why whereby is wrong?

[aj5105]

Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied. Congress has been required to call a convention
for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures
of two-thirds of the states.
(A) was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible
amendments to the document when formally asked to do it
(B) was never applied, there has been a requirement that Congress call a convention for consideration of
possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally
(C) was never applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention for considering possible
amendments to the document when asked to do it formally
(D) has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible
amendments to the document when formally asked to do so
(E) has never been applied. Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to
the document when formally asked to do so

[Mani_mba]

aj5105 wrote:

Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied. Congress has been required to call a convention
for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures
of two-thirds of the states.
(A) was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible
amendments to the document when formally asked to do it
(B) was never applied, there has been a requirement that Congress call a convention for consideration of
possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally
(C) was never applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention for considering possible
amendments to the document when asked to do it formally
(D) has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible
amendments to the document when formally asked to do so
(E) has never been applied. Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to
the document when formally asked to do so

Inserting "Whereby" before "Congress" makes the sentence incomplete. i.e. it becomes a fragment.

Do you observe that ?

[stop@800]

IMO E

because
"under a provision" conveys what is to be said by using whereby.

[ur_panacea]

Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied. Congress has been required to call a convention
for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures
of two-thirds of the states.
(A) was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible
amendments to the document when formally asked to do it
(B) was never applied, there has been a requirement that Congress call a convention for consideration of
possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally
(C) was never applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention for considering possible
amendments to the document when asked to do it formally
(D) has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible
amendments to the document when formally asked to do so
(E) has never been applied. Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to
the document when formally asked to do so

IMO E

whereby and under the provision are redundant.

~~G

[dumb.doofus]

I think this question is from OG..
clear and concise. E

[piyush_nitt]

Can anyone plz explain that why option E is correct?

I believe sentence "Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied". is a fragment. "Under a provision" is prepositional phrase and that introduces the dependent adjective clause.

[logitech]

Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied. Congress has been required to call a convention
for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures
of two-thirds of the states.

WAS vs HAS BEEN ( 3/2 split)
TO DO IT vs TO DO SO (3/2 split )

TO DO SO > TO DO IT

WAS is wrong we need present perfect tense - A, B and C are gone.


(D) has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so

(E) has never been applied. Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so[/quote]

Under a provision of the Constitution that has never been applied is an opening modifier which requires the subject at the end in an independent clause.

Whereby distorts this rule and also makes D a dependent clause ( ? )

and I also believe that there needs to be a COMMA before CONGRESS in option E.

[piyush_nitt]

Why not A?

why do we need present perfect in the main clause?

Cannot we use 'was' and 'has been' combination as used in sentence A?

[logitech]

Why not A?

why do we need present perfect in the main clause?

Cannot we use 'was' and 'has been' combination as used in sentence A?

to do it !!! in option A is one of the big NO's in GMAT!

[tanviet]

I agree that "whereby" is redundant if it is advert and that it make a fragment not a sentence if it is a conjuction

But, pls, explain the use of whereby? it is subordinate or coordinate conjuction?

[logitech]

I agree that "whereby" is redundant if it is advert and that it make a fragment not a sentence if it is a conjuction

But, pls, explain the use of whereby? it is subordinate or coordinate conjuction?

Whereby can be used instead of by means of or through which.

Learning a language is a process whereby new vocabulary and grammar structures are acquired.

[vscid]

Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied. Congress has been required to call a convention
for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures
of two-thirds of the states.
(A) was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible
amendments to the document when formally asked to do it
(B) was never applied, there has been a requirement that Congress call a convention for consideration of
possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally
(C) was never applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention for considering possible
amendments to the document when asked to do it formally
(D) has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible
amendments to the document when formally asked to do so
(E) has never been applied. Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to
the document when formally asked to do so

What question number is this one (from OG)

[vscid]

Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied. Congress has been required to call a convention
for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures
of two-thirds of the states.

WAS vs HAS BEEN ( 3/2 split)
TO DO IT vs TO DO SO (3/2 split )

TO DO SO > TO DO IT

WAS is wrong we need present perfect tense - A, B and C are gone.


(D) has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so

(E) has never been applied. Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so

Under a provision of the Constitution that has never been applied is an opening modifier which requires the subject at the end in an independent clause.

Whereby distorts this rule and also makes D a dependent clause ( ? )

and I also believe that there needs to be a COMMA before CONGRESS in option E.[/quote]

Logitech, what is this 3/2 split , can you explain?

[piyush_nitt]

Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied. Congress has been required to call a convention
for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures
of two-thirds of the states.
(A) was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible
amendments to the document when formally asked to do it
(B) was never applied, there has been a requirement that Congress call a convention for consideration of
possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally
(C) was never applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention for considering possible
amendments to the document when asked to do it formally
(D) has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible
amendments to the document when formally asked to do so
(E) has never been applied. Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to
the document when formally asked to do so

What question number is this one (from OG)

OG10 41

[piyush_nitt]

Why not A?

why do we need present perfect in the main clause?

Cannot we use 'was' and 'has been' combination as used in sentence A?

to do it !!! in option A is one of the big NO's in GMAT!

wondering if option A is correct if we modify the ending to "to do so".

Thanks mate!