Depending on one’s point of view, the proliferation of the television

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Depending on one’s point of view, the proliferation of the television is either a great advance in communication or an unmistakable sign that the  decline in high culture begun before the War is still continuing .

A. decline in high culture begun before the War is still continuing

B. decline of high culture begun before the War is still continuing

C. decline of high culture that began before the War is continuing

D. decline in culture in high places that began before the War is continuing

E. declining culture in high places that began before the War still continues

ravigupta2912 · Answer

D & E eliminated because of the usage of the phrase "culture in high places"

A eliminated due to usage of decline "in".

Between B & C, C sounds better, though I would have preferred "continues" in the end.

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apurv09 · Answer

The answer is C.
A. Unidiomatic
B. Subject error for is.
D.changes meaning
E. Changes meaning

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Archit3110 · Answer

IMO C: 
decline of high culture that began before the War is continuing
tense based error , use of continuing is correct i.e its still going on...

Depending on one’s point of view, the proliferation of the television is either a great advance in communication or an unmistakable sign that the  decline in high culture begun before the War is still continuing .

A. decline in high culture begun before the War is still continuing

B. decline of high culture begun before the War is still continuing

C. decline of high culture that began before the War is continuing

D. decline in culture in high places that began before the War is continuing

E. declining culture in high places that began before the War still continues

PTD1995 · Answer

INCORRECT!  Tense issue. "Begun ... is".
  INCORRECT!  Same as A)
  CORRECT! 
  INCORRECT!  "Culture in high places" changes the meaning
  INCORRECT!  Same as D)

Raxit85 · Answer

Depending on one’s point of view, the proliferation of the television is either a great advance in communication or an unmistakable sign that the decline in high culture begun before the War is still continuing.

Third form of verb, past participle, can never be used alone without had. So, eliminate A & B.

A. decline in high culture begun before the War is still continuing - the reason is same as above

B. decline of high culture begun before the War is still continuing- the reason is same as above

C. decline of high culture that began before the War is continuing - seems correct as SV agrees.

D. decline in culture in high places that began before the War is continuing - pronoun error

E. declining culture in high places that began before the War still continues- pronoun error

Imo. C

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debjit1990 · Answer

Ans: C

a) & b) wrong for using begun.
c)Correct
d) & e) That is referring high places

exc4libur · Answer

Ans (C)

joohwangie · Answer

Depending on one’s point of view, the proliferation of the television is either a great advance in communication or an unmistakable sign that the decline in high culture begun before the War is still continuing.

A. decline  in  high culture begun before the War is still continuing -  decline 'of' high culture

B. decline of high culture begun before the War is still continuing

C. decline of high culture  that began  before the War is continuing -that must be used in this sentence

D. decline in culture in  high places  that began before the War is continuing  -high places change the meaning

E. declining culture in  high places  that began before the War still continues  -high places change the meaning

C

iamdivs · Answer

Answer should be C

1) 2nd form of verb should be used - began (simple present), eliminates A and B. 
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2) that' is a subordinate conjunction which introduces a dependent Clause which should have a bona fide verb. Elimates E

3) decline of should be used when referring to a non numerical entity - Answer should be C

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madgmat2019 · Answer

Usage of still and continuing together is refundant....and.....usage of decline in is incorrect...it should be decline of.....

OA:C

eakabuah · Answer

C is the answer.

Split #1: began vs begun
From the context of the sentence, we need the past tense of the verb begin rather than the past participle form. Why? We are not modifying high culture with a verb-ed modifier begun. In addition, we are not forming a past perfect tense in the sentence to warrant the use of the past particle form of the verb begin. We can, therefore, eliminate A and B based on this.

Split #2: meaning: decline of high culture vs declining culture in high places vs decline in culture in high places.
The intended meaning per the original sentence is decline in/of high culture and not decline in culture in high places or declining culture in high places. Based on this, we can clearly see that D and E change the meaning of the sentence.

We are left with C as the best answer out of the lot.

Depending on one’s point of view, the proliferation of the television is either a great advance in communication or an unmistakable sign that the decline in high culture begun before the War is still continuing.

A.  decline  in high culture  begun  before the War is still continuing

B.  decline  of high culture  begun  before the War is still continuing

C.  decline  of high culture  that   began  before the War is continuing

D.  decline   in culture in high places   that began  before the War is continuing

E.  declining culture in high places  that began before the War still continues

AnkithaSrinivas · Answer

daagh   GMATNinja 
is still continuing - redundant?

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