Because of the flood of immigrants between 1905 and 1910, so

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Because of the flood of immigrants between 1905 and 1910,  so overcrowded were the school buildings on the lower East Side beyond their capacity  that the city converted a hospital ship into a school where ten thousand children received instruction. 
(A) so overcrowded were the school buildings on the lower East Side beyond their capacity 
(B) so overcrowded beyond their capacity were the school buildings on the lower East Side 
(C) school buildings on the lower East Side were overcrowded so far beyond their capacity 
(D) school buildings on the lower East Side were so overcrowded 
(E) lower East Side school buildings were so overcrowded

ay way to elimiate one of D or E,

banerjeea_98 · Answer

hmmm...I pick "E"... overcrowded and betond capacity  looks redundant to me.

jpv · Answer

I will pick (D). Avoid too many adjectives for subjects.

rthothad · Answer

I will go with 'D'

(A) so overcrowded were the school buildings on the lower East Side beyond their capacity 
overcrowded & beyond their capacity - redundant.

(B) so overcrowded beyond their capacity were the school buildings on the lower East Side 
same as A

(C) school buildings on the lower East Side were overcrowded so far beyond their capacity 
same as A

(D) school buildings on the lower East Side were so overcrowded 
This is it.

(E) lower East Side school buildings were so overcrowded 
Makes it look like 'Lower East Side' is a name of a school.

ywilfred · Answer

D is best. It's free of any grammatical errors, and is clear and concise.

ywilfred · Answer

Because of the flood of immigrants between 1905 and 1910,  so overcrowded were the school buildings on the lower East Side beyond their capacity  that the city converted a hospital ship into a school where ten thousand children received instruction.

(D) school buildings on the lower East Side were so overcrowded
(E) lower East Side school buildings were so overcrowded 

I think we can narrow down to D and E pretty much quickly.

Between D and E, D is better. we want to say school buildings on the lower east side to make clear it's not any school buidlings, but only those situated on the lower east side.

E is not so clear on that point. By syaing lower east side school buidlings, the reader can take it to be the eastern corners of school budilings

banerjeea_98 · Answer

IMO, "D" makes it sound like we are talking abt buildings that are located on the lower east side of the school.

actudiant1 · Answer

I pick "D"

A --> redundant

B --> so overcrowded and beyond their capacity
Mention the same thing twice

C -->   overcrowded so  far beyond   
"far beyond" doesn't make any sense.

E --> lower  East Side  school
Definitely a name of a school

kwasi7 · Answer

I go for D.

IMO we can narrow to C and D because of dangling modifiers. And since C is very cumbersome D becomes the obvious choice.

jpv · Answer

https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=14177

jpv · Answer

I found a previous link: https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=14177

gmat2me2 · Answer

Relax guys

I too picked D.... I would have liked someone like Paul/HH to explain us about this.

Vithal · Answer

Because of the flood of immigrants between 1905 and 1910,  so overcrowded were the school buildings on the lower East Side beyond their capacity  that the city converted a hospital ship into a school where ten thousand children received instruction. 

(D) school buildings on the lower East Side were so overcrowded 
(E) lower East Side school buildings were so overcrowded

D & E, IMO, could be chosen depending on the intended meaning.

D will be true of the author wants to convey that the school buildings near the lower East Side were overcrowded

But, I believe E is more logical than D in this context - E basically says that All the school buildings within the lower east side region were overcrowded. This is better than the intended meaning in D, which gives a sense of overcrowding of a subset of schools

jpv · Answer

Yes, and the intended meaning is mentioned in the original wrong choice.

kwasi7 · Answer

How come there are different OAs for the same question.

Because of the flood of immigrants between 1905 and 1910, so

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