wats the source of question??

The phrase after the colon should make sense. I guess E makes sense.

BellTheGMAT wrote:wats the source of question??

The phrase after the colon should make sense. I guess E makes sense.

Source Gmatclub Test V02
isnt E a run on sentence .
Isnt to date 7 of the 17 are still in existence an independent sentence with a subject and verb
Thats a comma not a colon

IMO: E

mundasingh123 wrote:This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships: of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.

of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.
of which number, 7 of the 15 are still, to date, in existence.
of the number 15, 7, to date, are still in existence.
to date of these 15, 7 are still in existence.
to date, 7 of the 15 are still in existence.
Can someone explain

IMO: E

Is it A?

No OA until i get an explanation .

This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.

A) of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.
B) of which number, 7 of the 15 are still, to date, in existence.
C) of the number 15, 7, to date, are still in existence.
D) to date of these 15, 7 are still in existence.
E) to date, 7 of the 15 are still in existence.
Can someone explain

My take:
I did not read A while finding the answer.
so, I start with B - "of which number" makes 15 the subject instead of townships. So its wrong.
C - This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,of the number 15... - doesn't dound right. I guess because again the emphasis is on 15 and not townships.
D - This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,to date of these 15,... - this might have made sense if had there been a full stop instead of a comma. But since there is a comma here, the parts seem disonected.
E - Similar reasoning as D.

So I read the sentence again. And as it did the first time I read it, it makes good sense now too.

Hope this helps.

parul9 wrote:This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.

A) of which, to date, 7 are still in existence.
B) of which number, 7 of the 15 are still, to date, in existence.
C) of the number 15, 7, to date, are still in existence.
D) to date of these 15, 7 are still in existence.
E) to date, 7 of the 15 are still in existence.
Can someone explain

My take:
I did not read A while finding the answer.
so, I start with B - "of which number" makes 15 the subject instead of townships. So its wrong.
C - This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,of the number 15... - doesn't dound right. I guess because again the emphasis is on 15 and not townships.
D - This process resulted in a total of 15 new townships,to date of these 15,... - this might have made sense if had there been a full stop instead of a comma. But since there is a comma here, the parts seem disonected.
E - Similar reasoning as D.

So I read the sentence again. And as it did the first time I read it, it makes good sense now too.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the explanation But i should have told you . A is not the answer.
E is the OA .

Ahh crap!

Is there a colon or a comma in the original question?

parul9 wrote:Is there a colon or a comma in the original question?

comma why is A incorrect

A difficult one!

B,C,D can be eliminated immediately.

The question that needs to be asked is what E has going for it that A doesn't ?

IMO it is the modifier 'to date' in A which makes the dependant clause without any reference. For e.g. if you read only the sentence "7 are still in existence" a natural enquiry would be 7 of what ?

This relationship is constructed effectively in E. '7 of those 15' sounds more convincing.

Proleefeek111 wrote:A difficult one!

B,C,D can be eliminated immediately.

The question that needs to be asked is what E has going for it that A doesn't ?

IMO it is the modifier 'to date' in A which makes the dependant clause without any reference. For e.g. if you read only the sentence "7 are still in existence" a natural enquiry would be 7 of what ?

This relationship is constructed effectively in E. '7 of those 15' sounds more convincing.

Hi Proleefeek111,

The question has a comma and not a colon.
A also makes a reference to the dependent clause using "of which".
In fact, I find E very disconnected from the first part of the sentence.

Isn't it to date & are still in existence redundant?????

Also, in A of which refers to 15 new townships, I am not able to make out why A is wrong ...... Expersts please help