i'll go for option C here over option E coz the constrast 'despite' makes the sentence more meaningful..
OK. My Take.. Using POE
Two mistakes I can see are 1) was Neither X nor Y is right but not "was Neither X nor was Y". So A,E are out. 2 ) "Having been won over" should modify Andres...So A, B are out. 3) D doesn't make sense. "guitar having prestige..." etc
remaining - C
Neo
Impressive approach. A smart way to arrive at the answer. Moreover it was always C & E. The mistake you pointed out in E does make sense. Have you taken the GMAT?
Considered to be one of the brightest upcoming legal scholars, Douglas Kysar has written countless articles on environmental law and policy; his writings, which include a book with renowned law professor Daniel Esty, is cited more often than most other young legal scholars. Consider the agreement between the subject and the verb; consider whether the comparison toward the end of the sentence is logical. A) is cited more often than most other B) are cited more often than most other C) is cited more often than those of most other D) are cited more often than those of most other E) are cited more often than are most other
Considered to be one of the brightest upcoming legal scholars, Douglas Kysar has written countless articles on environmental law and policy; his writings, which include a book with renowned law professor Daniel Esty, is cited more often than most other young legal scholars. Consider the agreement between the subject and the verb; consider whether the comparison toward the end of the sentence is logical. A) is cited more often than most other B) are cited more often than most other C) is cited more often than those of most other D) are cited more often than those of most other E) are cited more often than are most other
his writings.....IS cited more often than most other young legal scholars
Two mistakes
1) writings is plural. so the verb should be ARE not IS. A,C out 2) writings of prof is to be compared with the writings of other scholars but not with the scholars themselves. B,E out
Considered to be one of the brightest upcoming legal scholars, Douglas Kysar has written countless articles on environmental law and policy; his writings, which include a book with renowned law professor Daniel Esty, is cited more often than most other young legal scholars. Consider the agreement between the subject and the verb; consider whether the comparison toward the end of the sentence is logical. A) is cited more often than most other B) are cited more often than most other C) is cited more often than those of most other D) are cited more often than those of most other E) are cited more often than are most other
Should be D. A - is cited - wrong, "is" is singular, writings - plural C - again "is" is used, wrong B - writings compared to other scholars, hence wrong E - again wrong comparision
D is the correct answer choice ...according to me..its a fite between the is AND are version..and since writings are plural..are is the correct word..!!!hence D
Considered to be one of the brightest upcoming legal scholars, Douglas Kysar has written countless articles on environmental law and policy; his writings, which include a book with renowned law professor Daniel Esty, is cited more often than most other young legal scholars. Consider the agreement between the subject and the verb; consider whether the comparison toward the end of the sentence is logical. A) is cited more often than most other B) are cited more often than most other C) is cited more often than those of most other D) are cited more often than those of most other E) are cited more often than are most other
Hi puys i am Nivedita, new to PG, just read the first 24 pages and decided to start posting my answers, I am a total newbie to GMAT prep, started with sentence correction, done with Kaplan SC. -
My Answer would be
D:
The verb here should modify " his writings " which is plural, so the verb should be plural. Here, A and C already get eliminated. "Those" in C refers to writings of the other young legal authors, which to my best knowledge makes it the perfect fit.
Considered to be one of the brightest upcoming legal scholars, Douglas Kysar has written countless articles on environmental law and policy; his writings, which include a book with renowned law professor Daniel Esty, is cited more often than most other young legal scholars. Consider the agreement between the subject and the verb; consider whether the comparison toward the end of the sentence is logical. A) is cited more often than most other B) are cited more often than most other C) is cited more often than those of most other D) are cited more often than those of most other E) are cited more often than are most other
Well puys,I have a different take on this. Here ,the reference is given to ONE of the writings of the author(which include a book with renowned law professor Daniel Esty)
So the reference is to ONE book and not the complete writingS,hence "IS" seems appropriate to me. having said this I wud go with option C.
