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Although some people think of New York as the quintessential [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2004, 12:18
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Although some people think of New York as the quintessential high-rise city, many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago.

A) many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago
B) Chicago is where may be found many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
C) it is in Chicago that one would find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
D) you would in Chicago find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
E) of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture, many are to be found in Chicago


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Re: Although some people think of New York as the quintessential [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2014, 02:14
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Although some people think of New York as the quintessential high-rise city, many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago.

A) many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago
B) Chicago is where may be found many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
C) it is in Chicago that one would find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
D) you would in Chicago find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
E) of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture, many are to be found in Chicago


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Hi,

Why are we not looking into the possibility of "may" used in the given question?

Only option A and B take care of the "may" and C, D and E use "would", "would" and "are" which are assertive (confirming that skyscraper architecture is 100% to be found in Chicago).

From option A and B, I chose A because it is better grammatically formed. Option B IMO goes wrong here (highlighted): Chicago is where may be found many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture.

Kindly let me know if I am missing something.
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[#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2004, 13:44
C... the only one that states that chicago definately has some of the best skyscrapers without ackward construction.
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[#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2004, 15:14
C.

I don't find anything wrong in B other than "where may be found". Is there anything else wrong with choice B.
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Re: SC NY & Chicago skyscrapers [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2004, 18:34
Paul wrote:
Although some people think of New York as the quintessential high-rise city, many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago.

A) many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago
B) Chicago is where may be found many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
C) it is in Chicago that one would find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
D) you would in Chicago find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
E) of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture, many are to be found in Chicago


A .. passive
B .. Chicago is where may be ..does not sound right
D .. way off [you would IN Chicago ...]
E .. passive

C is good.
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Re: SC NY & Chicago skyscrapers [#permalink] New post   15 Aug 2004, 08:52
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Although some people think of New York as the quintessential high-rise city, many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago.

A) many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago
B) Chicago is where may be found many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
C) it is in Chicago that one would find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
D) you would in Chicago find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
E) of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture, many are to be found in Chicago


I could be entirely wrong, but I can't chose c b/c of the word formation "it is Chicago that one". If that were replaced with 'where', I'd go for C. To my ear, it does not sound like an accepted usage of English grammar, but I could be wrong.
Between A and E, I picked A.

OA please?
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[#permalink] New post   15 Aug 2004, 19:20
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Just thought of another reason to refute C. 'One' can't be used to refer to any subject other than 'one' itself.
Ex. If a person wants to enter the olympics, one has to pass some truly challenging prequalification rounds. -- Incorrect
Ex2. If one wants to enter the olympics, one has to pass some truly challenging prequalification rounds. -- Correct
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[#permalink] New post   15 Aug 2004, 20:47
what's the official explanation? Upon closer examination, I suppose that the rule about not using 'one' to apply to any antecedent is not relevant here. But is it really idiomatic to be using 'that' in the sentence? The sentence just begs for 'where'.
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[#permalink] New post   15 Aug 2004, 21:09
Iatoshka, I'm sorry. OA is A and OE is:
The first version of this sentence is grammatically correct and more effective than any of the other answer choices, all of which needlessly separate words and phrases that logically belong together.

Not happy with OE too much though. I prefer your explanation of "one"
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[#permalink] New post   16 Aug 2004, 01:42
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OA should be A. I came to picking A as well. The use of 'one' in C is not desirable. You need to use 'one' with 'one'. In this sentence, it says some people, not 'one'.
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Re: PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESION WITH POE [#permalink] New post   18 Dec 2012, 07:50
this is of the form : Although X, Y

Although X (some people ).........., Y ( you )

leading to D

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Re: PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESION WITH POE [#permalink] New post   18 Dec 2012, 08:19
The reason I didn't chose D is because the place of ' in Chicago' in sentence.

you would in Chicago find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
you would find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture in Chicago.

Which would you prefer to use ?
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Re: Although some people think of New York as the quintessential [#permalink] New post   27 Mar 2014, 12:31
Not too convinced with the OA guys? Anybody else want to give this one a try? I thought answer was
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Re: Although some people think of New York as the quintessential [#permalink] New post   28 Mar 2014, 00:07
Paul wrote:
Although some people think of New York as the quintessential high-rise city, many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago.

A) many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago
B) Chicago is where may be found many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
C) it is in Chicago that one would find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
D) you would in Chicago find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
E) of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture, many are to be found in Chicago


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Another reason for weakness of C may be "would" that can be used as "if...would" or rephrasing statement with "will". None of these cases is here
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Re: Although some people think of New York as the quintessential [#permalink] New post   28 Mar 2014, 05:34
jlgdr wrote:
Not too convinced with the OA guys? Anybody else want to give this one a try? I thought answer was
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Hi jlgdr,
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is definitely not a right choice since it uses relative pronoun "that" to indicate a place; "where" would have been a best choice.
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Re: Although some people think of New York as the quintessential [#permalink] New post   29 Mar 2014, 11:11
Riskietech,
The use of "that" is fine.
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Re: Although some people think of New York as the quintessential [#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2014, 09:45
prasi55 wrote:
Riskietech,
The use of "that" is fine.


Thanks prasi55

Would you like to try to give a crack at it?
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Re: Although some people think of New York as the quintessential [#permalink] New post   21 Apr 2014, 10:10
Grammatically, both A and C seem to be fine. Ideally, "May" in A should have been "can", and in C, "would" should have been "can".
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Re: Although some people think of New York as the quintessential [#permalink] New post   15 May 2015, 22:47
jlgdr wrote:
Not too convinced with the OA guys? Anybody else want to give this one a try? I thought answer was
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Hi,

I too feel OA should be C cause the clause "Although some people think of New York as the quintessential high-rise city" has to be either followed by the alternate city which is actually the high-rise city or some reference to the people who disagree with the "some people" in first clause.

Only option C refers to either one of the two correctly...

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