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"Susan B. Anthony� dollars

by Dean Jones » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:02 am
Dear Friends,

I was having problems in answering the following question.

The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony"
dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin proved unpopular because it looked and
felt too much like a quarter.

A. The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony"
dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin
B. About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars were minted as coins in
the United States between 1979 and 1981 but
C. About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars that were minted
between 1979 and 1981 in the United States
D. About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars that the United States
minted between 1979 and 1981
E. Between 1979 and 1981 the United States minted about 857 million silver-colored
"Susan B. Anthony" dollars, which


Please help.

OA after some discussions.

My choice was option E

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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:03 pm
Dean Jones wrote:Dear Friends,

I was having problems in answering the following question.

The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony"
dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin proved unpopular because it looked and
felt too much like a quarter.

A. The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony"
dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin
B. About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars were minted as coins in
the United States between 1979 and 1981 but
C. About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars that were minted
between 1979 and 1981 in the United States
D. About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars that the United States
minted between 1979 and 1981
E. Between 1979 and 1981 the United States minted about 857 million silver-colored
"Susan B. Anthony" dollars, which


Please help.

OA after some discussions.

My choice was option E

Regards
Deano.
B - dollars and IT donot match
C - fragment (...dollars proved unpopular!!); proved modifies US
D - fragment (...dollars proved unpopular!!); proved modifies 1981
E - WHICH refers to DOLLARS. Two issues with this - (1) dollars proved unpopular WHEN IN FACT ORIGINAL SENTENCE INTENDS TO CONVEY "coins" proved unpopular; (2) even if we assume WHICH can refer to DOLLARS...we have IT LOOKED. IT does not agree with Dollars.

IMO A
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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:12 pm
Dean Jones wrote:Dear Friends,

I was having problems in answering the following question.

The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony"
dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin proved unpopular because it looked and
felt too much like a quarter.

A. The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony"
dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin
B. About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars were minted as coins in
the United States between 1979 and 1981 but
C. About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars that were minted
between 1979 and 1981 in the United States
D. About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars that the United States
minted between 1979 and 1981
E. Between 1979 and 1981 the United States minted about 857 million silver-colored
"Susan B. Anthony" dollars, which


Please help.

OA after some discussions.

My choice was option E

Regards
Deano.
In B, C, D, and E, it (singular) does not agree with dollars (plural). Eliminate B, C, D and E.

The correct answer is A.
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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:28 pm
GMATGuruNY wrote: In B, C, D, and E, it (singular) does not agree with dollars (plural). Eliminate B, C, D and E.

The correct answer is A.
Hi Mitch,

Thanks. I also thought so, but have got some confusion over whether 2nd clause (BUT THE COIN PROVED...) is an indepedent clause! My thought is: THE COIN WAS PROVED UNPOPULAR BY SOMEONE and therefore we require a verbal (the coin cannot prove unpoplar own it own ie coin cannot do this activity on its own)

IMO the 2nd clause is missing a verbal - I know you would disagree. Could you pls share some thought how to understand whether we require a verbal in such sentences or not.
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:04 pm
patanjali.purpose wrote:
GMATGuruNY wrote: In B, C, D, and E, it (singular) does not agree with dollars (plural). Eliminate B, C, D and E.

The correct answer is A.
Hi Mitch,

Thanks. I also thought so, but have got some confusion over whether 2nd clause (BUT THE COIN PROVED...) is an indepedent clause! My thought is: THE COIN WAS PROVED UNPOPULAR BY SOMEONE and therefore we require a verbal (the coin cannot prove unpoplar own it own ie coin cannot do this activity on its own)

IMO the 2nd clause is missing a verbal - I know you would disagree. Could you pls share some thought how to understand whether we require a verbal in such sentences or not.
One definition of to prove is to turn out to be.
In A, the coin proved unpopular means the coin TURNED OUT TO BE unpopular.
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by tuanquang269 » Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:18 am
IMO A, only choice A makes the correct sense of pronoun it.
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by Dean Jones » Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:21 am
OA is option A
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by karthikgmat » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:25 pm
When you see the non- underlined part of the sentence there is IT so singular, we will get singular and without any ambiguity only with A.

IMO A
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