Recent findings lend strong support to the theory that a

Question

Recent findings lend strong support to the theory  that a black hole lies at the center of
the Milky Way and of  many of the 100 billion other galaxies estimated to exist in the
universe.
A. that a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way and of
B. that a black hole lies at the Milky Way’s center and
C. that there is a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center and
D. of a black hole lying at the Milky Way’s center and
E. of a black hole that lies at the center of the Milky Way and of

rprabhu2001 · Answer

IMO A

black hole lies at the centre of the milky way and at the centre of other other galaxies.
Only A and E remains.

E applies restrictive clause to black hole rather than theory.

think it is A.

icandy · Answer

How is A parallel?

Theory that X and theory of Y?? Is it parallel?

Thats why I picked E

billyjeans · Answer

I think they meant "a theory supports a black hole lies in the center of x and of y". Thus A

sjpre10 · Answer

its A

it goes by this...we say  theory  of relativity. In this case, if we choose answer choices that use  of  instead of  that , we seem to be talking more about theories of land mammals; we are not identifying the action of those land mammals. In other words, with the ‘ that ’, we are leaving out what it is that the theory purports the mammals did.

ykaiim · Answer

Ya, this is a great question. Fell for B for misreading what is theory supporting.

New learning for me.

nusmavrik · Answer

Awesome. I like the posting.

Whenever you see "theory" Unless its a very known theory like "theory of relativity" always go for theory that. Delete "theory of" Now we are left with A and B. B is tempting but "of" modifies theory. so I go with A.

:lol:

nusmavrik · Answer

I was reading P sahil's notes from gmatclub. notes say differently -

6) Parallelism: Its very important to maintain parallelism. E.g. I like to dance, to run
and to watch TV. This is the correct sentence. However, a sentence like ‘I like to
dance, to run and watch TV’ is wrong because it does not maintain parallelism.
• Infinitive parallelism: to salvage…to process
Only way for farmers to salvage fruit is to process it
  • That parallelism: Many agree that there is waste…and that government is
rubbish

So I don't know if this SC is a gmat SC.

noboru · Answer

I was reading P sahil's notes from gmatclub. notes say differently -

And your point is?
I dont see what are you trying to say with the notes you are reviewing.

rlevochkin · Answer

Vote for A

Theory that + parralllelism.

bizzy · Answer

+1 for A. Explanations are good!

Recent findings lend strong support to the theory that a

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