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The committee rejected the proposal for several reasons, the chief among which were the cost of borrowing the money.

(A) the chief among which were the cost of borrowing the money

(B) the chief among which was the cost of borrowing the money

(C) the chief of which was the cost of borrowing the money

(D) of which the chief were the cost of borrowing the money

(E) with the cost of borrowing money being the one of the them



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The committee rejected the proposal for several reasons, the 14 May 2003, 11:25
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I say C, but also think they all sound bad. Poor English
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Yes quite confusing...

The official though is "C".
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Is there an explanation?

Why is "chief ofwhich" more correct than "chief among which"? Is this just more idiomatic?
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IMHO: (C) had been perfect if it would have been: of which the chief was the cost of borrowing the money.

The whole sentence would read:

The committee rejected the proposal for several reasons, of which the chief was the cost of borrowing the money.
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The committee rejected the proposal for several reasons, the 18 May 2003, 02:26
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chief of is right, because of here indirectly means among maybe that is why it is C
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chief of is right, because of here indirectly means among maybe that is why it is C
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chief of is the right usage. chief among ... does not sound right will find an explanation later for this..
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chief of is the right usage. chief among ... does not sound right will find an explanation later for this..
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I also narrowed down to B and C, but picked B because of "among" :(

Any explanation from the experts?
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Even i picked B... among to choose between many options...
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chief of is the right usage. chief among ... does not sound right will find an explanation later for this..

I also narrowed down to B and C, but picked B because of "among" :(

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Giddi...I did the same mistake.........had to be B or C..chose B because of among....

Y is C right and B wrong
need an expert to comment on this..
where is vivek :oops:
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(A) the chief among which were the cost of borrowing the money ==> Cost of borrowing is singular, so "was" is needed

(B) the chief among which was the cost of borrowing the money ==> Incorrect usage of "among". I believe the usage of "among" is needed when referring to more than 2 items, however, it isn't clear here whether there are more than 2 reasons or just 2 as "several" was used

(C) the chief of which was the cost of borrowing the money ==> Correct! (1) Does not use "among" (2) "which" is clearly modifying "several reasons" (3) Correct usage of "was"

(D) of which the chief were the cost of borrowing the money ==> Cost of borrowing is singular, so "was" is needed

(E) with the cost of borrowing money being the one of the them ==> Use of "being" is almost always wrong
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(A) the chief among which were the cost of borrowing the money ==> Cost of borrowing is singular, so "was" is needed

(B) the chief among which was the cost of borrowing the money ==> Incorrect usage of "among". I believe the usage of "among" is needed when referring to more than 2 items, however, it isn't clear here whether there are more than 2 reasons or just 2 as "several" was used

(C) the chief of which was the cost of borrowing the money ==> Correct! (1) Does not use "among" (2) "which" is clearly modifying "several reasons" (3) Correct usage of "was"

(D) of which the chief were the cost of borrowing the money ==> Cost of borrowing is singular, so "was" is needed

(E) with the cost of borrowing money being the one of the them ==> Use of "being" is almost always wrong
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Thanx TEHCH :P



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