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by karthikpandian19 » Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:29 am
<< They went to Africa, a continent with abundant resources, in the month of September. >>

(A) They went to Africa, a continent with abundant resources, in the month of September.

(B) They went to Africa a continent with abundant resources in September.

(C) They had gone to Africa in the month of September, which is a continent with abundant resources.

(D) They went in September to Africa, a continent with abundant resources.

(E) In September, they went to Africa, a continent with abundant resources.
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by rijul007 » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:20 am
OA: A
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by gmatblood » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:32 am
IMO: E
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by HSPA » Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:02 am
I say A>E but cannot point out the problem in E.
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by ranjeet75 » Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:39 am
(A) They went to Africa, a continent with abundant resources, in the month of September. - Correct

(B) They went to Africa a continent with abundant resources in September. - [color=red]Appositive (if not essential) must be separated by comma [/color]

(C) They had gone to Africa in the month of September, [color=red]which[/color] is a continent with abundant resources.

(D) They went in September to Africa, a continent with abundant resources. [color=red]- the position of "in September" is wrong here[/color]

(E) In September, they went to Africa, a continent with abundant resources. - Run on Sentence as the main clause "they went to Africa" is used as appositive and there is no verb in left structure.
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by karthikpandian19 » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:31 pm
gmatblood wrote:IMO: E
Can you explain why "E" is the right answer...
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by nidhis.1408 » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:38 am
E
I think this makes the sentence simpler and avoids the use of word "month" which is not exactly needed.
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by saketk » Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:28 am
Can you cite the source?

option A looks good to me
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by nidhis.1408 » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:13 am
can somebody please give the correct answer. i am really curious!
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by karthikpandian19 » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:40 pm
The correct answer is E - as this sentence removes the redundant "in the month of September" to "In September"
This is the only difference between this statement and A

E is right one
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by Shalabh7 » Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:18 am
<< They went to Africa, a continent with abundant resources, in the month of September. >>

(A) They went to Africa, a continent with abundant resources, in the month of September.

(B) They went to Africa a continent with abundant resources in September.

(C) They had gone to Africa in the month of September, which is a continent with abundant resources.

(D) They went in September to Africa, a continent with abundant resources.

(E) In September, they went to Africa, a continent with abundant resources.

Option B is incorrect because it seems as if Africa has abundant resources only in the month of September.
Option C describes Africa as a continent.
Option D describes September as a mode of travel.
Option E and option A both are correct but option E is more concise.
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