In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanu : Sentence Correction (EA only)

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14 Mar 2019, 18:49

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patto wrote:

Is BUT used as "and" in the correct answer? Is that possible?

Hey patto

"but" is not used as "and" here.

You will be able to see this if you try to break the sentence and understand the meaning.

Just one out of three people recognized the brilliance of the theorems. The author wished all of them recognized the brilliance of the theorems. BUT just the one recognition was fine. Because Ramanujan was finally a part of the royal society because of that one recognition.

Simple example - Sam could only answer 1 out of 2 questions, but it was sufficient to clear the exam.
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26 Jun 2019, 00:11

In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan mailed 120 of his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

(A) only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but

Correct one

(B) they were brilliant, G. H. Hardy alone recognized, but

They ?? We are not sure to whom or what this They refer to.

(C) these theorems were brilliant, but only one, G. H. Hardy recognized;

but only one: after these theorems were brilliant, Seems like its only one modifying or explain about the theorem

(D) but, only one G. H. Hardy, recognizing their brilliance,

Only one Hardly: seems like there are so many hardly from them this hardly recognised

(E) only one G. H. Hardy recognized, but these theorems were brilliant

Same issue like D;

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26 Jun 2019, 01:04

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In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan mailed 120 of his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

(A) only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but
(B) they were brilliant, G. H. Hardy alone recognized, but
(C) these theorems were brilliant, but only one, G. H. Hardy recognized;
(D) but, only one G. H. Hardy, recognizing their brilliance,
(E) only one G. H. Hardy recognized, but these theorems were brilliant

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Srinivasa Ramanujan

(A) CORRECT

(B) Pronoun (they)

(C) Sentence Structure / Meaning

(D) Sentence Structure

(E) Sentence Structure / Meaning

First glance

The underline begins just after a semi-colon, so one possible path is to check that the second portion is a complete sentence.

Issues

1) Pronoun: they

Answer (B) begins with the pronoun they.

It’s not clear who was brilliant: the British mathematicians or Ramanujan’s theorems? Either one is logically possible. Eliminate choice (B) for pronoun ambiguity.

2) Sentence Structure / Meaning

The remaining choices don’t use the pronoun, so check the structure to make sure you have complete sentences after the semi-colon.

Answer (C) uses a second semi-colon. While it is possible on rare occasions to use more than one semi-colon in a single sentence (e.g., to delineate a list of clauses), it is not appropriate in this case. Further, the structure of the middle “sentence” is faulty, leading to an unclear meaning. Did G.H. Hardy recognize only one theorem? Or was G.H. Hardy the only mathematician to recognize that the theorems were brilliant?

Answer (D) is a sentence fragment. Either only one or G.H. Hardy is a subject, but no main verb exists to go with the subject.

Answer (E) also has a faulty sentence structure leading to ambiguous meaning. First, G.H. Hardy did not merely “recognize” a theorem; rather, he recognized that the theorems were brilliant. In addition, this choice says that the theorems were brilliant thanks to Hardy’s recognition. The theorems are objectively brilliant (or not) on their own; they are not brilliant because Hardy recognized them as such.

Eliminate choices (C), (D), and (E) for faulty sentence structure and unclear or illogical meaning.

The Correct Answer

Correct answer (A) clearly conveys that only one of the three mathematicians recognized the brilliance of Ramanujan’s theorems.

A- Seems correct as before underline there is semicolon ";" this indicate independent clause and after , again independent clause so need (FANBOYS) but
B- they were brilliant it is dependent as we need to refer back to know what is brilliant.
C- same as B what is brilliant
D- ; but is incorrect for independent clause
E- only one g.H recognized is incorrect as it says out of so many theorem only one g.h hardy is recognized seems like theorem name.
So correct answer is A.

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15 Apr 2020, 07:00

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sidagar wrote:

could not understand how to approach this question and how to eliminate.In option A how " but" can be connected with the rest of the sentence- if it is a independent clause where is the subject

The subject of the clause after "but" is "Ramanujan" and the verb of this clause is "was" (the second clause is "Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London").

The phrase "thanks to Hardy's recognition" is a adverbial modifier referring to the clause "Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London" (precisely the verb "was").

Shouldn't the adverbial modifier be separated by comma pair?

,but , thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

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16 Apr 2020, 08:16

in option a why is there a 'but ' in the sentence ?

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16 Apr 2020, 08:39

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Hi Ayush, basically the sentence is trying to suggest that Ramanujam sent his theorems to three different British mathematicians; while out of the three, only one recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but that was fine (even if all three didn't recognize the brilliance of these theorems), for this one recognition led to Ramanujan's election to the Royal Society of London.
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16 Apr 2020, 08:42

but is a conjunction and a contrast as well. So they have used but.

