The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part

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The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitutes the main dramatic art form of Thailand .

(A) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitutes the main dramatic art form of Thailand

(B) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance as well as Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main dramatic art form of Thailand

(C) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main dramatic art form of Thailand

(D) An inherent part of Thai culture, the Sri-NuanSri-Nuan, Teut-Teung as well as other dances such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main Thai dramatic art form

(E) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances, both inherent parts of Thai culture, and a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture named The Farmer's Dance, constitute, along with others, the main dramatic art form of Thailand

SohGMAT2020 · Accepted Answer

The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitutes the main dramatic art form of Thailand .

(A) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitutes the main dramatic art form of Thailand  : Subject- Verb Agreement error ( "are inherent" and "constitute are correct forms) Eliminate

(B) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance as well as Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main dramatic art form of Thailand  : Subject- Verb Agreement error ( as well as is an additive phrase so "are an inherent" is wrong. Correct form should be singular Eliminate

(C) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main dramatic art form of Thailand : No grammatical Errors , however removing "other dances such as", changes the meaning. Hence Incorrect

(D) An inherent part of Thai culture, the Sri-NuanSri-Nuan, Teut-Teung as well as other dances such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main Thai dramatic art form :  Meaning issue as other dances such as farmers dance are not inherent part of Thai culture - Eliminate

(E) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances, both inherent parts of Thai culture, and a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture named The Farmer's Dance, constitute, along with others, the main dramatic art form of Thailand:  Though its a bit long, the proper meaning is conveyed. Correct

IMO E is correct

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Anuragsharma93 · Answer

IMO E-

Additive Phrases cannot create plural subjects so if the subject is singular then it will remain singular. 
In the above question the subject is "S dance and T dance" Compound Subject which is plural. Hence we require plural  constitute   after the comma and not constitutes.

(A) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and  along with others such as The Farmer's Dance , developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitutes the main dramatic art form of Thailand - Subject Verb Error S and T dance is plural and Constitutes is Singular. The phrase Along with is an additive phrase / a modifier.

(B) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance as well as Teut-Teung dance  are  an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main dramatic art form of Thailand - S dance as well as T dance = Singular hence we need "Is" and not "are". Eliminate.

(C) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance  and  Teut-Teung dance  are  an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture,  constitute  the main dramatic art form of Thailand - No S-V issues but the modifier developed by the ministry of agriculture is misplaced and long with others such as has been ommited.

(D) An inherent part of Thai culture,  the Sri-NuanSri-Nuan, Teut-Teung as well as other dances  such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main Thai dramatic art form -  As well as cannot be used to connect 3 things.

(E) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances,  both inherent parts of Thai culture, and a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture named The Farmer's Dance, constitute , along with others, the main dramatic art form of Thailand - The meaning is correct and the structure is correct Both __ and ___

The sentence reads without modifiers as follows-
The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances, and the Farmer's Dance, constitute, along with others, the main dramatic art form of Thailand.

sivatx2 · Answer

(A) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture,  constitutes  the main dramatic art form of Thailand
 usage of conjunction 'and' even with multiple singular subjects will be plural and needs a plural verb. "constitutes" is singular. Eliminate

(B) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance as well as Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main dramatic art form of Thailand
 This looks correct with no modifier error or Subject Verb error. Keep.

(C) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main dramatic art form of Thailand 
 By missing ' others such as' excludes other dance forms. Eliminate

(D) An inherent part of Thai culture, the Sri-NuanSri-Nuan, Teut-Teung as well as other dances such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main Thai dramatic art form 
 Changes the meaning now that all the dances are developed by Ministry of Agri. Eliminate

(E) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances, both inherent parts of Thai culture, and a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture named The Farmer's Dance, constitute, along with others, the main dramatic art form of Thailand 
 ',(comma) and' means a list. Modifier 'both inherent...culture' is part of the list item. Also several modifier with comma, in the sentence make it confusing and causes modifier reference errors. Eliminate.

Hence, B is the right choice .

100mitra · Answer

Correct Option E .

