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by uptowngirl92 » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:24 pm
Most North Carolina ski resorts broadcast music onto the slopes; skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are no slopes without music.

(A) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
(B) because skiers can choose hard rock, soft pop, or "beautiful music," there are
(C) however, skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music," and
(D) although skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
(E) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music" slopes, but
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by tom4lax » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:52 pm
I would go with D.
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Re: ski resorts broadcast music

by umaa » Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:31 pm
uptowngirl92 wrote:Most North Carolina ski resorts broadcast music onto the slopes; skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are no slopes without music.

(A) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
(B) because skiers can choose hard rock, soft pop, or "beautiful music," there are
(C) however, skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music," and
(D) although skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
(E) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music" slopes, but
IMO B.

A - There is no proper conjunction
C - parallelism. A,B,C and D. Here D is "no slopes without music"
D - Although is ambiguous
E - Conjunction problem
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by xcusemeplz2009 » Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:35 pm
IMO A
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by mehravikas » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:32 pm
IMO - A
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by siddarth » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:06 pm
IMO-A.

i would choose between A & D, however, the use of 'although' in D does not make sense.
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by rish » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:48 am
IMO D

A isnt correct because there is no conjunction , needed to join the clause 'there are..'
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by mruzeful » Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:21 am
IMO C
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by bharathh » Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:26 am
D

D makes more sense than A. D informs the reader that you can choose whatever music you prefer.. but you have to listen to one of them.

A doesn't imply that.
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by okigbo » Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:27 pm
OA?!?!?!
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by Shawshank » Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:21 am
IMO - D
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IMO D

by tweeks21 » Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:26 am
It makes the most sense in the overall meaning of the sentence and is grammatically correct as well.
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:57 am
in " there are" ... what is the antecedent of 'there' ? is it north Carolina ?\
IMO E.
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by scoobydooby » Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:09 am
am for E too

A and D: incorrect as they join two independant clauses with a comma

B. incorrect as "because" is not needed as no reason is given

C. incorrect as "however" is not needed. music played-people can choose=no contrast is intended
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by heshamelaziry » Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:13 am
OA Please
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