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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.
Hi,
I received a PM regarding this question.
Out of the given choices (C) sounds the best. the "it" in (C) is correct and correctly refers to "town". The prepositional phrase "in Scandinavia" is correctly placed next to "town". It is essential to the meaning and can not be placed elsewhere in the sentence.
If you see the other contender (D). A comma before "and " is used; it is used in two occasions, to present three or more things in a list or to connect two independent clauses. In (D) "and" is being used used to connect (or coordinate, in grammatical terms) a clause "it has become..." and a phrase "arguably the best preserved....". This is clearly incorrect.
However in GMAT, these type of questions are very rare.
Please also see the question in the post below. This question also has a critical modifier essential to the meaning of the sentence.
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