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Kaplan Question

by batbond007 » Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:20 pm
Having often been thought of as still a city of working-class neighborhoods, Chicago is increasingly populated by poor people.

A) Having often been thought of as still a city of working-class neighborhoods, Chicago is increasingly populated by poor people
B) It is still often thought of as a city of working-class neighborhoods, and Chicago is increasingly populated by poor people.
C) In spite of still often being thought of as a city of working-class neighborhoods, the people who populate Chicago are increasingly poor.
D) It is still often thought of as a city of working-class neighborhoods, but the people who populate Chicago are increasingly poor.
E) Although still often thought of as a city of working-class neighborhoods, Chicago is increasingly populated by poor people.

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by heshamelaziry » Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:57 pm
IMO E, more concise than A. other choices are awkward and grammatically incorrect.

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by nakul_anand » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:08 pm
IMO E. E looks concise and well structured...

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by aspirant1 » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:53 pm
IMO - (E) structured well

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by gmatv09 » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:51 pm
IMO E...

Although x, y

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by batbond007 » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:02 pm
You are all correct. The original answer is E

I guess I am confused. Here is my confusion:

Although is a Subordinator. I agree that E confirms to Although X, Y. But in this form doesn't both X and Y have to be main clauses. In E Y is a main clause but X is missing the subject so it is not a main clause.

Thanks for your inputs in advance.

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by papgust » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:40 pm
Although is a subordinator which connects a main clause and a dependent clause. Y ("Chicago..") is a main clause and X ("Although..") is a dependent clause. Although's job is to connect the main clause and a dependent clause by correctly retaining the subject throughout. E is perfect in this sense.

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by hmboy17 » Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:39 am
I see this as a modifier problem. Option A and E are the only options which uses correct Modifier (Chicago). In A it wordy and not sentence structure is not proper that is the reason i will Say E.

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