New York's small museums

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New York's small museums

by komal » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:16 am
38. Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.

(A) Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
(B) Although dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,
(C) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are
(D) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also
(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York's small museums and also
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by prinit » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:45 am
My pick is C..
I would prefer the way but is used in the later part of the sentence instead of opening a sentence with Although

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by thephoenix » Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:23 am
THE CALL IS B/N A AND C
B IS OUT FOR WRONG IDIOM(EITHER ......OR)
D AND E ARE OUT FOR using And for contrast , which is incorrect
THE S/C IS TRYING TO EMPHASIS ON CONTRAST AND THERFORE BUT IS MORE APPROPRIATE THAN ALTHOUGH

HENCE C

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by mmon » Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:56 am
imo D,
although and but donot make sense.

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by ramsharma » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:22 am
thephoenix wrote:THE CALL IS B/N A AND C
B IS OUT FOR WRONG IDIOM(EITHER ......OR)
D AND E ARE OUT FOR using And for contrast , which is incorrect
THE S/C IS TRYING TO EMPHASIS ON CONTRAST AND THERFORE BUT IS MORE APPROPRIATE THAN ALTHOUGH

HENCE C
C too has similar problem as B(EITHER ......OR).

IMO:A

Komal OA pls
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by komal » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:24 am
ramsharma wrote:
IMO:A

Komal OA pls
i havent mentioned OA's in most of the questions cuz i m not sure if the OAs r reliable

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by soumyopriyosaha » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:34 am
I would go with C.
I didnt choose A because the idiom is "Either X or Y", where X and Y should be parallel, but in the sentence the parts "devoted to local history" and "various ethnic groups" are not parallel.
The rest of the choices doesnt fit the bill.

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by money9111 » Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:05 pm
I choose D
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by rahul.s » Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:06 am
komal wrote:
ramsharma wrote:
IMO:A

Komal OA pls
i havent mentioned OA's in most of the questions cuz i m not sure if the OAs r reliable
what's the source?

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