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by AIM GMAT » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:35 am
Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts.


A. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

B. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched, though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

C. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched, and style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

D. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, since she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

E. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

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by pesfunk » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:52 am
Semicolon is required. Thus eliminate B and C.

Among A, D and E, => E is the correct option as luggage (Object) should be indicated with an "IT".

AIM GMAT wrote:Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts.


A. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

B. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched, though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

C. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched, and style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

D. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, since she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

E. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

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by finalshot123 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:57 am
luggage singular....so it instead of them.. eliminate A, C
eliminate D.. thought X, since Y... two dependent
between B & E
B...structure.. independent, dependent, independent
E...structure.. independent ; dependent, independent

E
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:45 am
Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts.


A. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

B. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched, though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts -----------> awkward

C. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched, and style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

D. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, since she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts -----------> with "since" a verb form of "has" needs to be used, which is missing over here.

E. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts
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by edvhou812 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:28 pm
AIM GMAT wrote:Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts.


A. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

B. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched, though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

C. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched, and style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding them on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

D. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, since she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

E. Paris made sure her distinctive luggage always matched; though style was important to her, she did so primarily to facilitate finding it on hotel luggage racks and airport conveyor belts

OA E
I first eliminated A and C since it referred to singular "luggage" with plural "them." I then axed D because "since she did so" made it sound awkward. Wish I had a more academic way to explain it. B and E are identical, except for the semicolon. B appears to have two thoughts that need separation through a semicolon, so I selected E.
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by VivianKerr » Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:04 pm
Just thought you might like a quick refresh on Independent Clauses: https://grockit.com/blog/gmat/2010/04/01 ... t-clauses/

There are 4 main pieces of punctuation to know: colons, semicolons, commas, and dashes. They come into play with run-ons a lot. :)
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by mazwaz » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:05 pm
" she did so primarily ..." is a connection to the previous clause. I don't understand why we should use a semicolon?

We use a semicolon for independant clause but if we take only the clause after the semicolon, we don't know what "so" refers to!!!

Please I would be gratefull is someone could clarify this matter!!!
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