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A Swiss government panel recommended that the country sell about half its gold reserves and this raised fears of other countries that do the same and inundate the market.
A. reserves and this raised fears of other countries that
B. reserves, which, as a result, raised fears of other countries that
C. reserves; as a result, they feared that other countries would
D. reserves, with fears raised that other countries would
E. reserves, raising fears that other countries would



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A Swiss government panel recommended that the country sell 11 Jun 2005, 21:40
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my vote is E

B. reserves, which, as a result, raised fears of other countries that

The 'which' can be confusing. Does it refer to the gold reserves or
the action of swiss government ?[/i]
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This involves forecast, so it must have "would" at the end. Of C,D, and E only E is idiomatically correct.

So E for me.
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A Swiss government panel recommended that the country sell 12 Jun 2005, 02:05
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E.

in B 'which' refers to 'reserves' however those are the actions of the Swiss government that raise fears
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"raised fears of other countries " is inappropriate since it is the Swiss govt which is afraid of the consequences, and not the other countries .

also, E successfully highlights the continuing action of the statement...by using "raising"...

E should be it.
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In GMAT world, "which" must have a clear reference and cann't be used to refer a concept that was described in the previous sentence. For example:

He blindly trusted the person, which made everybody else angry.

This sounds alright in normal speek, but "which" is meant to refer to the fact that he trusted the person, while grammartically "which" refers to "the person". GMAT will consider this sentence to be problematic.

In B the last "that" is also wrong.



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