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by sam2304 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:45 am
Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world's great cities.

A. is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,
B. is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
C. so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else
D. reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or
E. reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did
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by killer1387 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:16 am
sam2304 wrote:Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world's great cities.

A. is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,
B. is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
C. so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else
D. reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or
E. reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did
IMO b
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by sam2304 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:44 am
What's wrong with other options ? Can you please elaborate ?
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by killer1387 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:08 am
sam2304 wrote:Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world's great cities.

A. is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,
B. is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
C. so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else
D. reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or
E. reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did
the word "so" is required for parallelism and also to put stress on the performer of the activity "little of the polar ice melts during the summer"; performer here is "the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective".

Between B and C, C uses "or" i.e.

Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world's great cities.

--> the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is so reflective that.............
this construction clearly gives the meaning that sentence throws by clarifying the doer and the action.

Read the sentence after removing the non essential comma part (inclined above) that indicates the meaning that we dont want hence C is out.
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by GmatKiss » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:59 am
sam2304 wrote:Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world's great cities.

A. is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,
B. is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
C. missing "is" so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else
D. reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or
E. reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did
B/C, B for being perfectly parallel :)
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by sam2304 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:05 pm
Thanks a lot guys. I was stuck between B and C. The OA is indeed B.
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