BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

SC

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 199
Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:15 am
Location: India
Thanked: 13 times

SC

by gauravgundal » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:23 am
In her later poems,Phyllis Wheatley's bending of solar imagery,Judeo-Christian thought and figures ,and the images she borrowed from ancient classicisms suggesting her range and depth of influences,not the least of which is her african heritage

A.
B.borrowing images from ancient classicism,suggests

C.she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests

D.images borrowing from ancient classicism,suggests

E.images that she borrowed from ancient classicism,suggesting


plz answer the reason for ur selected answer..
The Source is GMATPREP
Last edited by gauravgundal on Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:20 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 87
Joined: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:12 am
Location: Secaucus, New Jersey
Thanked: 3 times
Followed by:1 members
GMAT Score:700

by pradeepsarathy » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:30 am
IMO E -

'Judeo-Christian thought and figures' should modify images. Hence A, B and C are out.

D - 'images borrowing from ancient classicism,suggests' - lacks clear referrent. who is borrowing the images?

that leaves us with 'E'.
Top
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 12
Joined: Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:27 am
Thanked: 1 times

by ronaldo780 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:54 pm
Losing the modifiers at the start and end, this sentence is constructed in the following manner:

Phyllis Wheatley's bending of A, B, and C suggests her range and depth of influences.

In this case, the correct AC should end with suggests to agree with bending (singular), which is the subject. So I think only B and D are left.

The problem is that the list A, B, and C is incomplete.
A=solar imagery
B=Judeo-Christian thought and figures (a two item list on its own, creating a list within a list)
C must be (1) a noun that is not gerund (v+ing) because it's something she bends, (2) preceded by and, as it's the last item.

Which leads me to think it's D and to boldly ask gauravgundal :roll: - are you sure the word and is underlined in the question?
Top
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 23
Joined: Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:04 am

by winsome_vagabond » Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:34 am
IMO - B

suggests is the right choice ... Hence, B vs D

to me .. B is parallel too ... bending, borrowing
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 156
Joined: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:41 am
Thanked: 8 times

IMO B

by enniguy » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:45 am
IMO B.

Expln:
Suggests shoulb be there so B & D.
"figures borrowing images" makes sense than "figures images borrowing"

OA?
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 305
Joined: Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:38 am
Thanked: 10 times

by Shawshank » Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:34 am
My Answer is "B"..
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Shawshank Redemtion -- Hope is still alive ...
Top
Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
Posts: 7
Joined: Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:19 am
Location: India

by nanda323 » Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:51 pm
My answer is
'B'
Top
Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
Posts: 9
Joined: Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:43 pm

Choose D

by here2win » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:00 am
A.
B.borrowing images from ancient classicism,suggests

C.she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests

D.images borrowing from ancient classicism,suggests

E.images that she borrowed from ancient classicism,suggesting

B. structurally incorrect.
C. no need for the presence of the pronoun "she"
D. Structurally and logically correct
E. use of past tense incorrect?
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 132
Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:53 pm
Location: Gurgaon
Thanked: 1 times

by rookiez » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:36 am
In her later poems,Phyllis Wheatley's bending of solar imagery,Judeo-Christian thought and figures ,and the images she borrowed from ancient classicisms suggesting her range and depth of influences,not the least of which is her african heritage

SENTENCE STRUCTURE IS:
OPENING PHRASE MODIFYING JUDEO: In her later poems,
EXAMPLE OF POEMS: Phyllis Wheatley's bending of solar imagery,
MAIN CLAUSE: Judeo-Christian thought and figures,

MODIFIER: ...
and the images she borrowed from ancient classicisms suggesting her range and depth of influences,not the least of which is her african heritage


A. WRONG - SENTENCE FRAGMENT ..MAIN VERB MISSING
B.borrowing images from ancient classicism,suggests
WHAT DOES BORROWING MODIFIES HERE...JUDEO.. INCORRECT
C.she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests
MAIN VERB MISSING
D.images borrowing from ancient classicism,suggests
CORRECT ... JUDEO X AND Y SUGGEST ...
E.images that she borrowed from ancient classicism,suggesting
MAIN VERB MISSING
Top
User avatar
GMAT Instructor
Posts: 3225
Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:40 pm
Location: Toronto
Thanked: 1710 times
Followed by:614 members
GMAT Score:800

