rcaraujo20 wrote:
Hello,
I just did this question today. It is from Paper and Pencil Test Code 37 and, in the official material, there is no comma after 'began' in letter B. As a matter of fact, this 'error' was the reason I ruled out this option.
Best,
Awesome, thank you for digging that up! (And welcome to GMAT Club, @rcaraujo20!) Ugh, that's just an embarrassing typo on their part. Absolutely no justification for the lack of the comma in this situation.
And I probably write this too often, but for anybody who isn't tired of reading it: in general, the GMAT doesn't test the nuances of comma usage at all, partly because English style experts disagree about some types of comma usage, and partly because the GMAT has more important things to torture you with. Again, this particular case just looks like a bad mistake by the GMAT folks, but for whatever it's worth, you'll be hard-pressed to find an actual question that has comma usage as a determining factor.
And fortunately, the GMAT usually does a much better job of proofreading its newer materials...
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