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by ov25 » Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:51 pm
The uniformized set of characters, which some historians date in the late Qing dynasty, was the key to the sustainability and prosperity of the Chinese culture over thousands of years.

a) The uniformized set of characters, which some historians date
b) The uniformized set of characters, which some historians have thought to occur
c) Uniformizing the set of characters, dated by some historians at
d) The uniformized set of characters, thought by some historians to have occurred
e) The set of characters' uniformization, dated by historians to have been

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OA D[/spoiler]
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by beat_gmat_09 » Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:47 pm
I'll go with D
which and at is incorrect in A,B,C. E is awkward.
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by anshumishra » Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:40 am
D.

Historians didn't date the uniformized set of characters itself , but the time when the characters became uniformized i.e. "the uniformization of the characters".
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by prachich1987 » Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:21 am
ov25 wrote:The uniformized set of characters, which some historians date in the late Qing dynasty, was the key to the sustainability and prosperity of the Chinese culture over thousands of years.

a) The uniformized set of characters, which some historians date
b) The uniformized set of characters, which some historians have thought to occur
c) Uniformizing the set of characters, dated by some historians at
d) The uniformized set of characters, thought by some historians to have occurred
e) The set of characters' uniformization, dated by historians to have been

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I am finding all options weird.
I would go for D
what is OA?
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by tomada » Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:41 am
IMO A.
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by kapur.arnav » Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:45 am
ov25 wrote:The uniformized set of characters, which some historians date in the late Qing dynasty, was the key to the sustainability and prosperity of the Chinese culture over thousands of years.

a) The uniformized set of characters, which some historians date
b) The uniformized set of characters, which some historians have thought to occur
c) Uniformizing the set of characters, dated by some historians at
d) The uniformized set of characters, thought by some historians to have occurred
e) The set of characters' uniformization, dated by historians to have been

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D....
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by pesfunk » Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:14 pm
Option D uses the word "occurred". Is "The uniformized set of characters" an event ?
ov25 wrote:The uniformized set of characters, which some historians date in the late Qing dynasty, was the key to the sustainability and prosperity of the Chinese culture over thousands of years.

a) The uniformized set of characters, which some historians date
b) The uniformized set of characters, which some historians have thought to occur
c) Uniformizing the set of characters, dated by some historians at
d) The uniformized set of characters, thought by some historians to have occurred
e) The set of characters' uniformization, dated by historians to have been

Please discuss...

OA D[/spoiler]
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:04 am
I would also go with D............
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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:41 am
ov25 wrote:The uniformized set of characters, which some historians date in the late Qing dynasty, was the key to the sustainability and prosperity of the Chinese culture over thousands of years.

a) The uniformized set of characters, which some historians date
b) The uniformized set of characters, which some historians have thought to occur
c) Uniformizing the set of characters, dated by some historians at
d) The uniformized set of characters, thought by some historians to have occurred
e) The set of characters' uniformization, dated by historians to have been

Please discuss...

OA D[/spoiler]
Something is 'off' with this question: I strongly disbelieve that D is the OA, as the uniformized set cannot logically occur: The action of uniforming the set can occur at a certain date, but the set does not occur by itself.

The same logical problem (a set occurring) can be used to eliminate B.

I am also unclear as to whether the preposition "in" is included in the underlined part or not, as it's not included in answer choice A. If the "in" is part of the underlined part, then the answer is C - it's not perfect, as there is some confusion what is dated (the uniformizing, or the set itself), but "dated at" is a better idiom than "dated in". If we say that the historians dated X in the Qing dynasty, we are implying that the historians themselves lived in the [time of the] Qing dynasty, and did the dating then - which is illogical.
If the underlined part does not include the "in", then C is eliminated because of a double preposition "at in", but it's highly un-GMAT. In this case, E is the only answer choice that somehow works, with the "uniformization' as the subject that is dated to have been in the Qing dynasty.
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