speed limit

[sunilrawat]

Regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, the fight over the speed limit continues in our legislatures and on our freeways.

(A) Regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, the fight over the speed limit continues in our legislatures and on our freeways.
(B) Regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, the speed limit continues to be fought over in our legislatures and on our freeways.
(C) Regarded by opponents as ineffective meddling and by supporters as the conservation of life and energy, the speed limit continues to be fought over
in our legislatures and on our freeways.
(D) The fight over the speed limit, regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, continues in our legislatures and on our freeways.
(E) The fight over the speed limit, a measure regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, continues in our legislatures and on our freeways.


I got this problem from Grockit. I chose B because to me, only B seemed to refer "speed" as the subject and in correct parallel form. However, the OA is E. I didn't quite understand the explanation so I googled the problem. I stumbled a BTG forum link where the same Q was posted by DanaJ.
https://www.beatthegmat.com/speed-limit- ... tml#293449
Her explanation too, as that of Grockit, was unconvincing to me.
Then I found another link from Knewton which says the correct answer is B.
https://www.knewton.com/blog/gmat/2010/1 ... c-q-and-a/
Isn't "fight" the subject in E ?
Please explain.

[Amiable Scholar]

Sunil,

In E fight is not the subject , the speed limit is only measure we can see in the previous part of sentence.
But in D , its ambiguous whether we are talking about fight or speedlimit.

[avik.ch]

As per the meaning of the sentence, I think that
1. the fight can be ineffective and meddlesome but it cannot be a part of Legislature. ( So A is wrong )
2. the speed limit or the "measure" ( max. speed or min. speed ) can be a part of any legislatur that can be regarded as ineffective by the opponent because its failed its purpose.

Between B and E, I will go for E as the other sentences ( C and D ) have other problem even the modifier used is correct.
B also uses correct modifier but : "the speed limit continues to be fought over in our legislatures and on our freeways" is somewhat awkward. its better to say :
the fight over the speed limit, ( modifier ), continues............. ( exactly what E is )


Hope this helps !!

[VivianKerr]

Yes, "fight" is the subject of E. "a measure" correctly modifies "the speed limit." A "limit" can be a "measure."

As pointed out, the other choices contain modification issues. In A, a "fight" cannot be a "conserver of life and energy."

In B, a "speed limit" is not "ineffective meddling" or "the conservation." Likewise with C and D.

This one really comes down to clarity of meaning.

[vaibhavgupta]

Regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, the fight over the speed limit continues in our legislatures and on our freeways.

(A) Regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, the fight over the speed limit continues in our legislatures and on our freeways.
(B) Regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, the speed limit continues to be fought over in our legislatures and on our freeways.
(C) Regarded by opponents as ineffective meddling and by supporters as the conservation of life and energy, the speed limit continues to be fought over
in our legislatures and on our freeways.
(D) The fight over the speed limit, regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, continues in our legislatures and on our freeways.
(E) The fight over the speed limit, a measure regarded by opponents as ineffective and meddlesome and by supporters as a conserver of life and energy, continues in our legislatures and on our freeways.

E is perfect speed limit is a measure and the fight is over it!!