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by sulabh » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:31 am
We who graduated from high school in the Unites States in the early ’60s were caught in the middle of the crisis in education created by the Soviet Union’s “Sputnik” success.
A. We who graduated from high school in the United States in the early ’60s were
B. We, who graduated from high school in the United States in the early ’60s, were
C. We who then graduated high school in the United States in the early ’60s were
D. Those of us who then graduated from high school in the United States in the early ’60s were
E. We high school graduates who were in the United States in the early ’60s were
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by netigen » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:55 am
B it is
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by chidcguy » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:20 pm
My pick is B too
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by s_raizada » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:21 pm
B - restrictive clause is needed
C, D - use of them awk and changes meaning
E - changes the meaning

A - correct
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by chidcguy » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:30 pm
Can you tell me what do you mean by a restrictive clause?

I picked B because the sentence reads clearly

we were caught in the middle of the crisis in education created by the Soviet Union’s “Sputnik” success

with out the middle phrase
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by netigen » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:42 pm
On second thoughts you may be correct. B does change the meaning of the sentence by not restricting the definition of "We"
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:53 pm
chidcguy wrote:Can you tell me what do you mean by a restrictive clause?

I picked B because the sentence reads clearly

we were caught in the middle of the crisis in education created by the Soviet Union’s “Sputnik” success

with out the middle phrase
A restrtive clause (or phrase) is information that is necessary to understand the sentence. Most commonly, the GMAT uses "that" to begin a restrictive phrase.

A non-restrictive phrase is "bonus" information that's not necessary to understand the sentence. Most commonly, the GMAT uses "which" to begin a non-restrictive phrase, which will appear between commas.

Here are two examples:

"Law 461, which governs gun control, is up for review."

We already know that we're talking about Law 461, so "which governs gun control" is just bonus description - non-restrictive.

"The law that governs gun control is up for review."

Well, "the law" doesn't tell us enough to understand what the author is discussing. So, "governs gun control" is necessary to understand the sentence - restrictive.
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by erjamit » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:34 am
in B) We, who graduated from high school in the United States in the early ’60s, were caught....

if we remove "who graduated from high school in the United States in the early ’60s"..the sentence still makes a sense.

We were caught...
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by sanjaylakhani » Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:25 am
what is the OA

Stuart - can you pls comment what is correct answer in your opinion
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:08 am
sanjaylakhani wrote:what is the OA

Stuart - can you pls comment what is correct answer in your opinion
I'd go with the original ("A").

The information after "we" is essential to understanding who "we" are, i.e. it's restrictive, and belongs in the main part of the sentence.

(D) would be fine except for the "then" before "graduated".
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by sulabh » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:22 am
OA is A.Thanks
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by arora007 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:19 am
sorry to reopen the thread, after quite a while.
This question appeared in the BTG practice questions.

well...

I chose B.

We who graduated from the high schools in the United States in the early 60s were

doesn't this "the" seem to stress on the schools of US in the early 60s, a special class of schools which were caught in the middle of the Soviet Union's "Sputnik" success ?


What would you have chosen A or a new choice F? (B without commas)

We who graduated from high school in the United States in the early '60s were
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by chendawg » Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:59 pm
I think they revised the question to drop the "the" in front of high school so there is no longer an issue regarding the "the".
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by arora007 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:08 pm
chendawg wrote:I think they revised the question to drop the "the" in front of high school so there is no longer an issue regarding the "the".
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by anirudhbhalotia » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:16 am
Where is "the" in front of high school?

I went for D.

We who...sounds a bit awkward.
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