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Following a serious fire in this area, the demolition of the building Updated on: 04 Jan 2017, 10:42
Originally posted by pbms on 03 Jan 2017, 09:21.
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Following a serious fire in this area, the demolition of the building makes it necessary the closing of 350 dwellings, which makes hundreds of residents nearby temporarily homeless.

(A) the demolition of the building makes it necessary the closing of 350 dwellings
(B) the demolition of the building makes it necessary that 350 dwellings closed
(C) the demolition of the building makes it necessary to close 350 dwellings
(D) the building is demolished to make it necessary the closing of 350 dwellings
(E) the building is demolished and so make it necessary to close 350 dwellings

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Following a serious fire in this area, the demolition of the building 03 Jan 2017, 09:38
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[quote="pbms"]Following a serious fire in this area, the demolition of the building make it necessary the closing of 350 dwellings, which makes hundreds of residents nearby temporarily homeless.

Not sure on this on, all seem wrong to me. Here are my critiques:
(A) Demolition and make do not agree numerically.
(B) Same as A
(C) Same as A
(D) “Following a serious fire…,” should modify demolition, not the building. Additionally, not sure what is going on with “to make it necessary the closing of 350 dwellings”, which just sounds terrible
(E) Same problem with the intro clause modifying building instead of demolition. “and so make it necessary to close 350 dwellings” also sounds off.
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Following a serious fire in this area, the demolition of the building 03 Jan 2017, 11:41
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Demolition and make both are singular number.
A- present continuous closing is used which is wrong
B - simple past closed is used which also not making sense as the sentence is in present
C - looks correct with verb too

Answer - C

Please do correct me in case I am wrong. [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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Shouldn't it be "makes"?[/quote]

Sorry guys, I made a typo. It should be "makes".
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Sorry guys, I made a typo. It should be "makes".[/quote]


Cool, thanks. Agreed than that C works
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If c option is correct answer, query is whether 'which' will refer to 350 dwellings or close 350 dwellings
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If c option is correct answer, query is whether 'which' will refer to 350 dwellings or close 350 dwellings
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You are right. Option C is absolutely wrong - this is an ideal example in which a present participle modifier (which modifiies the whole preceding clause) is required.
In fact, no option is correct - the source does not seem to be authentic.
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Following a serious fire in this area, the demolition of the building 28 Jan 2017, 07:33
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Following a serious fire in this area, the demolition of the building makes it necessary the closing of 350 dwellings, which makes hundreds of residents nearby temporarily homeless.

(A) the demolition of the building makes it necessary the closing of 350 dwellings
(B) the demolition of the building makes it necessary that 350 dwellings closed
(C) the demolition of the building makes it necessary to close 350 dwellings
(D) the building is demolished to make it necessary the closing of 350 dwellings
(E) the building is demolished and so make it necessary to close 350 dwellings

Not an authentic GMAT practice question as Sayantan has pointed out. However, to make the most of this topic …
The clue lies in the pronoun 'which'; now we need a noun to antecede which, stating that the noun is responsible for making the people homeless. As stated, the nearest noun 'dwellings' isn't appropriate to explain that. So, we have to fall back on the gerund ''the closing of". As per this reasoning, only A and D befit. Between them, D is off the mark by using an infinitive 'to make', as if the demolition itself was aimed at turning people homeless.
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