Re: SC

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:12 pm
gauravgundal wrote:In her later poems,Phyllis Wheatley's bending of solar imagery,Judeo-Christian thought and figures ,and the images she borrowed from ancient classicisms suggesting her range and depth of influences,not the least of which is her african heritage

A.
B.borrowing images from ancient classicism,suggests

C.she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests

D.images borrowing from ancient classicism,suggests

E.images that she borrowed from ancient classicism,suggesting


plz answer the reason for ur selected answer..
The Source is GMATPREP
My first answer is "none of the above", which isn't an official answer. If this question has been correctly typed (which I strongly doubt), then it's one of the worst written "official" questions I've ever seen.

My guess for the correct answer is (D), with the following 2 changes:

first, the word "bending" in the sentence should be "blending"; and

second, answer (D) likely read:
and images borrowed from ancient classicism, suggests
The basic sentence structure is:

"Phyllis's blending of A, B and C suggests X."

(The subject is "blending", which is why we use the singular verb "suggests".)
Image

Stuart Kovinsky | Kaplan GMAT Faculty | Toronto

Kaplan Exclusive: The Official Test Day Experience | Ready to Take a Free Practice Test? | Kaplan/Beat the GMAT Member Discount
BTG100 for $100 off a full course
Top
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 385
Joined: Sun May 24, 2009 3:55 pm
Thanked: 11 times
GMAT Score:740

by Domnu » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:59 pm
The answer can't be B. Wheatly's borrowing could possibly suggest something, but this changes the intended meaning of the sentence; the initial sentence presents the fact that the images borrowed from ancient classicisms.
Have you wondered how you could have found such a treasure? -T
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 199
Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:15 am
Location: India
Thanked: 13 times

by gauravgundal » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:03 pm
OA - D
the source is GMAT PREP test
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 268
Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:22 am
Thanked: 19 times
Followed by:1 members
GMAT Score:700

by capnx » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:01 pm
man, please take the time to type the questions and answers correctly. i was wracking my head over this one until I saw the actual question:

In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar images, Judeo-Christian thought and figures, and the images she borrowed from the ancient classicism suggesting her range and depth of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.

A) the images she borrowed from the ancient classicism suggesting

B) borrowing images from ancient classicism, which suggests

C) she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests

D) images borrowed from ancient classicism suggests

E) images that she borrowed from ancient classicism, suggesting
Top
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 99
Joined: Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:56 pm
Thanked: 5 times
GMAT Score:720

by singhag » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:46 pm
rookiez wrote:In her later poems,Phyllis Wheatley's bending of solar imagery,Judeo-Christian thought and figures ,and the images she borrowed from ancient classicisms suggesting her range and depth of influences,not the least of which is her african heritage

SENTENCE STRUCTURE IS:
OPENING PHRASE MODIFYING JUDEO: In her later poems,
EXAMPLE OF POEMS: Phyllis Wheatley's bending of solar imagery,
MAIN CLAUSE: Judeo-Christian thought and figures,

MODIFIER: ...
and the images she borrowed from ancient classicisms suggesting her range and depth of influences,not the least of which is her african heritage


A. WRONG - SENTENCE FRAGMENT ..MAIN VERB MISSING
B.borrowing images from ancient classicism,suggests
WHAT DOES BORROWING MODIFIES HERE...JUDEO.. INCORRECT
C.she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests
MAIN VERB MISSING
D.images borrowing from ancient classicism,suggests
CORRECT ... JUDEO X AND Y SUGGEST ...
E.images that she borrowed from ancient classicism,suggesting
MAIN VERB MISSING
Can somebody please explain me how the main verb in C and E, I thought the main verb is borrow there.
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1