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Though it had about 11 inches of snow, aviation officials said
conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing was
acceptable.

· aviation officials said conditions on the runway at the time of
the emergency landing was acceptable
· the runway conditions during the emergency landing were
acceptable according to aviation officials
· according to aviation officials, the runway was in acceptable
condition during the time of the emergency landing
· the runway was said by aviation officials to be in acceptable
condition during the emergency landing
· aviation officials said that conditions on the runway at the time
of the emergency landing were acceptable

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04 Sep 2010, 10:18

Though it had about 11 inches of snow, aviation officials said
conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing was
acceptable.

B is right. The OA (D) is wrong.

Modifiers problem.
"it" refers to "the runway". So 'The runway' should come right after the comma.

So A, C and E are out.

Between B and D, D is awkward.

B is grammatically correct.

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04 Sep 2010, 10:21

What had about 11 inches of snow) the runaway. Therefore only D is OK.
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04 Sep 2010, 10:37

noboru wrote:

What had about 11 inches of snow) the runaway. Therefore only D is OK.

Oh yes. Its D. I think I gave exactly opposite explanation about B n D. :roll:

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05 Sep 2010, 12:32

I understand that "Though it had about 11 inches of snow" should modify "the runway" but I am finding option D to be very awkward because " the runway was said by aviation officials" is weird.

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Re: aviation officials said conditions on the runway [#permalink]

05 Sep 2010, 16:39

SudiptoGmat wrote:

Though it had about 11 inches of snow, aviation officials said
conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing was
acceptable.

· aviation officials said conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing was acceptable
· the runway conditions during the emergency landing were acceptable according to aviation officials
· according to aviation officials, the runway was in acceptable condition during the time of the emergency landing
· the runway was said by aviation officials to be in acceptable condition during the emergency landing
· aviation officials said that conditions on the runway at the time of the emergency landing were acceptable

C is my answer.
Though it had about 11 inches of snow, according to aviation officials, the runway was in acceptable condition during the time of the emergency landing

Here according to is a phrase and if we omit this one , it clearly refers to the runway.

D is the most weird answer. the runway was said by officials to be in ...
I really have problem with the OA... Whats the source of the question...

Re: aviation officials said conditions on the runway [#permalink] 05 Sep 2010, 16:39

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