charter schools that
(E) the superintendent of schools sent a letter in the same year of the opening as the first of the charter schools that
In Option A, in the adverbial phrase "sent out ... the first of the charter schools" conveys a singular subject. Therefore, "were" is wrongly used.
B contains "roaming" prepositional phrase, hence "clumsy".
D, E mismatch the main subject and main verb.

IMO: C
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by ram2 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:40 am
IMO B
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by atulmangal » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:51 am
IMO B

Op D and E changes the subject of the sentence from email to superintendent...this creates a confusion and distorts the meaning because in that case the non-underlined portion revealed creates confusion...who revealed??? superintendent...which is wrong...it has to email..

Op C...the use of fullish stop after the underlined portion is wrong as the preceding clause is not a complete sentence.

B/W A and B...In OP A..."first of the charter schools were opened"..this expression is passive and wordy and awkward...while in Op B..." the opening of the first charter school,"...this expression is clear and concise

Hence B
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:28 am
yup i would also go with B because in C full stop shouldnt have been there............in case if the full stop is not there then i would prefer C over B.............
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by atulmangal » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:32 am
aspirant2011 wrote:yup i would also go with B because in C full stop shouldnt have been there............in case if the full stop is not there then i would prefer C over B.............
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Don't u think in Op C even if there is no fullish stop....
"sent out in the same year that the first charter school was opened. "

the use of THAT after year is wrong...i mean instead of that i think when should be used...THAT doesn't seems correct...please justify this point??? and moreover it still remains a passive construction unlike B..

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by aspirant2011 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:41 am
in my opinion usage of "that" in C is correct because "that" refers to the year and by the usage of "that" sentence is meaning in the same year first charter school was opened ...............passive construction in C though i can agree...............please correct me if i am wrong
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by atulmangal » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:23 am
aspirant2011 wrote:in my opinion usage of "that" in C is correct because "that" refers to the year and by the usage of "that" sentence is meaning in the same year first charter school was opened ...............passive construction in C though i can agree...............please correct me if i am wrong
I'm sorry as m not sure about the use of THAT is correct...can't say anything confidently..still feel WHEN should be used..
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by jaygirl001 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:01 pm
so what is the OA?

I go for C

" that the first charter school was opened" seems more concise than "of the opening of the first charter school"
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by atulmangal » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:39 pm
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can u please reveal the OA and the OE too if u have???

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by force5 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:18 pm
Guys the OA is C

however i was unable to rule out B...(which i still am..)

source is Kaplan. They have not given any reasonable explanation. As per them- B is awkward...which i fail to understand.
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by atulmangal » Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:52 pm
@ force

Please PM some expert so that we get some clarity, the issue is Op B seems awkward but in terms of conveying meaning i find it clear and if awkwardness or clarity is the real issue than even Op C which uses a passive construction is suspicious...so need to know what is exactly wrong with the OP B...

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by gig92 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:41 pm
gig92 wrote:
force5 wrote:An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out the same year as the first of the charter schools were opened, revealed that the school board was opposed to the public financing of these schools.

(A)An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out the same year as the first of the charter schools were opened
(B) An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out in the same year of the opening of the first charter school,
(C) An email by the superintendent of schools, sent out in the same year that the first charter school was opened.
(D) the superintendent of schools sent an email in the same year as the first of the charter schools that
(E) the superintendent of schools sent a letter in the same year of the opening as the first of the charter schools that
In Option A, in the adverbial phrase "sent out ... the first of the charter schools" conveys a singular subject. Therefore, "were" is wrongly used.
B contains "roaming" prepositional phrase, hence "clumsy". Here you need to ask yourself "which year..?" -- the answer is "the year that the first charter..."; the year, which is noun, is described by the "adjectivial phrase in C" which follows it. THIS is not the case in B where "of the opening of the first charter school" is an adverbial phrase (in my opinion). An Adverb (or adverbial phrase) CANNOT describe a noun/pronoun.

D, E mismatch the main subject and main verb.

IMO: C
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