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Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland;

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Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2007, 17:15
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Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a World Heritage Site

A. arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a World Heritage Site.
B. it is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and, as a result of this, has become a World
Heritage Site.
C. arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, it has become a World Heritage Site.
D. it has become a World Heritage Site, and arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia.
E. is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, a World Heritage Site.

What should be the answer ?



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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2007, 18:20
ajaygupta47 wrote:
Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a World Heritage Site

A. arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a World Heritage Site.
B. it is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and, as a result of this, has become a World
Heritage Site.
C. arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, it has become a World Heritage Site.
D. it has become a World Heritage Site, and arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia.
E. is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, a World Heritage Site.

What should be the answer ?


Semicolon seperates 2 independent clauses

Between B and D

Tending towards D as it is more concise
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2007, 20:23
"It is A and has become B" sounds logical

I'll pick B
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2007, 21:27
Swagatalakshmi wrote:
"It is A and has become B" sounds logical

I'll pick B


B for me.
In my opinion also, " the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia " should precede " has become a World Heritage Site "
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2007, 21:37
I would go with D as well for being the cleaner of the two.

What is OA???
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   28 Feb 2007, 05:29
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Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a World Heritage Site

A. arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a World Heritage Site.
B. it is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and, as a result of this, has become a World
Heritage Site.
C. arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, it has become a World Heritage Site.
D. it has become a World Heritage Site, and arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia.
E. is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, a World Heritage Site.

What should be the answer ?


After a semi-colon comes an complete sentence. Thus A and E are wong
'this' is B is a pronoun with an unclear referent.
D implies that the town has become the best-preserved medieval town in Scandanavia, changing the meaning

C is best
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   28 Feb 2007, 06:25
OK B, C and D. I really want to know the OA on this one
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   28 Feb 2007, 13:18
ajaygupta47 wrote:
Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a World Heritage Site

A. arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a World Heritage Site.
B. it is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and, as a result of this, has become a World
Heritage Site.
C. arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, it has become a World Heritage Site.
D. it has become a World Heritage Site, and arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia.
E. is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, a World Heritage Site.

What should be the answer ?


; should be followed by a main clause and it shouldn't change meaning. I will go with D
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   28 Feb 2007, 18:28
OK One more reason why B is wrong.

It appears that "as a result of" is unidiomatic in GMAT.

Please refer to the link below
https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=34695
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2007, 05:59
Good question. Anyone knows whats the OA for this one?
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2007, 07:33
I choose C

D does change the meaning of the sentence.... It says that it has become the best preserved town in Scandinvia presumably after it has become the World Heritage Site. Not good....
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   03 Mar 2007, 08:53
trivikram wrote:
OK One more reason why B is wrong.

It appears that "as a result of" is unidiomatic in GMAT.

Please refer to the link below
https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=34695


I checked the idiom list in Manhattan GMAT and it gives " as a result of" as a valid idiom :(

So we need to confirm this...Sorry about the confusion
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   04 Mar 2007, 07:23
(D)

Any sentence contains semicolon, the later part should act like a separate sentence with its own verb.

(B) is closer but 'as a result of this' is redundant.
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   04 Mar 2007, 08:18
C is my choice :)
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Re: Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; [#permalink] New post   04 Mar 2007, 09:40
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C is my choice :)


C looks like a run-on sentence. Isnt it? :)



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