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01 Jun 2020, 07:35

Is use of "but" correct in the Answer Choice A. "but" is usually meant to represent some contrasting statement, but that is not happening here. Can you please correct my understanding with the use of "but"?

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01 Jun 2020, 22:47

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Is use of "but" correct in the Answer Choice A. "but" is usually meant to represent some contrasting statement, but that is not happening here. Can you please correct my understanding with the use of "but"?

Hi! You might want to refer to this post.
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01 Aug 2020, 07:53

Hi! I want to make sure I am correctly understanding the proper sentence correction rules for the entire part following the semicolon (the ";only one...London" part").

To me, this sentence appears to be a run-on/or I am not understanding the modifiers here. How can you have a comma after the "but thanks to Hardy's recognition"? Any help would be greatly appreciated

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29 Aug 2020, 09:24

A vs C
Option C: "only one" cannot refer to clear meaning. Only one theoram was brilliant or only one mathematician Hardy recognise?
Option A: contrast word "But" and "only one" gives the intent meaning.

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26 Oct 2020, 02:44

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Ok I did go for A as others were quite wrong , but where is the full bonafide verb for subject G.H. Hardy ? Recognized does not work as the verb as there is a , in front of the subject of new I.C. G.H. Hardy.

~~only one~~, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

Highlighted is IC i dont care about.

Only one is a modifier so removed it. Now G.H. Hardy is the main subject of this IC ... But there is a comma after this so can recognized work as a verb ?????

Should it not be :

only one, G. H. Hardy recognized the brilliance of these theorems, blah

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when i typed this on word document , i got suggested G.H Hardy recognized . Why is that ? Is GMAT creating its own english language. Tagging experts

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ShankSouljaBoi wrote:

Ok I did go for A as others were quite wrong , but where is the full bonafide verb for subject G.H. Hardy ? Recognized does not work as the verb as there is a , in front of the subject of new I.C. G.H. Hardy.

~~only one~~, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

Highlighted is IC i dont care about.

Only one is a modifier so removed it. Now G.H. Hardy is the main subject of this IC ... But there is a comma after this so can recognized work as a verb ?????

The statement in red is incorrect: only one is not a modifier but is the SUBJECT.

An APPOSITIVE is a noun or noun phrase that serves to explain or define another noun or noun phrase.
OA: The mathematician mailed his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems.
Here, the portion in blue is an appositive for only one, conveying that ONLY ONE = G.H. HARDY.
An appositive is a NONESSENTIAL MODIFIER.
If we remove from A the nonessential modifier in blue, we get:
The mathematician mailed his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one recognized the brilliance of these theorems.
In the green portion:
only one = subject
recognized = verb
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Re: In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanu [#permalink]

23 Nov 2020, 07:56

Dear Experts,
In the correct option, "(A) only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but", what is the significance of "But"?
Since there is no contrast won't it be correct to use a "and" instead?

As per my understanding, in its original form the meaning suggests that "even though Hardy recognized the brilliance of the theorems, Ramanujan was elected to RSL".

Kindly help.

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Dear Experts,
In the correct option, "(A) only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but", what is the significance of "But"?
Since there is no contrast won't it be correct to use a "and" instead?

As per my understanding, in its original form the meaning suggests that "even though Hardy recognized the brilliance of the theorems, Ramanujan was elected to RSL".

Kindly help.

Hi

The "but" here contrasts with "only one" appearing earlier in the clause. While Ramanujan has sent his theorems to 3 mathematicians, that only one of them recognized the brilliance would suggest that Ramanujan was not immediately widely accepted.

The sentence intends to say: Even though only one of the three, GH Hardy, recognized the brilliance of the theorems, his recognition was enough to get Ramanujan elected to RSL.

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ShankSouljaBoi wrote:

Ok I did go for A as others were quite wrong , but where is the full bonafide verb for subject G.H. Hardy ? Recognized does not work as the verb as there is a , in front of the subject of new I.C. G.H. Hardy.

~~only one~~, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

Highlighted is IC i dont care about.

Only one is a modifier so removed it. Now G.H. Hardy is the main subject of this IC ... But there is a comma after this so can recognized work as a verb ?????

The statement in red is incorrect: only one is not a modifier but is the SUBJECT.

