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Recent findings lend strong support to the theory that a black hole lies at the center ofthe Milky Way and of many of the 100 billion other galaxies estimated to exist in the universe. A. that a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way and of B. that a black hole lies at the Milky Way’s center and C. that there is a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center an D. of a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center and E. of a black hole that lies at the center of the Milky Way and of
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Option B Recent findings lend strong support to the theory that a black hole lies at the Milky Way’s center and many of the 100 billion other galaxies estimated to exist in the universe.
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ritjn2003 wrote: Recent findings lend strong support to the theory that a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way and of many of the 100 billion other galaxies estimated to exist in the
universe.
A. that a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way and of
B. that a black hole lies at the Milky Way’s center and
C. that there is a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center an
D. of a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center and
E. of a black hole that lies at the center of the Milky Way
and of D & E out - Meaning changed C out - passive voice B can be elimiated cause the first part of the sentece that says 'that a black hole lies at the Milky Way’s center' is perfect but the second half ' Milky Way and of many of the 100 billion other galaxies' tends to change the meaning. Lets simplify this - A - black hole lies at the center of X and of Y B - Black hole lies at the X's center and Y A can be selected as a better bet. Please post the OA.
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I think it should be between C and D estimated to exist is the participle phrase modifier lying at the Milky Way’s center is also a participle phrase modifier and parallel to above. Confused but IMO D looks better. D implies theory 'of a black hole (modifier) and many of the 100 billion other galaxies (modifier)' Any taker?
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sudeep wrote: I think it should be between C and D
estimated to exist is the participle phrase modifier
lying at the Milky Way’s center is also a participle phrase modifier and parallel to above.
Confused but IMO D looks better.
D implies theory 'of a black hole (modifier) and many of the 100 billion other galaxies (modifier)'
Any taker? 'Theory of blackhole' could ludicrously mean that the blackhole postulated the theory. Just think about it again.
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hasham222 wrote: sudeep wrote: I think it should be between C and D
estimated to exist is the participle phrase modifier
lying at the Milky Way’s center is also a participle phrase modifier and parallel to above.
Confused but IMO D looks better.
D implies theory 'of a black hole (modifier) and many of the 100 billion other galaxies (modifier)'
Any taker? 'Theory of blackhole' could ludicrously mean that the blackhole postulated the theory. Just think about it again. Ya! It is changing the meaning. A seems fine. But does "Theory of X" implies theory postulated by X. We use 'Theory of relativity' Can someone enlighten me please?
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went for A also, interested in OA
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ritjn2003 wrote: Recent findings lend strong support to the theory that a
black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way and of many
of the 100 billion other galaxies estimated to exist in the
universe.
A. that a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way
and of
B. that a black hole lies at the Milky Way’s center and
C. that there is a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s
center an
D. of a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center and
E. of a black hole that lies at the center of the Milky Way
and of left with A and B .. I am not sure how to eliminate the wrong option here? in A 'Milky Way and of' sounds wierd to me ... can some one explain the use of 'of' at the end?
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OA is A. Could anybody elaborate on this a bit? Thanks
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noboru wrote: OA is A.
Could anybody elaborate on this a bit?
Thanks could anybody clarify between A and B? thanks
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I also got it Wrong I went with D Could any expert reply to this question. If it changes the meaning please could you elaborate on how does it changes the meaning. Thanks
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Re: Recent findings lend strong support to the theory that a [#permalink]
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My take : Option A
D & E are out for the above mentioned reasons..
Usage of 'and' compels us to maintain d parallelism..
It is not only at the center of Milky Way but also at the center of other galaxies in d universe.. So 'center of' should be there and goes well with A..
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can anyone explain detailed explanation for each of the ansvver choices please
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A. that a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way and of------ best answer maintaining //ism B. that a black hole lies at the Milky Way’s center and ----- the dangling phrase after the fanboy ‘and’ does not go in tandem with the clause before the conjunction C. that there is a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center and ------same non-//ism as in B D. of a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center and --- reported findings are best introduced by a relative clause using - that -use of prepositional phrase of a black hole is unidiomatic E. of a black hole that lies at the center of the Milky Way and of --- same mistake as in D
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Thanks I am responding to a private message from venmic. I am happy to elaborate on this.  Recent findings lend strong support to the theory that a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way and of many of the 100 billion other galaxies estimated to exist in the universe.
