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try agian..
OA is not D or E

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Updated on: 23 Jul 2008, 13:18

Originally posted by jallenmorris on 23 Jul 2008, 13:16.
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Then the OA is C. It's the next best... I still stand by D until proven otherwise :-D

EDIT: Nope, I still think C is wrong.

Alright, what's the OA? The suspense is killing me.

Also, Suresh, what is the source of this question?

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I agree that which refers to galvanized wire and change my ans to D. Somehow missed this.

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grepro - evidently we're both wrong regardless of D or E. I think i'm going to disagree with the OA, even though Suresh hasn't posted a question I disagree with...yet :-D

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I agree that which refers to galvanized wire and change my ans to D. Somehow missed this.

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You are correct mate the OA seems to be C (11-p306618?t=43377) though no one agree to that

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according to the meaning of the statement given here ,protection from rust is for main cables

the funda of which is fine ,
If the OA were C ,only doubt that remains is THOSE in the below sentence refers to what bridges or main cables ?????those immediately follows bridges

Unlike the main cables of most suspension bridges those of the eighty-year-old Williamsburg Bridge now require protection from corrosion as they are made of ungalvanized wire -> wordy and ambiguous they

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you pulled this from the other thread within GMATClub? If you know of the external source, please state so, otherwise, this is a horribly question and I disagree with it!

Suresh...since you pulled this from within GMATClub, i won't let this tarnish your record! Every SC question you post I agree with the OA. I may not agree right away, but I've always seen the question as a good question and I eventually see why the OA is correct. You post high quality questions (except for this one :-D

) lol.

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You are correct mate the OA seems to be C (https://gmatclub.com/forum/11-p306618?t=43377) though no one agree to that

yeap!! this the source..

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this is one hell of a question
I actually don't agree with C as OA .Its too wordy and awkward.We can form a better sentence than C .whats the source of this Q??
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How could C be correct? I thought about how this would work when I first saw the question but the complete sentence would be:

Unlike the main cables of most suspension bridges those of the eighty-year-old Williamsburg Bridge now require protection from corrosion as they are made of ungalvanized wire protection from corrosion.

I mean it's a little technical but isn't the underlined part being replaced? Makes for a wordy and confusing sentence...

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You're right, the underlined part is being replaced. I think this sentence could be corrected very easily. See the comma before "those".

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How could C be correct? I thought about how this would work when I first saw the question but the complete sentence would be:

Unlike the main cables of most suspension bridges, those of the eighty-year-old Williamsburg Bridge now require protection from corrosion as they are made of ungalvanized wire protection from corrosion.

I mean it's a little technical but isn't the underlined part being replaced? Makes for a wordy and confusing sentence...

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) lol.

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You are correct mate the OA seems to be C (11-p306618?t=43377) though no one agree to that

yeap!! this the source..

Hey,
I was just going through the few questions posted/answered by "kevincan" (scored Q 51 , V50 --790). I cam across this one..(so called stupid one by everyone.. :lol:

including me). Kevincan chose C as answer...

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In my opinion, kevincan got it wrong! lol

again,thanks for posting the question. It's always good to have some more discussion.

I think the sentence has to have a comma or it is incorrect. Otherwise, I think I would have selected it. I remember reading it and thinking "Where's the comma?"

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In my opinion, kevincan got it wrong! lol

again,thanks for posting the question. It's always good to have some more discussion.

May be he missed V51 because he got it wrong . :roll:

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He probably did ! LOL. It's not like he scored a perfect 800!

I'll count this one as an unscored "test" test question.

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In my opinion, kevincan got it wrong! lol

again,thanks for posting the question. It's always good to have some more discussion.

May be he missed V51 because he got it wrong . :roll:

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Pardon my lingering on this stupid question but it's annoying the hell outta me. What about "from corrosion" at the end.

so "now require protection from corrosion as they are made of ungalvanized wire protection from corrosion".

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You're right, the underlined part is being replaced. I think this sentence could be corrected very easily. See the comma before "those".

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Absolutely Droopy! Nice catch +1. C has to be incorrect. OA is wrong!

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(D) Unlike those/cables of most suspension bridges, the main cables of the eighty-year-old Williamsburg Bridge are made of ungalvanized wire, which now requires protection from corrosion.

Right comparison, right use of 'requires' for singular wire...

I doubt if OA is not D.

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You're right, the underlined part is being replaced. I think this sentence could be corrected very easily. See the comma before "those".

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good one

but one thing everytime muddles me is whether to go for meaning or grammar

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