An APPOSITIVE is a noun or noun phrase that serves to explain or define another noun or noun phrase.
OA: The mathematician mailed his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems.
Here, the portion in blue is an appositive for only one, conveying that ONLY ONE = G.H. HARDY.
An appositive is a NONESSENTIAL MODIFIER.
If we remove from A the nonessential modifier in blue, we get:
The mathematician mailed his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one recognized the brilliance of these theorems.
In the green portion:
only one = subject
recognized = verb

Hello GMATGuruNY,
When I was reading the whole thread, I was thinking to ask the following question with new comment without quoting anyone's post, but you already discussed some sorta things with ShankSouljaBoi 's post. ShankSouljaBoi's post helps me to ask my query with quoting your last comment in this thread.

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A) In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan mailed 120 of his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

What if the choice A is something like below?

In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan mailed 120 of his theorems to three different British mathematicians-Mr. X, Mr. Y, and Mr. G. H. Hardy; only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to his recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

In this sentence, the bold part is the inserted part.
You said that if we remove the highlighted part, the meaning will not be changed. I think so as it is not the essential modifier; it is just an appositive. Here is my silly question

: if we insert the bold part and remove the highlighted part, then how do we know that only one=Mr. G. H. Hardy?
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30 Jan 2021, 20:58

TheUltimateWinner wrote:

GMATGuruNY wrote:

ShankSouljaBoi wrote:

Ok I did go for A as others were quite wrong , but where is the full bonafide verb for subject G.H. Hardy ? Recognized does not work as the verb as there is a , in front of the subject of new I.C. G.H. Hardy.

~~only one~~, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

Highlighted is IC i dont care about.

Only one is a modifier so removed it. Now G.H. Hardy is the main subject of this IC ... But there is a comma after this so can recognized work as a verb ?????

The statement in red is incorrect: only one is not a modifier but is the SUBJECT.

An APPOSITIVE is a noun or noun phrase that serves to explain or define another noun or noun phrase.
OA: The mathematician mailed his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems.
Here, the portion in blue is an appositive for only one, conveying that ONLY ONE = G.H. HARDY.
An appositive is a NONESSENTIAL MODIFIER.
If we remove from A the nonessential modifier in blue, we get:
The mathematician mailed his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one recognized the brilliance of these theorems.
In the green portion:
only one = subject
recognized = verb

Hello GMATGuruNY,
When I was reading the whole thread, I was thinking to ask the following question with new comment without quoting anyone's post, but you already discussed some sorta things with ShankSouljaBoi 's post. ShankSouljaBoi's post helps me to ask my query with quoting your last comment in this thread.

Quote:

A) In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan mailed 120 of his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

What if the choice A is something like below?

In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan mailed 120 of his theorems to three different British mathematicians-Mr. X, Mr. Y, and Mr. G. H. Hardy; only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

In this sentence, the bold part is the inserted part.
You said that if we remove the highlighted part, the meaning will not be changed. I think so as it is not the essential modifier; it is just an appositive. Here is my silly question

: if we insert the bold part and remove the highlighted part, then how do we know that only one=Mr. G. H. Hardy?
Thanks in advanced..

The phrase "Thanks to Hardy's recognition" should clear that up.

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30 Jan 2021, 23:53

Brian123 wrote:

The phrase "Thanks to Hardy's recognition" should clear that up.

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I've edited the question-replaced Hurdy's with his
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31 Jan 2021, 00:01

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Brian123 wrote:

The phrase "Thanks to Hardy's recognition" should clear that up.

Brian123
I've edited the question-replaced Hurdy's with his

In that scenario, I don't believe you can tell who actually recognized the brilliance of these theorems.

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In 1913, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan mailed 120 of his theorems to three different British mathematicians; only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but thanks to Hardy's recognition, Ramanujan was eventually elected to the Royal Society of London.

(A) only one, G. H. Hardy, recognized the brilliance of these theorems, but
Correct

(B) they were brilliant, G. H. Hardy alone recognized, but
'they' is supposed to refer to the theorems, but its ambiguous b/c 'three different British mathematicians' are in the sentence...so they could be referring to them...

(C) these theorems were brilliant, but only one, G. H. Hardy recognized;
This sentence seems wordy/not concise. I didn't see any obvious flaw in it besides style...

(D) but, only one G. H. Hardy, recognizing their brilliance,
"only one" is awkward and perhaps redundant...there is no need to single out Hardy since there were likely few if any other mathematicians named G.H. Hardy...
"their" is ambiguous

(E) only one G. H. Hardy recognized, but these theorems were brilliant
Same issue with 'only one'...no comma like A) makes it seem as though there is only one G.H. Hardy.
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