Option E , The statement is divided in two parts to define "the main dramatic form of Thialand"
1.) ( The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances ), both inherent parts of Thai culture, 
 and  
2.) ( a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture named The Farmer's Dance )
,constitute, along with others, 
the main dramatic art form of Thailand

Explanation :
- The key to answer is in meaning of word " Constitute ", it means  combine to form (a whole)  ~Plural Verb, which refer to both (1) and (2) parts of sentence.

simplest form of this sentence is  :
 The main dramatic art form of Thailand  is formed by combine  of "the two dances" and "the farmer's dance" along with others.

Option A, is wrong , 
- singular verb  constitutes  to Plural subject (two dances and farmer dance)
- sentence structure ambiguity

Option B, and D is wrong 
- When two subjects are joined by  as well as , the verb agrees in number and person with the first one, as per sentence Teut Teung dance is  singular  and verb used " are " is plural.

Option C,  makes sentence incomplete, and makes sentence meaning flaw

winterschool · Answer

The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitutes the main dramatic art form of Thailand.

(A) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture,  constitutes  the main dramatic art form of Thailand  Incorrect

Sv error - constitutes should be constitute

(B) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance as well as Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture,  constitute  the main dramatic art form of Thailand  Incorrect

'as well as' is not additive, so constitute should be constitutes

(C)  The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main dramatic art form of Thailand   Correct

better choice

(D) An inherent part of Thai culture, the Sri-NuanSri-Nuan, Teut-Teung as well as other dances such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture,  constitute  the main Thai dramatic art form  Incorrect

Sv error - constitute should be constitutes, the Sri-NuanSri-Nuan singular

(E) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances,  both inherent parts of Thai culture, and a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture named The Farmer's Dance,  constitute, along with others, the main dramatic art form of Thailand  Incorrect

confusing structure - The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances plural that cant be a single dance

Anuragsharma93 · Answer

Hey  SohGMAT2020  ,

In my opinion In option E - "named" is not modifying Ministry of agriculture but it is linking the appositive modifier "a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture" to "the Farmers dance". ideally the appositive modifier should have been separated by two commas.

aarkay87 · Answer

My POE:

A: 
1) Parallelism violated: Clause AND noun phrase
2) ALONG WITH is an additive, you can correct it directly with main subject. Therefore “and along with…” is unidiomatic. This is same as writing “and as well as…”

B: SVA: Singular subject “The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance” AND plural verb “are”

C: same reasoning as in option-A

D: SVA: Singular subject “An inherent part of Thai culture” and plural verb “constitute”

E: Correct

sanjitscorps18 · Answer

(A) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture,  constitutes  the main dramatic art form of Thailand  --> SV Error

(B) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance as well as Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with others such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture,  constitute  the main dramatic art form of Thailand --> SV Error

(C) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan dance and Teut-Teung dance are an inherent part of Thai culture, and along with The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture, constitute the main dramatic art form of Thailand  --> Correct with no SV error

(D)  An inherent part of Thai culture , the Sri-NuanSri-Nuan, Teut-Teung as well as other dances such as The Farmer's Dance, developed by the Ministry of agriculture,  constitute the main Thai dramatic art form   --> Changes meaning. This suggests the "An inherent part of Thai culture constitutes the main Thai dramatic art form  and there is again the   SV Error

(E) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances, both inherent parts of Thai culture, and a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture named The Farmer's Dance, constitute, along with others, the main dramatic art form of Thailand   Poor construction with no real main verb of the sentence

behlmanmeet · Answer

Hi  Bunuel ,

Is there any official explanation for this? Because the OA has a fatal issue I think.

(E) The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances, both inherent parts of Thai culture, and a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture named The Farmer's  Dance, constitute,  along with others, the main dramatic art form of Thailand

The main subject and verb are not connected properly and there's a comma "," in-between separating the two. This is not even a complete sentence.
 If I am understanding the structure right then the "," ruins the clause. I could be mistaken about the structure also. 
The main clause should have been.
 The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances and a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture named The Farmer's Dance constitute the main dramatic art form of Thailand. 
But instead, we have.
 The Sri-NuanSri-Nuan and Teut-Teung dances and a dance developed by the Ministry of Agriculture named The Farmer's  Dance, constitute  the main dramatic art form of Thailand.

