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by divya23 » Tue May 31, 2011 2:44 am
The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor that had been traveling to Washington, D.C. together on the Liberty Express in 1907.


1.The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor that had been traveling

2.The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor, who traveled

3.A president, a senator, and a governor were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars who traveled

4.A president, a senator, and a governor who were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars to travel

5.A president, a senator, and a governor were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars traveling

[spoiler]OA = B[/spoiler]
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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Tue May 31, 2011 2:47 am
Indeed B. What answer choice did you have in mind?
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by divya23 » Tue May 31, 2011 2:49 am
C ..can you xplain d stupid mistake i did
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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Tue May 31, 2011 2:58 am
divya23 wrote:C ..can you xplain d stupid mistake i did
Not so stupid - it's actually a pretty strong trap answer choice.

At first I eliminated C because the relative clause beginning with "who" needs to modify what comes directly before it. In B, it correctly modifies "the president, senator, and governor", whereas in C it modifies "cars".

But even if we take the relative clause in C to correctly modify the president, senator and governor, C then makes a slight change in emphasis - by making these people the subject of the setntece, they become the main focus, instead of the original's focus on the fact that they were the first. C, while perhaps grammatically correct, still changes the meaning by implying that the president, sentor etc, were the first political travelers who traveled to washington DC, rather than just the first travelers to travel on modern railroad cars.
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by divya23 » Tue May 31, 2011 3:03 am
thank you so much :) now i can get it right d next time
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by aftableo2006 » Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:59 am
i think 2 is the correct answer
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by sivaelectric » Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:14 am
Thanks Geva, Even I had a confusion between B and C. Your explanation cleared it. :)
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