Sentence Correction

The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable astronomers to study the actual formation of black holes and neutron stars.

(A) in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable
(B) in the way electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable
(C) like electromagnetic waves, hopefully will enable
(D) like electromagnetic waves, would enable, hopefully
(E) such as electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable

OA: B

What a bad answer. There are more than 400 SC questions among OG/OG Bluebook and GMATPrep tests, and I am curious why you are looking at SC 1000?

I am also curious why you aren't searching for the answer before simply posting the question without providing your own analysis. This approach neither provide information to help others to identify your question nor help to engage discussion.

gmat_perfect wrote: (A) in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable

Use of the word Hopefully is never correct on GMAT. GMAT prefers It is hoped.

gmat_perfect wrote: (B) in the way electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable

B may sound like an awkward construction but it is a correct answer. GMAT prefers It is hoped instead of Hopefully.

gmat_perfect wrote: (C) like electromagnetic waves, hopefully will enable
(D) like electromagnetic waves, would enable, hopefully

Using "Like" to compare actions is considered wrong on GMAT. Plus, both these options are using "Hopefully", which is not preferred by GMAT.

gmat_perfect wrote: (E) such as electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable

Such as should be used to provide examples in the sentence, not to compare actions.

Hope that helps...

gmat_perfect is doing a wonderful job. Keep it up buddy!

Haaress wrote:gmat_perfect is doing a wonderful job. Keep it up buddy!

I strongly disagree with his approach of simply copying and pasting questions from SC 1000 set. This approach is no different than any one of us just copy and paste OG questions and expect others to chime in with their thoughts.

It's borderline flooding the forum, and have negative consequence of moving good discussions further down the forum and thus making them harder to find.

One more thing to learn from this question is the referrent of which:
The use of gravity waves, which.....
which refers to gravity waves and not use.

In the construction x of y, which .....
which may refer to x or y depending on context.