Well puys,I have a different take on this. Here ,the reference is given to ONE of the writings of the author(which include a book with renowned law professor Daniel Esty)
So the reference is to ONE book and not the complete writingS,hence "IS" seems appropriate to me. having said this I wud go with option C.
Help me understand if this logic is wrong.
Here's what you are missing..
his writings, which include a book with renowned law professor Daniel Esty, is cited more....
Which introduces non restrictive clauses (clauses even without which the sentence can be completed). It is just another middle men.
So the given sentence can be simplified to
his writings is cited more.. hmm ..quite wrong. isnt't it ?
Well puys,I have a different take on this. Here ,the reference is given to ONE of the writings of the author(which include a book with renowned law professor Daniel Esty)
So the reference is to ONE book and not the complete writingS,hence "IS" seems appropriate to me. having said this I wud go with option C.
Help me understand if this logic is wrong.
Also if according to you the subject is indeed the singular 'book' then in option C what is 'those' referring to? Surely you can't compare 'a book' with 'writings' of most other scholars.
Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (A) Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (B) For the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America, relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (C) Relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America. (D) Relief came for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (E) The Silicon Valley Millionaires Club was a rather unexpected source from which relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came.
Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club.
(A) Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. Lack of commas make the sentence ambiguous. eg. South America came ... (B) For the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America, relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. Looks the best. Relief modifies the thousands of victims. (C) Relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America. Looks confusing to me. "For the thousands of victims" modifies relief. (D) Relief came for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. Lack of commas, makes it confusing. (E) The Silicon Valley Millionaires Club was a rather unexpected source from which relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came. Again, lack of punctuation.
Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (A) Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (B) For the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America, relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (C) Relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America. (D) Relief came for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (E) The Silicon Valley Millionaires Club was a rather unexpected source from which relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came.
I too chose B bcos i thought in option A the word "came" is too far from the word "Relief" which it is supposed to modify. Any better reasoning you guys can come up with?
It has to be B. option A has even a punctuation error. There is no comma anywhere in the sentence making it much ambiguous as to who came, Relief or South America ? I strongly believe the answer should be B, which corrects all these errors and is also clear in meaning.
Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (A) Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (B) For the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America, relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (C) Relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America. (D) Relief came for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (E) The Silicon Valley Millionaires Club was a rather unexpected source from which relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came.
This is a classic case of a question that is NOT representative of those that appear on the GMAT primarily because there is no clear reason for eliminating a lot of the options.
A, B, C and D all look a little good and a little bad; they each have arguments in favor and against.
This question has been debated endlessly by experts on other forums and the unanimous opinion is that this is not representative of the questions that appear on the GMAT. I for one have never come across such a question in all my years of teaching.
Just goes to show the importance of sticking to good quality content else you might end up practicing questions that you aren't likely to see on the GMAT, wasting your time as well as getting confused.
Anyways suggest you guys drop this one 'coz there's no one correct answer to this.
Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (A) Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (B) For the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America, relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (C) Relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America. (D) Relief came for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (E) The Silicon Valley Millionaires Club was a rather unexpected source from which relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came.
Horrible and a Killer problem..
Firstly, I find nothing wrong with A. It sounded plain to my ears
Moving to other options, I see that C, E are out of discussion.
A,B,D seem to be nice options. They can be simplified to
Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (A) Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (B) For the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America, relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (C) Relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America. (D) Relief came for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (E) The Silicon Valley Millionaires Club was a rather unexpected source from which relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came.
In option A ..... for the thousands.............................of South America is a phrase separating Relief(Subject) from the verb(came)... the correct one In option B..... relief is wrongly modified In option C it shud idealy be relief came for......... and not relief came from...... In option D....... the sentence has been damaged..... it indicates relief came for.....victims.. from a rater unexpected source........ In option E: I hope u all have neglected that option....
A) is cited more often than most other 
