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rahulg83: Legendary Member; Posts: 575; Joined: Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:58 am; Location: India; Thanked: 18 times; Followed by:4 members; GMAT Score:710

only partially are so

by rahulg83 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:27 am

Though the remains of some of the oldest hominid specimens have almost turned to stone as molecules of minerals have saturated to bone, most are not mineralized, only partially are so.

A) only partially are so
B) only in part
C) only partially
D) or only in part
E) or are only partially so

OA E...anyone explain why so?

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Re: only partially are so

by Vemuri » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:37 am

rahulg83 wrote:Though the remains of some of the oldest hominid specimens have almost turned to stone as molecules of minerals have saturated to bone, most are not mineralized, only partially are so.

A) only partially are so
B) only in part
C) only partially
D) or only in part
E) or are only partially so

OA E...anyone explain why so?

I am not sure I understand the sentence to fix the issue

I am equally curious to know why E is the correct answer.

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by scoobydooby » Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:18 am

B, C, and D are out as we need the "are" to maintain parallelism

E makes more sense than A: most are not mineralized or are only partially mineralized. partially must precede mineralized as it qualitfies how much is mineralized. "so" stands for mineralized

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Re: only partially are so

by aj5105 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:34 am

(most are not mineralized)is parallel with(or are only partially so)

The verb 'are' appears right after or. Partially is an adverb here.

CMII'mW.

rahulg83 wrote:Though the remains of some of the oldest hominid specimens have almost turned to stone as molecules of minerals have saturated to bone, most are not mineralized, only partially are so.

A) only partially are so
B) only in part
C) only partially
D) or only in part
E) or are only partially so

OA E...anyone explain why so?