DmitryFarber · Answer

behlmanmeet 
The GMAT will sometimes add a seemingly unnecessary comma between subject and predicate to improve the flow or clarity of the sentence. I'm not sure I see a case for that in E, but it's not impossible.

What does seem impossible is ruling out C in favor of E. Sure, C doesn't include any dances other than these three, and all the other choices do, but that should only be a deciding factor if we have two different choices with clear, faultless grammar. E is a bit of a mess, and we could argue that it dies on modifier placement alone: "the Ministry of Agriculture named the Farmer's Dance." That's such an easy error to fix that it's odd to keep it in the correct answer. In any case, what does it mean to say that these dances "constitute the main dramatic art" of the country if they are lumped in with nameless others? That's like saying "My brother and I, along with our neighbors and many others, are the most important US citizens." At that point, what does it mean?

behlmanmeet · Answer

Hi  DmitryFarber

Thank you for taking the time to add valuable inputs to my inquiry. I hope I could further inquire you about the comma usage you mentioned for the subject and predicate. As fas as my understanding, which is limited, I thought Subject and Predicate shouldn't be separated by a comma. I thought this usage resulted in an incomplete sentence. I rejected option E in the above-mentioned question for the same reason. As you mentioned, " The GMAT will sometimes add a seemingly unnecessary comma between subject and predicate to improve the flow or clarity of the sentence." I thought if a comma separates the subject from its verb phrase, then this usage is wrong as the sentence is incomplete. Am I understanding you right or do you mean the usage in some other way? I hope you could provide some examples to help me understand this better.

DmitryFarber · Answer

behlmanmeet

I'm glad to expand. First, adding a comma between subject and predicate never makes a sentence incomplete. In general terms, if we really do have a proper subject and predicate, then we have all that we need for a sentence. The problem is mainly that we don't need a comma before the predicate, so its use can cause confusion. Consider a very simple sentence, such as "I like cookies." What happens if we add a comma? "I, like cookies." We still have everything we need for a sentence, but we are left wondering about the purpose of the comma. If we weren't going to add anything, why use a comma? I suppose someone could say this is incomplete in the sense that we expect some kind of intervening modifier and we don't get one, but we don't need a modifier to make a complete sentence. We should simply drop the comma.

So what about a more complex sentence? "The cookies that I baked and that I intended to distribute to my classmates, became too melty in the car." Here, the comma is not strictly needed. We have a subject ("The cookies") followed by directly by a noun modifier with no comma ("that I . . . classmates"), so we can go straight to the predicate without a comma. But is the comma wrong? Not necessarily. In fact, one could argue that it increases clarity by signaling that the long modifier is over and we are returning to the main clause. You and I might not put a comma there, but that doesn't make it 100% wrong. Remember that in real-life writing, we may place a comma anywhere we might take a pause when speaking. The GMAT will be pretty stingy with commas, but it also doesn't tend to test comma usage directly. In other words, an answer with comma problems will usually have other greater problems.

Now, will the GMAT ever actually do this? Specifically, if we attach a modifier to the subject without a comma, will the GMAT add a comma before the verb in a correct answer? Offhand, I can't identify any cases of this, but I'm curious if anyone else can dig one up. Here are a few questions in which the GMAT seems to allow an unneeded comma, but none of them involve a direct break between subject and predicate. However, we can see that the GMAT will sometimes use a comma when joining two noun modifiers or verb phrases, even though we wouldn't typically do that.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/many-policy- ... 49504.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/at-the-end-o ... 20348.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-rare-bir ... 54228.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/covering-71- ... 06346.html (This one may seems conventional, depending on how you see the modifiers, but I don't think the "conventional" parallelism interpretation makes much sense.)

wejbawjb · Answer

In the correct answer choice it says "The sri-nuan-dance and tet-seung dances...". But since these are two separate dance forms shouldn't there be another 'the' before tet-seung dance to denote that they are two separate dance forms even though it later on says 'both'?

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