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by mgmt_gmat » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:30 am
Seldom more that 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected the Hudson River at Albany to the Great Lakes at Buffalo, providing the port of New York City with a direct water link to the heartland of the North American continent.

A. Seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected
B. Seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet deep but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected
C. It was seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, and ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, but the Erie Canal, connecting
D. The Erie Canal was seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet deep and it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, which connected
E. The Erie Canal, seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, connecting
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by jhawar.rishikesh » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:43 am
Its B
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by komal » Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:57 am
Seldom more that 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected the Hudson River at Albany to the Great Lakes at Buffalo, providing the port of New York City with a direct water link to the heartland of the North American continent.

A. Seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feed deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected - Seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feed deep - incorrectly modifies "but"

B. Seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected - Correct

C. It was seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, and ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, but the Erie Canal, connecting - Seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feed deep - incorrectly modifies "but"

D. The Erie Canal was seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet deep and it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, which connected - "Which" incorrectly modifies New York

E. The Erie Canl, seldom more than 40 feed wide and 12 feet deep, but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of update New York, connecting - Implies "New York" connecting
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by sumanr84 » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:13 am
Even though I choose B, but I am not quite convinced with OR usage over AND.

Since, we are describing about the same canal, we should connect both its properties with an AND instead of OR.
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by eatmygoat » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:26 am
In B we have "more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet but running 363 miles ...."

Do we have any impact of "OR" / "AND" in the sentence ..??

In OG the answer choice B is having OR given in Question while AND in the Solution.. So bit confused , is it a Typo???
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by reply2spg » Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:51 am
OR changes the entire meaning of the sentence. If OG intended to mean 'AND' in B then it is correct, else I will go with A, though we have 'but' in A. This question is from which OG? 11 or 12?
eatmygoat wrote:In B we have "more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet but running 363 miles ...."

Do we have any impact of "OR" / "AND" in the sentence ..??

In OG the answer choice B is having OR given in Question while AND in the Solution.. So bit confused , is it a Typo???
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by eatmygoat » Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:05 am
OG 12 Diag Test Ques No : 44
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by reply2spg » Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:45 am
Yeah I got it. If you read the explaination of option D, you will understand that we need 'and' and not 'or'.

You need to understand the difference between 'and' and 'or' to solve this problem.

And - each condition needs to be satisfied
Or - either of the conditions must satisfied.

This question is in OG 11 or in OG 12 - means question is either in OG11 or in OG12. Means you will get this question one of the OG's if not in both.
This question is in OG 11 and in OG 12 - means you will get this question in both OG's and not in only one.

w.r.t. this sentence 'canal must be 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep' means canal satisfy both the features. if we say 'canal must be 40 feet wide or 12 feet deep' then it is wrong. 'or' means canal satisfy only one feature, it is either wide or deep. This inference is absurd. Therefore, B is correct if we have 'and' in the option. HTH :)
eatmygoat wrote:OG 12 Diag Test Ques No : 44
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by Coreyzhao » Mon May 17, 2010 7:52 am
eatmygoat wrote:In B we have "more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet but running 363 miles ...."

Do we have any impact of "OR" / "AND" in the sentence ..??

In OG the answer choice B is having OR given in Question while AND in the Solution.. So bit confused , is it a Typo???
yes it is a typo. just turn to P98 of OG12 and you will find the "or" in option B becomes "and".

I've thought it for a very long time and at last I found it is a typo..., well... no more comment.

I am not a native English speaker, sorry for grammatical mistake, if any.
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