Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves one fifth of the worlds r

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Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves – one fifth of the world’s reserves – flourish in China, spreading from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of  the country.

A. Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves – one fifth of the world’s reserves – flourish in China, spreading from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of

B. One fifth of the world’s reserves of over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves flourishes in China and spreads from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of

C. One fifth of the world’s reserves of emerald bamboo groves that are over 6M hectares and that spread from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of China flourish in

D. Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves, one fifth of the world’s reserves, spreading from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of China, flourish in

E. One fifth of the world’s reserves of over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves flourish in China and spread from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part

gvij2017 · Answer

Point of split:

1. What is spreading-(a)hectares or (b)bamboo...b is correct. 
2. (a) 6M is one fifth of world's reserve or (b) world's reserve is over 6M. - a is correct. 
Only D follows the logic.
 But I have a doubt now.  How hectares can flourish!

Please explain.

ankit9291 · Answer

I am highly confused between a and d, 
i choose a as modifier are closer and makes sense than d but OA is d, pls help

thinkvision · Answer

Hi  generis  - Request you to please explain this.. Lil confused over this one!

- k

CuriosStud · Answer

The correct answer is D. In A spreading might modify both China and Hectares. Thus unclear

Kanika3agg · Answer

Isn't D incomplete? Like flourish in ? There is no verb in this sentence.

Please confirm i am quite confused in this.

thinkvision · Answer

Hi  Kanika3agg  - only the underlined portion is given in the answer choice. Hence, all answer choices have "the country" in the end.

So the complete sentence would be "flourish in the country".

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bacseialex · Answer

I have the same doubt: how can hectars can florish?

axezcole · Answer

option A-

spreading does not logically explain the result or how part of preceding action flourish

Option D-
one fifth of the world’s reserves flourish in the country =>makes sense 
and spreading correctly modifies one fifth of the world’s reserves

This is the official explanation from e-gmat

Sandeep2212 · Answer

HI GMAT NINJA, e-GMAT, CRACK VERBAL,

Can anyone explain why option B is incorrect??

rohitchayal · Answer

GMATNinja   generis  or anyone please explain this question

rohitchayal · Answer

axezcole  everywhere there are prepositions and a prep phrases cant be the subject of the sentence. What is the subject in this sentence?

exc4libur · Answer

santorasantu · Answer

In A, spreading is modifying the clause:  Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves – one fifth of the world’s reserves – flourish in China.  
In my opinion this is incorrect. This sentence is trying to tell that the emerald bamboo grooves flourish by spreading.

In B, flourish and spread are connected by and. This makes them as separate ideas and this is not correct.

C: same error as B

D: no errors

E:sentence ends as--> Nanling mountains in the southern part the country, so incorrect

Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves – one fifth of the world’s reserves – flourish in China, spreading from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of  the country.

A. Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves – one fifth of the world’s reserves – flourish in China, spreading from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of

B. One fifth of the world’s reserves of over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves flourishes in China and spreads from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of

C. One fifth of the world’s reserves of emerald bamboo groves that are over 6M hectares and that spread from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of China flourish in

D. Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves, one fifth of the world’s reserves, spreading from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of China, flourish in

E. One fifth of the world’s reserves of over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves flourish in China and spread from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part

CuriosStud · Answer

start with what the sentence sentence is trying to mean. Its meaning that Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves flourish in China. The bamboo groves are one fifth of the world’s reserves. Also they spread from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of the country.

Now look for errors in the sentence
A. Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves – one fifth of the world’s reserves – flourish in China, spreading from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of - Spreading here could modify either china or the groves. Even if we consider it to modify the entire earlier clause it would still have meaning error that it flourishes because it spreads from nangling to southern part. Not the intended meaning.

B. One fifth of the world’s reserves of over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves flourishes in China and spreads from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of - One fifth of world's reserves of?? changes the meaning. over 6M hectares is one fifth of world reserves. Not 1/5th of worlds 6 Mn reserves.

C. One fifth of the world’s reserves of emerald bamboo groves that are over 6M hectares and that spread from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of China flourish in - bamboo groves that are over 6Mn hectares?? and the second that also acts restrictive to the only those bamboo that spread... which again isn't intended.

D. Over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves, one fifth of the world’s reserves, spreading from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part of China, flourish in - There are no issues here. One fifth currently means hectares spreading from nangling. Here the flourish also is also correctly modifying the 6Mn hectares of Bamboo groves. So far better of the others.

E. One fifth of the world’s reserves of over 6M hectares of emerald bamboo groves flourish in China and spread from the saturated delta of the Yangtze to the borders of the Nanling mountains in the southern part -Again one fifth of of over 6Mn changes meaning. Also this options means the groves do 2 things flourish and the spread. Which is not correct.

Harsh2111s · Answer

How to identify here among "spreading and spread" ?

Spreading will be correct when things are still happening, so why here E is correct ?

CuriosStud · Answer

yes in that case The bamboo groves still spread from x to y. but with 'and' you create two different parallel entities. Here it means bamboo groves do two things the spread and they flourish. This isn't right

CUHK2020 · Answer

The reason A is incorrect may be:
bamboo groves spread from ... is just a truth, not a consequence of 'flourish in China', so it is more appropriate to be a modifier to the bamboo groves, just like what option D does.

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