(A) that a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way and of
(B) that a black hole lies at the Milky Way’s center and
(C) that there is a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center and
(D) of a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center and
(E) of a black hole that lies at the center of the Milky Way and ofRather that pick through each answer one at a time, let's attack this strategically, looking at splits. See this blog for more on this strategy: http://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-sente ... trategies/The first split is "that" vs. "of" at the very beginning. The phrase "a theory that A did B" is idiomatically correct. The phrase "a theory of A doing B" is inferior --- this construction will not be correct on the GMAT. Right away, (D) & (E) are out. The phrase "a black hole lies ...." is active and direct, just what the GMAT likes --- we see this in (A) & (B). Meanwhile, (C) has the abominably indirect monstrosity "there is a black hole lying ...." On the GMAT SC, any time you have a choice of "[noun] [verb]" vs. "there is a [noun] [participle]", then every single time, the first will be correct and the second will be wrong. Here, we can eliminate (C) on these grounds. Finally, we have the complex parallel construction at the end of the sentence: ....lies at the center
// of the Milky Way
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// of many of the 100 billion other galaxies estimated to exist in the universe.We need these to prepositions in parallel --- we are talking about something at the center of both the Milky Way and other galaxies. That means we must construct the first part in parallel ---- so "Milky Way's center" is wrong because it violates the parallelism. We need "of the Milky Way and of" at the end of the underlined section, to complete the parallelism correct. Only (A) & (E) do this correctly, but we have already eliminated (E) for other reasons. This leaves (A) as the only possible answer. Does this make sense? Mike
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Just a quick query Club members and Gurus ; Let's say the Recent findings lend to two things 1) a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way 2) many of the 100 billion other galaxies exist in the universe(I have modified the sentence , now we have a verb rather than verb-ed modifier ) In this case do we need to repeat the THAT in each part. "theory that A and that B" or "theory that And B " which is correct.. [ both A,B are independent of each other]
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sujit2k7 wrote: Just a quick query Club members and Gurus ;
Let's say the Recent findings lend to two things
1) a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way
2) many of the 100 billion other galaxies exist in the universe(I have modified the sentence , now we have a verb rather than verb-ed modifier )
In this case do we need to repeat the THAT in each part.
"theory that A and that B" or "theory that And B " which is correct.. [ both A,B are independent of each other] Dear Sujit2k7It's not a hard and fast rule, but typically "that" clauses are long enough that it makes sense to use two separate "that" clauses simply for rhetorical clarity. It's not grammatically wrong to say "I think that P and Q", but because P & Q are probably relatively long clauses, having a second "that" will just make the overall sentence structure much clearer. The GMAT absolutely will not test this particular point on the Sentence Correction. BTW, if you're interested, here's a blog on talking about beliefs ----- http://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-idiom ... ieve-that/Does all this make sense? Mike
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I completely agree with the reasons on why options B, C, D, and E are incorrect. However, I am unable to understand the original sentence itself. If the sentence were " Recent findings lend strong support to the theory that a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way and of many of the 100 billion other galaxies.", I would have agreed that the parallelism is maintained (thought I would never understand how one black hole can lie at the center of the Milky Way and at the center of many of the 100 billion other galaxies at the same time -- each of the galaxies can have a separate black hole of its own -- presence of "a" before "black hole" has created an absurd theory!). However, the original sentence structure is: ..... a BH lies at the center of the X and of Y estimated to exist in the universe. What is "estimated to exist in the universe" -- answer is "100 billion other galaxies" which is a part of Y. Thus "the Milky Way" is not parallel to "many of the 100 billion other galaxies estimated to exist in the universe". I am not able to find any sensible meaning of the sentence. Any help on this will be appreciated. I tried to find the source of the question, but could not find anywhere. I doubt whether this question is from any reputable source and worth brainstorming!
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Doe 007: I think you got the parsing of the A wrongly. Of X and Y is limited to -of the Milky Way(X) and -of the many other galaxies(Y) - . Whether it is 100 billion or 1000 billion is an inessential factor, since it is not what the text is converging on. On the contrary, the existence of a black hole is the heart of the finding. So, at the centre of the Milky Way and at the centre of the many of the galaxies are //, IMO. Secondly, I feel that the text is trying to say that at the centre of each of these many galaxies (It is just many galaxies and not all galaxies) lies a black hole of its own. So, the suspicion whether all galaxies have a common hole may be a high inference.
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