Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC2)
THE PROMPTQuote:
Passed in 1943 in order to make housing affordable for middle-class residents, rents for some New York City apartments having remained stable for decades because of the existence of rent control laws.
→ What was or what were passed in 1943?
→ The introductory phrase is a noun modifier; whatever follows immediately should be the noun that the phrase modifies.
THE OPTIONSQuote:
A) rents for some New York City apartments having remained stable for decades because of the existence of rent control laws
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rents were not passed in 1943
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having remained is not a working verb but rather an adjective that describes
rents.
→ The sentence is incomplete without a working verb.
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the existence of is redundant
Eliminate A
Quote:
B) rents for some New York City apartments have remained stable because rent control laws exist
• rents were not passed in 1943.
Eliminate B
Quote:
C) rents for some New York City apartments have remained stable because of the existence of rent control laws
• rents were not passed in 1943
• the existence of is wordy and redundant
Eliminate C
Quote:
D) some New York City apartments have rents that have remained stable for decades as a result of rent control laws
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some New York City apartments were not passed in 1943
Eliminate D
E)
rent control laws have kept rents for some New York City apartments stable for decades[/quote]
• Bingo: rent control laws were passed in 1943
• the sentence contains a working verb (have kept) and is clear
The answer is E
COMMENTSYou will not see a GMAT question that is this easy, but I wanted to show you a stark example of what GMAT tests so frequently: introductory noun modifiers.
If you follow the rule that an introductory noun modifier must be followed immediately by its noun, usually you will find at least two, sometimes even three, options that contain a noun that makes no sense with the modifier.
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