Usage of " thereby"

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by mgmt_gmat » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:27 am

Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy, where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members, the Virtual Leonardo Project, an online version of the museum, encourages visitors to "touch" each exhibit, which thereby activates the animated functions of the piece.
A. exhibit, which thereby activates
B. exhibit, in turn an activation of
C. exhibit, and it will activate
D. exhibit and thereby activate
E. exhibit which, as a result, activates

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by komal » Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:52 pm

mgmt_gmat wrote:Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy, where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members, the Virtual Leonardo Project, an online version of the museum, encourages visitors to "touch" each exhibit, which thereby activates the animated functions of the piece.
A. exhibit, which thereby activates
B. exhibit, in turn an activation of
C. exhibit, and it will activate
D. exhibit and thereby activate
E. exhibit which, as a result, activates

E is correct

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by bhumika.k.shah » Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:59 pm

Its a tuff one!

Let me try

Hope this helps

mgmt_gmat wrote:
Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy, where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members, the Virtual Leonardo Project, an online version of the museum, encourages visitors to "touch" each exhibit, which thereby activates the animated functions of the piece.

A. exhibit, which thereby activates - what does which refer to out here ? project , touch , exhibit ?? ELIMINATE

B. exhibit, in turn an activation of - activation- noun form not required here . ELIMINATE

C. exhibit, and it will activate - what will ? the touch ? the project? ELIMINATE

D. exhibit and thereby activate - CORRECT.

E. exhibit which, as a result, activates - wordy + what does which refer to out here ? project , touch , exhibit ?? ELIMINATE

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by bigmonkey31 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:24 am

I think D is correct.

For E... 'which' is introduces a non-essential clause and is more likely than not preceded by a comma. so E is incorrect.

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by gmatIntent » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:43 pm

OA is actually D.

However, I am not sure why A is wrong.
I understand "which" has to refer to the noun it modifies.
Isn't "exhibit" noun?
The way I interpreted is, "visitors touch each exhibit and the exhibit activates the animation (perhaps exhibit was set up touch sensitive).

Experts, help please!

Thanks

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by aspirant2011 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:20 am

mgmt_gmat wrote:Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy, where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members, the Virtual Leonardo Project, an online version of the museum, encourages visitors to "touch" each exhibit, which thereby activates the animated functions of the piece.
A. exhibit, which thereby activates ---- which wrongly refers to exhibit
B. exhibit, in turn an activation of ----- awkward
C. exhibit, and it will activate ---- changes the intended meaning by saying that exhibit will activate animated functions of the pieces
D. exhibit and thereby activate ------ proper result is shown i.e visitors can activate the animated functions of the piece
E. exhibit which, as a result, activates ----- unnecessary fragmentation

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by HSPA » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:24 am

touch is for a touch on 'one' piece.. I was looking for "activates"

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by aspirant2011 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:29 am

HSPA wrote:touch is for a touch on 'one' piece.. I was looking for "activates"

activate verb is being used for plural noun visitors

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by HSPA » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:35 am

Please consider the last 'thank' I made for this one...

aspirant2011 wrote:
HSPA wrote:touch is for a touch on 'one' piece.. I was looking for "activates"
activate verb is being used for plural noun visitors

First take: 640 (50M, 27V) - RC needs 300% improvement
Second take: coming soon..
Regards,
HSPA.

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by aspirant2011 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:55 am

HSPA wrote:Please consider the last 'thank' I made for this one...

aspirant2011 wrote:
HSPA wrote:touch is for a touch on 'one' piece.. I was looking for "activates"
activate verb is being used for plural noun visitors

Sure HSPA

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by lunarpower » Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:57 am

gmatIntent wrote:OA is actually D.

However, I am not sure why A is wrong.
I understand "which" has to refer to the noun it modifies.
Isn't "exhibit" noun?
The way I interpreted is, "visitors touch each exhibit and the exhibit activates the animation (perhaps exhibit was set up touch sensitive).

Experts, help please!

Thanks

the meaning of the sentence is that the visitors activate the features by touching the exhibit.

also, the presence of "the piece" later in that clause implies that the piece (= the exhibit) is not the subject of the clause.

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by gmatIntent » Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:51 pm

lunarpower wrote: also, the presence of "the piece" later in that clause implies that the piece (= the exhibit) is not the subject of the clause.

Thanks Ron

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by Target2009 » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:20 am

+1 to D

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by GmatKiss » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:10 am

mgmt_gmat wrote:Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy, where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members, the Virtual Leonardo Project, an online version of the museum, encourages visitors to "touch" each exhibit, which thereby activates the animated functions of the piece.

A. exhibit, which thereby activates - wrong place for which
B. exhibit, in turn an activation of - does not fit
C. exhibit, and it will activate - it refers to exhibit
D. exhibit and thereby activate
E. exhibit which, as a result, activates

- wordy, wrong place for which

Correct answer is A

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by saketk » Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:53 am

GmatKiss wrote:
mgmt_gmat wrote:Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy, where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members, the Virtual Leonardo Project, an online version of the museum, encourages visitors to "touch" each exhibit, which thereby activates the animated functions of the piece.

A. exhibit, which thereby activates - wrong place for which
B. exhibit, in turn an activation of - does not fit
C. exhibit, and it will activate - it refers to exhibit
D. exhibit and thereby activate
E. exhibit which, as a result, activates
- wordy, wrong place for which

Correct answer is A

I guess you mean 'D'

, typo?

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