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Jubilee's facets

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by harsh.champ » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:46 pm
Often said to be the most perfectly cut of all large diamonds, the Jubilee's facets are so exact that it can be balanced on its culet, which is less than two millimeters across.

A. the Jubilee's facets are so exact that it can be balanced on its culet, which is less
B. the Jubilee's facets are so exact that the diamond can be balanced on its culet, less
C. the Jubilee has facets so exact that it can be balanced on its culet, which is less
D. the Jubilee has facets which are so exact that it can balance on its culet, which is less
E. the Jubilee's facets are so exact that it can be balanced on its culet, which is lesser
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by money9111 » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:27 pm
IMO C because the Jubilee is the most perfectly cut of all large diamonds... not it's Facets...
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by ankit.k.shrivastava » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:40 pm
Why not "D" ?
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by money9111 » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:53 pm
in my opinion... i didn't like the number of "which"(es) that there were haha i couldn't pin point if that was truly a grammatical error, but i liked C better
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by bhumika.k.shah » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:45 pm
we are comparing the kind of diamond.hence eliminate A , B and E

b/w C and D

C is correct coz it uses the correct idiom so..that.

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harsh.champ wrote:Often said to be the most perfectly cut of all large diamonds, the Jubilee's facets are so exact that it can be balanced on its culet, which is less than two millimeters across.

A. the Jubilee's facets are so exact that it can be balanced on its culet, which is less
B. the Jubilee's facets are so exact that the diamond can be balanced on its culet, less
C. the Jubilee has facets so exact that it can be balanced on its culet, which is less
D. the Jubilee has facets which are so exact that it can balance on its culet, which is less
E. the Jubilee's facets are so exact that it can be balanced on its culet, which is lesser
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by girish3131 » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:00 am
OA Please...
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by gmatmachoman » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:18 am
Iam eager to see the OA...!!

IMO C...

D... have never seen a construction having" which & that " so closer as in this one!

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