Although some people think of New York as the quintessential

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Although some people think of New York as the quintessential high-rise city, many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago.

A) many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture may be found in Chicago
B) Chicago is where may be found many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
C) it is in Chicago that one would find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
D) you would in Chicago find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture
E) of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture, many are to be found in Chicago

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Eshan · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Why are we not looking into the possibility of "may" used in the given question?

Only option A and B take care of the "may" and C, D and E use "would", "would" and "are" which are assertive (confirming that skyscraper architecture is 100% to be found in Chicago).

From option A and B, I chose A because it is better grammatically formed. Option B IMO goes wrong here (highlighted):  Chicago is where may be found  many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture.

Kindly let me know if I am missing something.

SigEpUCI · Answer

C... the only one that states that chicago definately has some of the best skyscrapers without ackward construction.

Geethu · Answer

C.

I don't find anything wrong in B other than "where may be found". Is there anything else wrong with choice B.

afife76 · Answer

A .. passive
B .. Chicago is where may be ..does not sound right
D .. way off  
E .. passive

C is good.

lastochka · Answer

I could be entirely wrong, but I can't chose c b/c of the word formation "it is Chicago  that  one". If that were replaced with 'where', I'd go for C. To my ear, it does not sound like an accepted usage of English grammar, but I could be wrong. 
Between A and E, I picked A.

OA please?

lastochka · Answer

Just thought of another reason to refute C. 'One' can't be used to refer to any subject other than 'one' itself. 
Ex. If a person wants to enter the olympics, one has to pass some truly challenging prequalification rounds. -- Incorrect
Ex2. If one wants to enter the olympics, one has to pass some truly challenging prequalification rounds. -- Correct

lastochka · Answer

what's the official explanation? Upon closer examination, I suppose that the rule about not using 'one' to apply to any antecedent is not relevant here. But is it really idiomatic to be using 'that' in the sentence? The sentence just begs for 'where'.

Paul · Answer

Iatoshka, I'm sorry. OA is A and OE is:
The first version of this sentence is grammatically correct and more effective than any of the other answer choices, all of which needlessly separate words and phrases that logically belong together.

Not happy with OE too much though. I prefer your explanation of "one"

ywilfred · Answer

OA should be A. I came to picking A as well. The use of 'one' in C is not desirable. You need to use 'one' with 'one'. In this sentence, it says some people, not 'one'.

crashVcrush · Answer

this is of the form : Although X, Y

Although X (some people ).........., Y ( you )

leading to D

but my humble 2 cents that stems from my 2 miserable attempts and devouring/ exhausting though not internalising of almost all gmat sources : for handholding u can get in touch with any institute/ course but for practise only n only OFFICIAL SOURCES ie OG 12/11/13 , Verbal review 2nd edn, and gmatprep collection ( download ... Its a sticky one under whiplash's name ) ............ Anything other than official source esp fr Verbal is/should be a RED FLAG

umeshpatil · Answer

The reason I didn't chose  D  is because the place of '  in Chicago ' in sentence.

you would  in Chicago  find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture 
 you would find many of the most elegant examples of skyscraper architecture  in Chicago  .

Which would you prefer to use ?

jlgdr · Answer

Not too convinced with the OA guys? Anybody else want to give this one a try? I thought answer was  C

Cheers
J

Temurkhon · Answer

Another reason for weakness of C may be "would" that can be used as "if...would" or rephrasing statement with "will". None of these cases is here

riskietech · Answer

Hi jlgdr,
 C  is definitely not a right choice since it uses relative pronoun "that" to indicate a place; "where" would have been a best choice.

prasi55 · Answer

Riskietech,
The use of "that" is fine.

jlgdr · Answer

Thanks prasi55 Would you like to try to give a crack at it? Thanks! Cheers J

prasi55 · Answer

Grammatically, both A and C seem to be fine. Ideally, "May" in A should have been "can", and in C, "would" should have been "can".

dominicraj · Answer

Hi,

I too feel OA should be C cause the clause " Although some people think of New York as the quintessential high-rise city " has to be either followed by  the alternate city which is actually the high-rise city  or some reference to the people who disagree with the " some people " in first clause.

Only option C refers to either one of the two correctly...

Dom.

Aannie · Answer

GMATNinja   egmat  your 2 cents on this question !!Please

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