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Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.


(A) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are

(B) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,

(C) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are

(D) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also

(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also


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Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or the heritages of various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   15 May 2012, 07:16
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H there,

Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.



In New York there are dozens of small museums that are devoted to either local history or various ethnic groups. In addition, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to Bronx that can be explored on summer weekends.

One thing we really need to pay heed is that there is no apparent contrast in this sentence. The first past of the sentence talks about the museums that are devoted to certain specific fields. The other part of the sentence is also providing some extra information. The information contained in the second part of the sentence is not contrasting information. Therefore, we do not need contrast in this sentence.



Error Analysis
1. Since there is no apparent contrast in this sentence, we do not need “Although”.
2. Either is followed by “devoted to local history” whereas or is followed by “various ethnic groups”. These two entities re not parallel.

POE:

Choice A: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are: Incorrect for the reasons stated above.

Choice B: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,: Incorrect.
1. “Although” is not needed.
2. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to a fragment.

Choice C: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are: Incorrect. “but” brings in the unnecessary contrast in the sentence. We do not need the contrast.

Choice D: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also: Correct.

Choice E: Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also: Incorrect. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to fragment.

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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2003, 18:34
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Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.

(A) Although dozens of New York's small museums are either
devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
(B) Although dozens of New York's small museums are devoted
to local history or various ethnic groups
(C) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local
history or various ethnic groups, but there are
(D) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local
history or various ethnic groups, and there are also
(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens
of New York's small museums and also



A look at the answer choices reveals that there is a change in the tone of the sentence in some of them.

This is clearly a USAGE issue.

when will i use although?

Although it rains in washington most of the year, it does not affect day o day life.
Although he was a very good guy, his habits made him very unpopular.
Although the venture is risky, the returns are amazing.
Although he was sick, he showed up at work in the morning.

So i would expect although to set up the sentence is this way

Although there are dozens of museums devoted to local history in NYC, many groups accude the administration of failure to preserve local history.


so A and B will not be useful here.

E is poor usage..there is no proper link between the first and second parts of the sentence

C is close....But should provide some opposite info..

There are many motels here, but none of them are cheap.
I can come, but i am very busy.
They drove very fast to the airport,but they missed the flight.

here the second part of the sentence provides more info..so AND is best...

D looks ok... i am not sure about there are "also"..but it is the least of the evils...so i would go with D too

Answer D
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   19 Jul 2009, 12:34
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Logically the 2 parts have nothing in contrast, the sentence is discussing 2 types of museums in a way "there is A and also there is B"

so anything that shows a contrast is out, thus A, B and C out.

E is obviously wrong. No need to explain.

D is the best choice left.
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   13 Sep 2009, 02:40
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A- eliminate- not pointed to the main idea
b- eliminate- it bcomes more awkaward without "there are"
C- Looks good... but the term "but" indicates that the following part will present something contrary... though it infact is an additional information ..
D- Solves the problem of sentence C and looks like a good choice
E- inverted construction. we have better choices.

i ll go with D

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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   11 May 2011, 21:52
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IMO D

A -
1) Lacks parallelism between either/ or;
2) Also, we dont need contrast in sentence, we need continuation. (FANBOYS)
B -
1) Needs some connecting word after comma, sounds incomplete sentence if whole sentence is read out aloud along with B option.
2) OR is used, but not sure whether "various ethnic groups" and "local history" are comparable
C - 1) we dont need contrast in sentence, we need continuation.
D - CORRECT - FANBOYS is used as continuation
E -
1) Meaning changes
2) OR is used, but not sure whether "various ethnic groups" and "local history" are comparable
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   22 Apr 2012, 04:36
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(A) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
There is no contradiction here => Although is wrong.
(B) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,
There is no contradiction here => Although is wrong.
(C) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are
There is no contradiction here => But is wrong
(D) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also
Correct
(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also
Fragmented sentence
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   22 Apr 2012, 23:10
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(A) Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
- Choice A lacks parallelism. Devoted to is after either hence should be repeated for the or element as well.

(B) Although dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,
- Choice B is incomplete. presence of THAT within the second sentence makes start "Many of" incomplete.

(C) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are
- The sentence lacks contrast,hence BUT is not required. The first sentence refers to extent to which the museums within New york are accessible. The second part refers to time in which they are open.

(D) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also
- Correct

(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York's small museums and also
- Incomplete, As for option B.
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   02 Jun 2015, 02:52
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Hi Apoorv601,

The "although" which starts the clause refers to the subject "New York's small museums" hence the clause that follows after comma has to carry something to do with the subject.

For E.g. Although the hurricane was headed our way last night, early this morning it turned north and missed Florida completely.

