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Once made exclusively from the wool of sheep that roam the Isle of Lewis and Harris off the coast of Scotland, Harris tweed is now made only with wools that are imported, sometimes from the mainland and sometimes they come—as a result of a 1996 amendment to the Harris Tweed Act—from outside Scotland. A. sometimes from the mainland and sometimes they come B. sometimes from the mainland and sometimes C. that come sometimes from the mainland or sometimes D. from the mainland sometimes, or sometimes it comes E. from the mainland sometimes, or sometimes coming i am not sure about th oa.
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ajit257 wrote: Once made exclusively from the wool of sheep that roam the Isle of Lewis and Harris off the coast of Scotland, Harris tweed is now made only with wools that are imported, sometimes from the mainland and sometimes they come—as a result of a 1996 amendment to the Harris Tweed Act—from outside Scotland.
A. sometimes from the mainland and sometimes they come
B. sometimes from the mainland and sometimes
C. that come sometimes from the mainland or sometimes
D. from the mainland sometimes, or sometimes it comes
E. from the mainland sometimes, or sometimes coming
i am not sure about th oa. Harris tweed is made either from mainland wool or outside wool. So, an "or" is required to differentiate the two. We can eliminate A & B for this reason. C. Correct. uses correct verb "come" for the plural subject "wools". Also, this option replaces "and" with "or" to create the required differentiation. D. pronoun "it" doesn't agree with the plural subject "wools" E. "or sometimes coming" is not parallel with "wools that are imported from" My pick is C. What is the OA?
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It is B which does not have any grammar error.
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gmat1220 wrote: It is B which does not have any grammar error. What do you think about the conjunctions "and" and "or". Don't you think they have a role to play? btw OA is B.
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The bottom line is that the tweed was made from wools imported from both the mainland and foreign. It is not implying that the tweed was made from either this or that. Usual expression is that something is done sometimes from this and sometimes from that. That ignored, B is the best. C is wrong because it has two verbs: Harris Tweed 'is now made only with wools ' that are imported' ‘that come’ sometimes from the mainland or sometimes. These verbs have not been conjugated by a proper conjunction and hence the main clause is a run-on.
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ajit257 wrote: Once made exclusively from the wool of sheep that roam the Isle of Lewis and Harris off the coast of Scotland, Harris tweed is now made only with wools that are imported, sometimes from the mainland and sometimes they come—as a result of a 1996 amendment to the Harris Tweed Act—from outside Scotland.
A. sometimes from the mainland and sometimes they come
B. sometimes from the mainland and sometimes
C. that come sometimes from the mainland or sometimes
D. from the mainland sometimes, or sometimes it comes
E. from the mainland sometimes, or sometimes coming
i am not sure about th oa. The Question tests the concept of Parallelism. The parallel structure is sometimes from the mainland and sometimes ...... from outside scotland. Hence Answer should be B . None other fit the bill
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Its a straight B... parallelism...
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sometime from X or from Y (I think we need)
D is the only one which makes sense, and in D "it" we need subject to refer to the wool.
Edit - got it, B is good
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