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Sentence correction doubt from manhatten verbal. [#permalink] New post   01 Sep 2021, 13:57
1. Students at Carver High School are encouraged to pursue only those extracurricular activities from which stems success in college applications.

2. Students at Carver High School are encouraged to pursue only those extracurricular activities from which success in college applications stems.

a) 1st is correct
b) 2nd is correct
c) both are correct
d) none of them are correct.

Please provide explanation as well for why they are wrong or right.
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Sentence correction doubt from manhatten verbal. [#permalink] New post   01 Sep 2021, 19:02
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1. Students at Carver High School are encouraged to pursue only those extracurricular activities from which stems success in college applications.

2. Students at Carver High School are encouraged to pursue only those extracurricular activities from which success in college applications stems.

a) 1st is correct
b) 2nd is correct
c) both are correct
d) none of them are correct.

Please provide explanation as well for why they are wrong or right.



IMO 2nd one is correct. So B

For the 1st sentence the subject verb inversion does not work very well.

1. Students at Carver High School are encouraged to pursue only those extracurricular activities from which stems success in college applications.

Because "from" is a preposition, "which" starts a new clause, which needs a subject and a verb pair in the order that makes it clear to the reader

I believe these 2 versions will be better than the one above.

a. Students at Carver High School are encouraged to pursue only those extracurricular activities from which success stems in college applications.

b. Students at Carver High School are encouraged to pursue only those extracurricular activities, which stems success in college applications. - here "which" is the subject and "stems" is the verb
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Re: Sentence correction doubt from manhatten verbal. [#permalink] New post   04 Sep 2021, 15:42
(D). Both versions are correct! The original sentence inverts the normal order of subject {success) and verb {stems =“originates”), but this inversion is possible after which or in similar positions. There is no change in meaning.


(This was described in the answers in manhatten)
But i don't think it's correct.
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Re: Sentence correction doubt from manhatten verbal. [#permalink] New post   04 Sep 2021, 19:27
pranjalikharche wrote:
(D). Both versions are correct! The original sentence inverts the normal order of subject {success) and verb {stems =“originates”), but this inversion is possible after which or in similar positions. There is no change in meaning.


(This was described in the answers in manhatten)
But i don't think it's correct.


If it’s written in manhattans guide most probably its grammatically correct, though not widely used.
Subject- verb inversions are sometimes used to confuse the test taker. You can see some examples in Veritas questions as well. However the other two version does sound better

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