1000 Sc's Question 78

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1000 Sc's Question 78

by manishankar » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:17 pm
78. Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.
(A) Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
(B) Although dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,
(C) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are
(D) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also(D)
(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York's small museums and also




Correct Answer is D, however i am unable to find the mistake in Option "A". Moreover option A introduces the contrast that is required
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by Emeraldweapon » Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:42 pm
manishankar wrote:78. Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.
(A) Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
(B) Although dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,
(C) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are
(D) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also(D)
(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York's small museums and also




Correct Answer is D, however i am unable to find the mistake in Option "A". Moreover option A introduces the contrast that is required
A lacks parallelism

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by indiantiger » Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:27 am
Manishankar ji,

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by adi_800 » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:54 am
I don't see any any need of the word that will show contrast.
Meaning is : You have dozens of X either devoted to Y or Z and there are also other kinda museums that are open for some other purpose. We dont need to show a contrast...

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