The Treaty of Utrecht, a series of documents signed in 1713, brought a

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The Treaty of Utrecht, a series of documents signed in 1713, brought a peace that put an end to the plan of Louis XIV of France to upset the balance of power in Europe by gaining significant influence over the Spanish Empire.

(A) The Treaty of Utrecht, a series of documents signed in 1713, brought a peace that put an end to the plan of Louis XIV of France to upset the balance of power in Europe by gaining significant influence over the Spanish Empire

(B) The Treaty of Utrecht, a series of documents signed in 1713, bringing peace by putting an end to the plan of Louis XIV of France, who wanted to upset the balance of power in Europe when he gained significant influence in the Spanish Empire

(C) A series of documents signed in 1713, known as the Treaty of Utrecht, restored peace to Europe by putting an end to the plan of Louis XIV of France, who, in gaining significant influence over the Spanish Empire, wanted to upset the balance of power in Europe

(D) The balance of power in Europe was threatened when Louis XIV of France tried to gain significant influence in the Spanish Empire; therefore the Treaty of Utrecht, a series of documents signed in 1713, restored the peace by ending this plan

(E) Louis XIV of France planned to upset the balance of power in Europe by gaining significant influence with the Spanish Empire, but in 1713, a series of documents known as the Treaty of Utrecht was signed, and this put a peaceful end to the plan

Logic and meaning are an important part of SC: a choice that is grammatically correct that changes the meaning or presents the information illogically has to be wrong. For a discussion, as well as the OE for this question, see:
Logical Splits on GMAT Sentence Correction

Mike :-)

Abhishek009 · Answer

With the Original sentence with this one -

The Treaty of Utrecht,   a series of documents signed in 1713  , brought a peace that put an end to the plan of Louis XIV of France to upset the balance of power in Europe by gaining significant influence over the Spanish Empire.

IMHO (A)

varundixitmro2512 · Answer

Answer should be C A disrupts the meaning, The treaty was not signed to upset the balance, it is the Kin Louis who wanted to (don't why he wanted to......

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ynk · Answer

My views--

It can't be A,as it distorts the actual meaning.

Peace cannot put an end to the plans of Louis XIV,it was the treaty that did.

peace that put an end to the plan of Louis is wrong in A.
B is awkward.
D is wrong because of therefore.
E again distorts the actual meaning. ( Louis XIV of France planned to upset the balance of power in Europe by gaining significant influence with the Spanish Empire, ),Louis XIV of france was not with Spanish empire.

C for me.OA & OE plz.

mailkcp30 · Answer

(A) -- Treaty brought peace .. ?
(B),(C) -- who touches France
(D) -- balance of power was threatened and therefore Treaty restored peace
(E) -- L planned X , but Treaty was signed and this put an end.

i think its (E) :roll:

AbhishekGopal · Answer

I think the answer is C.

Not really sure why, just going by how it sounds.

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Navinder · Answer

Isn't "a peace" incorrect ? I removed it from possible correct options because it stated "a peace" instead of "peace".

mikemcgarry · Answer

Dear Navinder , I'm happy to respond. :-)

This is a subtle idiom, used in more sophisticated writing. Usually, the word " peace " is used without an article, especially when it is used more generally. For example, Caesar Augustus brought peace to the Roman Empire . There, we are simply talking about the general quality of peace. By contrast, if we are talking about a specific period of peace and are discussing unique qualities of that period, then we use the idiom "a peace" to denote this very specific time. Caesar Augustus brought to the Roman Empire a peace that the residents of the Italian peninsula enjoyed until barbarians attacked a few centuries later . In that sentence, we are talking about a very specific historical time & place of peace: we idiomatically refer to this unique time as " a peace ." This is how the idiom is used in my SC question in this thread. This is the kind of sophisticated structure that one sees only in high level reading. This is precisely why it's important to make a habit of doing sophisticated reading while preparing for the GMAT. See: How to Improve Your GMAT Verbal Score Does all this make sense? Mike :-)

Rashed12 · Answer

Dear  GMATNinja ,

What is the problem to E? Why E is incorrect?

Shef08 · Answer

Hi  mikemcgarry

I have a question for you, In option C and D, the pronoun who is touching france or Louis as the touch rule for pronoun makes me logically decipher that it is touching Louis as Of france is a preposition here. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Doer01 · Answer

Hi  mikemcgarry  ,
 Great question. I missed "a" and marked the incorrect option(C). Questions posted by you are always the best in terms of subtlety and sophistication. Thank you.

elavendan1 · Answer

In options C and D, the pronoun refers to King Louis. At times, the pronouns can skip the prepositions and modify a noun immediately before the preposition.
For instance, 
Elizabeth Warren of Democratic party, who once was an Republican, is now one of the presidential candidates. 
Please let me know whether this sentence makes sense to you.

daagh · Answer

Shef 
where is the pronoun 'who' in D?

Shef08 · Answer

Hi Daagh, 
My apologies, I meant B and C

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daagh · Answer

Shef
We all know that the relative pronoun ‘who’ must refer to a human being. Can you see who the human being is in the entire topic?

Shef08 · Answer

Hi Daagh,

Thank you, I completely forgot the relative pronoun rule. I understood my rhetorical question

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yatharthdas · Answer

so can anyone tell how are other options wrong?

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