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11. The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, which was determined by when
the sun reached the observer’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 observer’s meridian and differing
(B) which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and which differed
(C) which were determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing
(D) determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differed
(E) determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing
Your views please. I will post OA later.
Thanks.
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confused between B and D. Local times should be plural so we need which were .
But B uses which was...hence will go for D
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I chose D but the OA was not that. I doubt the given OA.
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It truly is between B and D!
Im tempted to go for B! Cant we treat local times as a singular collective noun? (sounds naive eh?)
Will go for D! 
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(E)
This is a tricky one.
The best way to understand this is to split the subclause.
local times determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian
local times differing from city to city
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macca wrote: (E)
This is a tricky one.
The best way to understand this is to split the subclause.
local times determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian
local times differing from city to city
I got it. It is like this: -
1. The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times,determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian &
2. The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, differing from city to city.
Macca, Thanks for the explanation.
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Sorry for my brief explanation. yes as Mayer pinpoints it out, break up the sentences into two parts.
1) The growth of railroads led to the abolition of local times, determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian, and to the establishment of regional times.
2) The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, differing from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times.
Now, here you can see that differing is prefered to differed.
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The OA is indeed "E". But here are the few points which I had in mind:
- "differ" should be parallel with "reached" in the phase "which was determined by when
the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing from city to city"
And this entire sentence is defining "Local Time". The sentence makes perfect sense with the word "differed" and it also parallen in the sentence.
ie,
which was determined by when
the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differed from city to city
I am sorry but I am not too clear. It would help if you could explain why "differed" is wrong.
Thanks.
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sgrover wrote: The OA is indeed "E". But here are the few points which I had in mind:
- "differ" should be parallel with "reached" in the phase "which was determined by when
the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing from city to city"
And this entire sentence is defining "Local Time". The sentence makes perfect sense with the word "differed" and it also parallen in the sentence.
ie,
which was determined by when
the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differed from city to city
I am sorry but I am not too clear. It would help if you could explain why "differed" is wrong.
Thanks.
If you use differed, this is how your sentence would look like when it is broken up:
The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, differed from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times.
Does that sound right to you?
Surly, this version is correct:
The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, differing from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times.
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