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maihuna wrote:United States Senator Daniel Inouye was appointed to several posts within the Democratic party during his first term, that included assistant majority whip and vice-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee.
A. that included - > "that" starts a relative modifier clause, since its nearest to first term, the clause starting with "that" seems to modify "first term", where as it should modify "Posts"
B. which includes - > same as A.
C. including
D. some of which were -> Run on sentence, 2 independent clauses joined by comma
E. among them being ->awkward
OA: C
According to MGMAT, D is not run on sentence. some of which = which. They are used in the same way.pandeyvineet24 wrote:maihuna wrote:United States Senator Daniel Inouye was appointed to several posts within the Democratic party during his first term, that included assistant majority whip and vice-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee.
A. that included - > "that" starts a relative modifier clause, since its nearest to first term, the clause starting with "that" seems to modify "first term", where as it should modify "Posts"
B. which includes - > same as A.
C. including
D. some of which were -> Run on sentence, 2 independent clauses joined by comma
E. among them being ->awkward
OA: C
sme tips from the GMAT point of viewmaihuna wrote:United States Senator Daniel Inouye was appointed to several posts within the Democratic party during his first term, that included assistant majority whip and vice-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee.
A. that included
B. which includes
C. including
D. some of which were
E. among them being
OA: C
Just to add to the amazing pointers given by thephoenix, a participle is the most succinct way to introduce a modifier.thephoenix wrote:sme tips from the GMAT point of viewmaihuna wrote:United States Senator Daniel Inouye was appointed to several posts within the Democratic party during his first term, that included assistant majority whip and vice-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee.
A. that included
B. which includes
C. including
D. some of which were
E. among them being
OA: C
comma that is almost not accepted in GMAT
comma which always modify nearest eligible noun
A and B out
D some of which is an adjective phrase and therfore modifies nearest noun firm .......not intended by s/c
E among them being........... does not carry any verb hence s/c becomes awkward
C it is
