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by jeevan.Gk » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:26 am
Here it looks simple. But only looks :?

It was anomalies in the orbit of uranus that led to the discovery of neptune.

A. It was anomalies in the orbit of uranus that
B. It was the orbit of uranus showing anomalies that
C. They were anomalies in the orbit of uranus that
D. The orbit of uranus being anomalies was what
E. The anomalies in the orbit of uranus was what
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IMO B

by iamcste » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:31 am
Rest change the meaning or are awkward
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by jeevan.Gk » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:42 am
HEHE 8) . even u fell into the same pit..
Its not B... Try again
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by jeevan.Gk » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:42 am
HEHE 8) . even u fell into the same pit..
Its not B... Try again
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by schumi_gmat » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:05 pm
Answer E

The anomalies in the orbit......led to the discovery.

In C, They does not have any referrent. hence wrong
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by jeevan.Gk » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:12 pm
Can u believe !!! .. Its A. Can someone come like a god and throw some light on this. How can it be A. I will catch up tomorrow . hope to see lot of interest
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by jeevan.Gk » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:13 pm
Can u believe !!! .. Its A. Can someone come like a god and throw some light on this. How can it be A. I will catch up tomorrow . hope to see lot of interest
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by niraj_a » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:27 pm
source please!!!
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Re: Toughest 2!

by logitech » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:45 pm
jeevan.Gk wrote:Here it looks simple. But only looks :?

It was anomalies in the orbit of uranus that led to the discovery of neptune.

A. It was anomalies in the orbit of uranus that
B. It was the orbit of uranus showing anomalies that
C. They were anomalies in the orbit of uranus that
D. The orbit of uranus being anomalies was what
E. The anomalies in the orbit of uranus was what
IT was X that led to Y

The trap is to treat ANOMALIES as a plural subject and use they in option C

It was the GIRLS who started the fight.

do you really want to say:

It were the girls ?

and also that modifies the "anomalies in the orbit of uranus"
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Re: Toughest 2!

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:20 pm
jeevan.Gk wrote:Here it looks simple. But only looks :?

It was anomalies in the orbit of uranus that led to the discovery of neptune.

A. It was anomalies in the orbit of uranus that
B. It was the orbit of uranus showing anomalies that
C. They were anomalies in the orbit of uranus that
D. The orbit of uranus being anomalies was what
E. The anomalies in the orbit of uranus was what
(A) is the only possible choice.

(B) is far more awkward than (A).

(C) "They were" makes no sense.

(D) even if we change "anomalies" to "anomalous", (d) is more awkward than (a). If "anomalies" is what actually appeared in the question, then the sentence makes no sense.

(E) uses the plural subject "anomalies" and the singular verb "was".

As Logitech notes, "It was X that led to Y" is idomatically and gramatically correct.
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by stop@800 » Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:22 pm
As per
https://gmatclub.com/forum/11-t64518?sk=t&sd=a

OA is E
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by logitech » Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:33 pm
Hey Stop, support our team! They can have their own OAs :D

It is A in this forum and they are probably discussing how we came up woth A.
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by jeevan.Gk » Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:33 pm
HI Mr STop .. Please check the link properly.. there are lot of differences in the question discussed here n there
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by karmayogi » Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:23 am
My answer is A and my reasoning is same as the one given by logitech.
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by stop@800 » Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:30 am
jeevan.Gk wrote:HI Mr STop .. Please check the link properly.. there are lot of differences in the question discussed here n there
Sorry, copy paste error
pasted the incorrect link.

Anyway, I just wanted you to read alternate opinions.
If you don't want to, I will not post further links
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