Since the clasue that follows has a different subject we cant use "although". Hence both A and B are out straight away. " But " is used for contrast which is unnecessary here. So C is out.

Option E makes no sense. The second clause does not complete the first.

Hence D.

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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   02 Jun 2015, 11:22
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Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.

(A) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
The one-of-a-kind museums are meant to be an addition, not in contrast to the small museums.
(B) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, a fragment follows the comma
(C) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are This also implies contrast
(D) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also

(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also There is no main verb.
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2015, 23:18
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A: Incorrect because "Although" indicates a future contrast or differentiation. The second part of the sentence merely provides more information.
B: Incorrect because the clause does not include the idiom "either x or y".
C. Conjunction "but" indicates a contrast or differentiation.
D. No Errors
E. Incorrect modifier.
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2015, 23:49
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Can someone please explain the idea behind eliminating "A"?
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Hi,
the reason for eliminating A is parallelism in "either.... or ....."

Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
it should be either" devoted to local history or devoted to various ethnic groups,...
or "devoted to either local history or various ethnic groups...
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2015, 01:59
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Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.

(A) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
(B) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,
(C) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are
(D) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also
(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also




(A) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are


correct Idiom is ---either x or y


either devoted ( verb ) ------or ----various ethnic group ( noun ) ------not ||


sentence start with " although " ( refers contrast ) ----while the 2nd part of the sentence is the additional information of the first part , therefore use of contrast word " although " is wrong


(B) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,

sentence start with " although " ( refers contrast ) ----while the 2nd part of the sentence is the additional information of the first part , therefore use of contrast word " although " is wrong


after , ( comma ) second part starts with -----many one of kind ............( awkward)


(C) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are


use of ---but (contrast word ) is wrong

(D) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also

Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups----independent clause 1

there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.-----independent clause 2

and -----correctly connect 2 part

concept ----to connect 2 Independent clause -------use Semi colon ( ; )

or

if semi colon is not there we can use , ( comma ) but needs to add word such as ---for , and , not, but or, yet , so

Independent clause 1 , and Independent clause 2 -----correctly connected

(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also

Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups ......... verb -ed modifier modify the dozens ( wrong ) . it should modify ( small museums )


correct answer D
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   28 Aug 2018, 12:11
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Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.

(A) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
wrong - "Although" is for contrast and this contrast is not logical. contrasting what the museums are devoted for vs when are they open

(B) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,
wrong - "Although" is for contrast and this contrast is not logical. contrasting what the museums are devoted for vs when are they open

(C) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are
wrong - BUT is again a contrast, and its illogically contrasting things here.

(D) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also
right - by eliminating 4 choices. if you still dont agree, then this correctly uses AND with 2 independent clauses which are parallel in logic talking about just the museums

(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also
wrong: sentence fragment - before AND we dont have an independent clause

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Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or the heritages of various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.


i have given my reasoning for each. its a 2-3 split. i went with elimination strategy.
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   05 Dec 2019, 21:46
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H there,

Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.



In New York there are dozens of small museums that are devoted to either local history or various ethnic groups. In addition, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to Bronx that can be explored on summer weekends.

One thing we really need to pay heed is that there is no apparent contrast in this sentence. The first past of the sentence talks about the museums that are devoted to certain specific fields. The other part of the sentence is also providing some extra information. The information contained in the second part of the sentence is not contrasting information. Therefore, we do not need contrast in this sentence.



Error Analysis
1. Since there is no apparent contrast in this sentence, we do not need “Although”.
2. Either is followed by “devoted to local history” whereas or is followed by “various ethnic groups”. These two entities re not parallel.

POE:

Choice A: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are: Incorrect for the reasons stated above.

Choice B: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,: Incorrect.
1. “Although” is not needed.
2. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to a fragment.

Choice C: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are: Incorrect. “but” brings in the unnecessary contrast in the sentence. We do not need the contrast.

Choice D: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also: Correct.

Choice E: Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also: Incorrect. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to fragment.

Hope this helps.
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Hello,

I understand most of the explanation you provided except for option B. You mentioned "There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to a fragment." Clearly option E does not have a main verb but option B has are devoted. Is that not a verb ? What is the role of are devoted in option B if it is not the verb?
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   16 Dec 2019, 00:26
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H there,

Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.



In New York there are dozens of small museums that are devoted to either local history or various ethnic groups. In addition, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to Bronx that can be explored on summer weekends.

One thing we really need to pay heed is that there is no apparent contrast in this sentence. The first past of the sentence talks about the museums that are devoted to certain specific fields. The other part of the sentence is also providing some extra information. The information contained in the second part of the sentence is not contrasting information. Therefore, we do not need contrast in this sentence.



