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The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, which was determined by when the sun reached the observerâ€™s meridian and differing from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times.
(A) which was determined by when the sun reached the observerâ€™s meridian and differing
(B) which was determined by when the sun reached the observerâ€™s meridian and which differed
(C) which were determined by when the sun reached the observerâ€™s meridian and differing
(D) determined by when the sun reached the observerâ€™s meridian and differed
(E) determined by when the sun reached the observerâ€™s meridian and differing

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14 Oct 2004, 11:16

i think this qn was posted a week or 2 ago...i couldn't understand the reason as to why the answer was correct.

i'm taking a guess and saying that it is D.

Anyone have any insight on what the OA is and why?

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14 Oct 2004, 13:21

Which should refers to the noun that preceed it. This is not the case here. The growth of railroads is far behind which.

A, B and C are OUT.

determined and differed are parallel in the verb Tense.

So, it is D.

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14 Oct 2004, 13:48

Answer is E. We have a nice explanation in the link below

http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... +differing

Now, cutting the whole thing short. D& E are the closest contenders for the answer.

E is the final answer because E brings in the gerund 'differing' which is more appropriate in this situation than the past participle 'differed'.

My understand is very simple, action following the word 'determined' lives in the past, and action following the word 'differing' lives in the present.

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15 Oct 2004, 00:18

OA for this is E
But still the explanation is not convincing

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15 Oct 2004, 05:08

brahaman wrote:

OA for this is E
But still the explanation is not convincing

see if this helps

http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4967&highlight=meridian

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