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gsinghal: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 68; Joined: Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:22 amFollowed by: 1 member

by gsinghal » Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:38 am

Even though the highly populated cluster of states that comprise the Northeast subregion of the United States provides most of the country's financial and governmental services, it yields less than 10% of the entire country's food supply.

* (A)

States provides most of the country's financial and governmental services, it yields

* (B)

States provides most of the country's financial and governmental services, they yield
* (C)

States is the provider for most of the country's financial and governmental services, and it yields
* (D)

States, providing most of the country's financial and governmental services, nonetheless yields

* (E)

States, by providing most of the country's financial and governmental services, yet they yield

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gmat25: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 189; Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:57 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 17 times

by gmat25 » Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:50 am

IMO A

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beatitin11: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 19; Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:27 pm; Thanked: 1 times; GMAT Score:680

by beatitin11 » Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:00 pm

IMO A, Type: Pronoun error

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Tani: Legendary Member; Posts: 1255; Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:08 pmFollowed by: 90 members; Location: St. Louis; Thanked: 312 times

by Tani » Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:48 pm

A works.

B - "they" is incorrect because the subject is "cluster", not "states".

C - is wrong because the logic doesn;t work: "even though A...and B" doesn't make sense. "Even though" sets up a contrast, but "and" is a continuation.

D - has no verb

E - has several errors, the most obvious is the use of "they"

Tani Wolff

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Target2009: Legendary Member; Posts: 574; Joined: Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:47 pmFollowed by: 5 members; Location: USA; Thanked: 29 times

by Target2009 » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:35 pm

IMO - A

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rishijhawar: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 138; Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:24 pm; Thanked: 1 times

by rishijhawar » Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:24 am

+1 for A.

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gsinghal: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 68; Joined: Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:22 amFollowed by: 1 member

by gsinghal » Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:52 am

OA A

Can somebody tell me d problem wid D..

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Tani: Legendary Member; Posts: 1255; Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:08 pmFollowed by: 90 members; Location: St. Louis; Thanked: 312 times

by Tani » Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:00 pm

Here is the sentence with D inserted.

Even though the highly populated cluster of states that comprise the Northeast subregion of the United States, providing most of the country's financial and governmental services, nonetheless yields less than 10% of the entire country's food supply.

All of these clauses are dependent. You either need to add an independent clause at the end, or build a subject into the final clause so that it can stand by itself.

Tani Wolff

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by bubbliiiiiiii » Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:02 pm

I eliminated D because,

Even though the highly populated cluster of states that comprise the Northeast subregion of the United States, providing most of the country's financial and governmental services, nonetheless yields less than 10% of the entire country's food supply.

I felt that providing does not have a clear antecedent. I mean it could either have cluster or the subregion as an antecedent. (Assumption - verb+ing will modify the subject of previous clause)

Is my reasoning proper?

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justin410: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 15; Joined: Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:20 pm

by justin410 » Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:00 am

gsinghal wrote:OA A

Can somebody tell me d problem wid D..

Thanks
Gautam

D is a fragment. There's no subject for "yield"; the present participle "providing" is ambiguous.

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ranjeet75: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 242; Joined: Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:49 am; Location: Delhi; Thanked: 6 times

by ranjeet75 » Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:34 am

[quote="Tani Wolff - Kaplan"]Here is the sentence with D inserted.

Even though the highly populated cluster of states that comprise the Northeast subregion of the United States, providing most of the country's financial and governmental services, nonetheless yields less than 10% of the entire country's food supply.

All of these clauses are dependent. You either need to add an independent clause at the end, or build a subject into the final clause so that it can stand by itself.[/quote]

Whether the use of 'even though' and 'nonetheless' is proper?

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