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Providing food for children is a paramount concern in all cultures, and 21st century America is a culture where communities meeting this goal can now focus more effectively on literacy goals.
(A) 21st century America is a culture where
(B) in 21st century American culture
(C) 21st century America is a culture in which
(D) in 21st century America, a culture in which
(E) 21st century American culture is a culture in whose

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||ism.

* in all cultures
* in 21st century American culture

I vote for (B).
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Providing food for children is a paramount concern in all cultures, and 21st century America is a culture where communities meeting this goal can now focus more effectively on literacy goals.
(A) 21st century America is a culture where
(B) in 21st century American culture
(C) 21st century America is a culture in which
(D) in 21st century America, a culture in which
(E) 21st century American culture is a culture in whose

OA: B
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"where" in A just seems weird to me.
Agree with gamjatang that B maintains ||lism
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Providing food for children is a paramount concern in all cultures, and 21st century America is a culture where communities meeting this goal can now focus more effectively on literacy goals.
(A) 21st century America is a culture where
(B) in 21st century American culture
(C) 21st century America is a culture in which
(D) in 21st century America, a culture in which
(E) 21st century American culture is a culture in whose

OA: B

"where" in A just seems weird to me.
Agree with gamjatang that B maintains ||lism
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Shouldn't there be comma(,) after culture in B?
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ah,hik, neglected that point....uhm, then why shouldn't be C?
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btw, OA is blur blur ....it's B :P ...but duttsit's point made me confused ..I also think there should be a ","
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ah,hik, neglected that point....uhm, then why shouldn't be C?
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is a culture where seems fine to me.

ex:
In a culture where winning is everything.
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OA was provided by the poster ...it's B 8-)
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OA was provided by the poster ...it's B 8-)
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lexieqv, where do you see OA :) ?
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OA was provided by the poster ...it's B 8-)
lexieqv, where do you see OA :) ?
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It's at the bottom of first post ...in white color ...I wear sunglasses, that's why i can see it clearly 8-)
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A,C,D and E are wrong b/c they compare "21st century America" to a culture...
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The GMAT's favorite grammar topic is parallelism and this is a prime example.

<b>B</b>
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A,C,D and E are wrong b/c they compare "21st century America" to a culture...
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Gottit. Thanks chritoph. Its so easy to miss the obvious, at times :)
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it is B becasu 21st century america is not a culture.

A, C and D is comparing 21st century america with culture.

B is making the correct comparison 21st century American culture.

E is using American culture, but it is also comparing 21st century America with culture by using which.



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