Error Analysis
1. Since there is no apparent contrast in this sentence, we do not need “Although”.
2. Either is followed by “devoted to local history” whereas or is followed by “various ethnic groups”. These two entities re not parallel.

POE:

Choice A: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are: Incorrect for the reasons stated above.

Choice B: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,: Incorrect.
1. “Although” is not needed.
2. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to a fragment.

Choice C: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are: Incorrect. “but” brings in the unnecessary contrast in the sentence. We do not need the contrast.

Choice D: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also: Correct.

Choice E: Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also: Incorrect. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to fragment.

Hope this helps.
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Why is contrast incorrect and also for D , Can "also" be correct
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Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2020, 13:50
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GMAT community clearly needs GMATNinja 's help with this one,

I've not seen any reasonable explanation of why option C is rejected apart from the use of "but", which is, to be fair, perfectly fine here.
The original sentence uses contrast so one can reasonably think that contrast is needed in general
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2020, 22:28
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H there,

Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.



In New York there are dozens of small museums that are devoted to either local history or various ethnic groups. In addition, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to Bronx that can be explored on summer weekends.

One thing we really need to pay heed is that there is no apparent contrast in this sentence. The first past of the sentence talks about the museums that are devoted to certain specific fields. The other part of the sentence is also providing some extra information. The information contained in the second part of the sentence is not contrasting information. Therefore, we do not need contrast in this sentence.



Error Analysis
1. Since there is no apparent contrast in this sentence, we do not need “Although”.
2. Either is followed by “devoted to local history” whereas or is followed by “various ethnic groups”. These two entities re not parallel.

POE:

Choice A: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are: Incorrect for the reasons stated above.

Choice B: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,: Incorrect.
1. “Although” is not needed.
2. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to a fragment.

Choice C: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are: Incorrect. “but” brings in the unnecessary contrast in the sentence. We do not need the contrast.

Choice D: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also: Correct.

Choice E: Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also: Incorrect. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to fragment.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.
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Thanks for explanation. please explain what is antecedent for There in option D

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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   04 Feb 2021, 01:46
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egmat wrote:
H there,

Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.



In New York there are dozens of small museums that are devoted to either local history or various ethnic groups. In addition, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to Bronx that can be explored on summer weekends.

One thing we really need to pay heed is that there is no apparent contrast in this sentence. The first past of the sentence talks about the museums that are devoted to certain specific fields. The other part of the sentence is also providing some extra information. The information contained in the second part of the sentence is not contrasting information. Therefore, we do not need contrast in this sentence.



Error Analysis
1. Since there is no apparent contrast in this sentence, we do not need “Although”.
2. Either is followed by “devoted to local history” whereas or is followed by “various ethnic groups”. These two entities re not parallel.

POE:

Choice A: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are: Incorrect for the reasons stated above.

Choice B: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,: Incorrect.
1. “Although” is not needed.
2. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to a fragment.

Choice C: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are: Incorrect. “but” brings in the unnecessary contrast in the sentence. We do not need the contrast.

Choice D: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also: Correct.

Choice E: Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also: Incorrect. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to fragment.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha



Hello,

I understand most of the explanation you provided except for option B. You mentioned "There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to a fragment." Clearly option E does not have a main verb but option B has are devoted. Is that not a verb ? What is the role of are devoted in option B if it is not the verb?

the portion 'are devoted' is to use as a verb of the subject 'that'. here the main verb of main subject 'many' is missing. so, there is fragment error.
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Re: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to loca [#permalink] New post   09 Apr 2021, 09:24
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H there,

Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.



In New York there are dozens of small museums that are devoted to either local history or various ethnic groups. In addition, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to Bronx that can be explored on summer weekends.

One thing we really need to pay heed is that there is no apparent contrast in this sentence. The first past of the sentence talks about the museums that are devoted to certain specific fields. The other part of the sentence is also providing some extra information. The information contained in the second part of the sentence is not contrasting information. Therefore, we do not need contrast in this sentence.



Error Analysis
1. Since there is no apparent contrast in this sentence, we do not need “Although”.
2. Either is followed by “devoted to local history” whereas or is followed by “various ethnic groups”. These two entities re not parallel.

POE:

Choice A: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are: Incorrect for the reasons stated above.

Choice B: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,: Incorrect.
1. “Although” is not needed.
2. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to a fragment.

Choice C: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are: Incorrect. “but” brings in the unnecessary contrast in the sentence. We do not need the contrast.

Choice D: Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also: Correct.

Choice E: Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also: Incorrect. There is no main verb in the sentence. This leads to fragment.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha


I am not convinced as there is a contrast per se
How I understood the meaning is --> the original sentence says that "There are dozens of small museums that are devoted to various ethnic groups and local history. However, there are a couple out there open for exploration (which might bring out something new after exploring)"

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