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by j_shreyans » Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:20 pm
Although covered in about 11 inches of snow, aviation officials said that conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing was acceptable.

A) aviation officials said that conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing was acceptable

B) the runway conditions during the emergency landing were acceptable according to aviation officials

C)according to aviation officials, the runway was in acceptable condition during the time of the emergency landing

D) the runway was in acceptable condition during the emergency landing, according to aviation officials

E) aviation officials said that conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing were acceptable

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I just need to know the reason to eliminate option B
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by gauravpokhriyal » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:26 am
The dangling modifier in the question is pointing towards runway.So after comma, runway has to come

It is true for both B and D.But, B is not talking about runway rather it is talking about "runway conditions".
So we can eliminate B and we are left with answer D
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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:38 am
j_shreyans wrote:I just need to know the reason to eliminate option B
B: Although covered in about 11 inches of snow, the runway conditions
Here, covered seems to refer to runway conditions, implying that the CONDITIONS were COVERED in snow -- a nonsensical meaning.
Eliminate B.
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