The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the

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The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,  when increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time.
 
A) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,

B) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture, which grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,

C) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture has grown rapidly during the early nineteenth century;

D) Neo-Gothic architecture growing rapidly in popularity during the early nineteenth century,

E) Neo-Gothic architecture, whose popularity grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,

ExpertsGlobal5 · Accepted Answer

Dear Friends,

Here is a detailed explanation to this question-

Concepts tested here: Verb Forms + Grammatical Construction + Tenses

• The simple past tense is used to refer to events that concluded in the past.
• The present perfect tense (marked by the use of the helping verb “has/have”) is used to describe events that concluded in the past but continue to affect the present.
• Information that is important to the core meaning should not be placed within two commas.

A:   Correct.  This answer choice acts upon the independent subject "popularity of neo-Gothic architecture" with the active verb "grew" to form a complete thought, leading to a complete sentence. Further, Option A correctly uses the simple past tense verb "grew" to refer to an event that concluded in the past. Additionally, Option A avoids the grammatical construction error seen in Options B and E, as it places no information between commas.

B:  This answer choice fails to form a complete sentence; as "grew rapidly" is part of a modifying phrase, there is no noun to act upon the subject "popularity of neo-Gothic architecture". Further, Option B incorrectly places information that is vital to the core meaning of the sentence - that the popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century - between two commas; please remember, information that is important to the core meaning should not be placed within two commas.

C:  This answer choice incorrectly uses the present perfect tense verb "has grown" to refer to an action that concluded in the past; please remember, the simple past tense is used to refer to events that concluded in the past, and the present perfect tense (marked by the use of the helping verb “has/have”) is only used to describe events that concluded in the past but continue to affect the present.

D:  This answer choice fails to form a complete sentence; as "growing rapidly" is a present participle ("verb+ing" - "growing" in this sentence) acting as a noun modifier, there is no noun to act upon the subject "popularity of neo-Gothic architecture".

E:  This answer choice fails to form a complete sentence; as "grew rapidly" is part of a modifying phrase, there is no noun to act upon the subject "popularity of neo-Gothic architecture". Further, Option E incorrectly places information that is vital to the core meaning of the sentence - that the popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century - between two commas; please remember, information that is important to the core meaning should not be placed within two commas.

Hence, A is the best answer choice.

To understand the concept of "Simple Tenses" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZj-SubJwsM

To understand the concept of "Present Perfect Tense" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~2 minutes):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeqkwGHWoQQ

To understand the concept of "Extra Information Between Commas" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdcgAqmg7bU

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rahat16 · Answer

A) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century, -  correct

B) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture, which grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century, - placement of which seems to indicate that the architecture grew rather than the popularity . there is no verb for "The popularity "

C) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture has grown rapidly during the early nineteenth century; -verb error . WHen indicates point in time i.e when X happend Y happened.
The sentence means that in early the popularity in early 19th century increased due to other event in the past.

D) Neo-Gothic architecture growing rapidly in popularity during the early nineteenth century, - no verb for "Neo-Gothic architecture"

E) Neo-Gothic architecture, whose popularity grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,-no verb for "Neo-Gothic architecture"

NeverEverGiveUp11 · Answer

The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,  when increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time.

from the non-underlined part, it is clear that the sentence is in the past tense. "grew" is correctly used.

A) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,
 correct

B) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture, which grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,
 verb is missing

C) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture has grown rapidly during the early nineteenth century;
 use of "has grown" is incorrect

D) Neo-Gothic architecture growing rapidly in popularity during the early nineteenth century,
 missing verb

E) Neo-Gothic architecture, whose popularity grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,
 missing verb

Answer A

monk123 · Answer

The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century , when increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time.

POE:
(A) seems good. So, we will look for other choices to find errors to eliminate.
Eliminate (B), 'which' is showing that the architecture grew rapidly. 
Eliminate(C), wrong verb 'has' is used. In the non-underlined part, they are talking about that time. So, it should be in the past tense.
Eliminate(D), it has the same verb error as of (C).
Down to two (A) seems good. Eliminate (E) - use of 'whose' is wrong. 'whose' shows possession. Also, the meaning is not clear.
 
A) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century, -   CORRECT

B) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture,  which  grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,

C) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture  has  grown rapidly during the early nineteenth century;

D) Neo-Gothic architecture  growing  rapidly in popularity during the early nineteenth century,

E) Neo-Gothic architecture,  whose  popularity grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,

GDT · Answer

The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century, when increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time.

A) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,  Correct

B) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture, which grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,  Incorrect

C) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture has grown rapidly during the early nineteenth century;  Incorrect

D) Neo-Gothic architecture growing rapidly in popularity during the early nineteenth century,  Incorrect

E) Neo-Gothic architecture, whose popularity grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,  Incorrect

bM22 · Answer

The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century, when increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time.

A) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,
 
B) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture, which grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,

C) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture has grown rapidly during the early nineteenth century;

D) Neo-Gothic architecture growing rapidly in popularity during the early nineteenth century,

E) Neo-Gothic architecture, whose popularity grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,

Correct Answer - A,
 Explanation - The sentence is completely written in past tense, which can be understand using the "sought" word. Option A correctly fits in the sentence.
Option B - misplaced pronoun "which", not required, since it modifies the complete meaning of the sentence.
Option C - misplaced verb "has", a present tense verb, moreover modifies the meaning of sentence, makes it incomplete.
Option D - growing is the incorrect word here, should have been in past tense.
Option E - wrong word here is "whose", not required.

varun325 · Answer

The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century , when increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time.

Popularity ( subjecT)
Grew ( verb)
When the popularity grew -( when increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time.)

No errors

A) The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,( correct)

when a time frame of past is given present perfect is not used.
Sita visited europe last year.

Secondly,
The phrase after " ;" should be an independent clause. Which is also incorrect in the above sentence.

D) Neo-Gothic architecture growing rapidly in popularity during the early nineteenth century,
No verb sentence is a phrase.
here subject is Architecture

E) Neo-Gothic architecture, whose popularity grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,
same as D no verb

TheNightKing · Answer

I don't find anything obviously wrong with option A.

let's check other choices.

Option B:
The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture , which grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,  when increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time. -  Makes no sense

Option C:
The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture  has  grown rapidly during the early nineteenth century;  when  increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time. - We don't need Present Perfect tense as per meaning of the sentence. semi colon makes things worse to say the least. The when in the second clause can literally refer to any time frame.

Option D:
Neo-Gothic architecture growing rapidly in popularity during the early nineteenth century, when increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time. -  Not a sentence

Option E:
Neo-Gothic architecture,  whose popularity grew rapidly during the early nineteenth century,  when increasingly influential admirers of medieval styles sought to replace the neoclassical aesthetic prevalent at the time. -  Same as B. Makes no sense.

t1234 · Answer

Always look for odd and unnecessary punctuation. That's the easiest way to get to the correct answer (Option A)!

The popularity of neo-Gothic architecture grew rapidly during the

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