Japanese household

[gmat009]

In the traditional Japanese household, most clothing could be packed flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities.
(A) flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities
(B) flat, and so elaborate closet facilities were unnecessary
(C) flatly, and so there was no necessity for elaborate closet facilities
(D) flat, there being no necessity for elaborate closet facilities
(E) flatly, as no elaborate closet facilities were necessary

[pandeyvineet24]

I will go for B.

[NSNguyen]

IMO: A
flatly correctly modifies for packed

it should be pseudo subject rather than There

[jeffxujian]

IMO B

Flat is referring to most clothes rather than the verb packed, so B is the correct answer.

OA?

[eshahid]

B it should be... concise and precise

'It' in A has no referrent (arguable ??).
C is just too long (not sure whether it is grammatically correct).
D can be ruled our for use of 'being'.
E reverses the meaning.

[anju]

i'll go with C.

OA pls? if OA is not C can someone explain the reasoning?

Thnx

[dumb.doofus]

our main noun here is clothing.. that's what we are talking about.. it needs an adjective.. to describe how it is packed.. "flat" is the adjective..

B is best.. coz its concise..

anyways, check this example too..

He hit the ball flat.. we never say he hit the ball flatly.. you can say he hit the ball deftly.. which is actually describing the skill..

HTH

[kiran.raze]

IMO B, OA??

[vivek.kapoor83]

IMO B
Anju : C cant be answer and 'there' has to refrent.

[vivek.kapoor83]

IMO B
Anju : C cant be answer and 'there' has to refrent.

[anju]

IMO B
Anju : C cant be answer and 'there' has to refrent.

I dunn think there needs a referrant here.... The answer has to be between A and C since flatly correctly modified packed ...the stmt can be read as "In the traditional Japanese household, most clothing could be flatly packed" so flatly is correct.
In A it needs a referrant and hence I chose C.

What's the OA?

[raijonney]

OA is B

Already discussed here: https://www.beatthegmat.com/1000-sc-419-t5706.html

[raijonney]

OA is B

Already discussed here: https://www.beatthegmat.com/1000-sc-419-t5706.html