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Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese art of harmonious design, first became fashionable in the United
States in the 1960s, when decorators heavily influenced by New Age sensibilities began selling
Feng Shui to their clients as a chance to increase health and wealth as well as to have a more
beautiful home. The Chinese practice of Feng Shui depends on directing the healthy flow of Chi,
or life energy, by aligning the home itself according to the four cardinal directions and objects in
the home in such a way as to receive and maintain this positive energy. In ancient practice, the
most important objects in the home include the front door, or Mouth of Chi, where most life
energy is received; the stove, which represents wealth and abundance; and the bed, whose
positive position controls relationship energy. American popularized versions of Feng Shui, by
contrast, show hardly any concern for directional alignment or key objects, preferring instead the
excessive use of crystals, mirrors, and table-top water features, which, though perhaps
entertaining, display precious little respect for the real influence of Chi.SARCASTIC
Which of the following best describes the authors tone in the passage?

Both supportive and critical

Alternately warm and sarcastic

Wavering between disagreement and support

Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

Variously shocked and proud

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The correct answer to this question will depend on an understanding of the authors attitude
toward Feng Shui when practiced in both China and the United States in the 1960s. In the
passage, the author uses positive words such as healthy, and maintain when discussing the
Chinese practice of Feng Shui, but critical words such as selling...to their clients, excessive , and
precious little when reviewing its applications in the United States. It is also worth noting that all
of the answer choices contain two adjectives that are related to each other. The correct answer
choice will identify both the authors attitude toward different practices of Feng Shui and the fact
that the attitudes are contrasted within the passage.
1. Supportive does not apply as a description of tone.
2. The author is alternately warm when discussing the Chinese practice of Feng Shui and
sarcastic when detailing its applications in the United States in the 1960s.
3. The authors tone does not waver.
4. This option implies that the authors tone in the passage is neutral, when in fact
traditional Feng Shui is clearly preferred to its applications in the United States.
5. Shocked does not describe the authors tone in any part of the passage.

The correct answer is B

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In recent years, directors of remedial reading programs have struggled to find a way to provide
their students with sustained independent reading practice in texts that challenge students to
apply their phonics and word-decoding skills without overwhelming them. In response to this
quandary, Roger Wade, the director of a private corporation known as the Reading Readiness
Institute, piloted a system of in-class assessment that would, ideally, have allowed teachers to
make individual recommendations for the difficulty level of book where each student could read
independently with the most success. The six Institute teachers testing the program were
required to build two 10-15 assessment periods into each class session, during which they would
use company-issued Reading Rating Sheets to evaluate each students performance on a specific
section of text, which came from a book of pre-determined difficulty. Teachers would then
assign students one of three rankings A, B, or C based on their comfort with the text on the
Rating Sheets. Parents were also required to complete short Homework Surveys, which provided
teachers with additional, but similarly-focused, information about student reading at home.

The program was temporarily discontinued after only 6 weeks, however, when all six teachers
protested that the addition of assessment periods had forced them to drop other activities that
they considered vital from their curricula. Teachers also complained that time spent assessing
individual students took attention from general classroom management. The Reading Readiness
Institute has taken teacher complaints into account and is currently adjusting its individual
assessment program.

The passage suggests that which of the following is a problem faced by current remedial
reading programs? SEE WHAT IS BEEING ASKED IN THE QUESTION ...DO NOT MIX
UP A GENERAL TERM WITHA SPCIF TERM ...AS HERE ITS NOT THE
REMEDIALREADING COMPANY HAVING THE DIRECTOR WADE BUT IN GENERAL THE
COMPANNIES !!WORD VERFICATION AT THE QUESTION LEVEL IS VERY IMPORATNT

Teachers are too slow to evaluate the needs of individual students.

In-class time is poorly managed.

Parent involvement is not well coordinated.

Practice texts are often overwhelming to students.

SEE THE SCOPE WAND VERIFY WHAT IS BEING ASKED IN QUESTION VERY SIMILAR THINGS
CAN SCREW THE ENTIRE QUESTION

Potentially useful programs are too short-lived to be effective.

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This question requires an inference drawn from information stated explicitly in the passage. The
problem faced by remedial reading programs is discussed in the first sentence, where it is stated
that program directors have struggled...to provide their students with independent reading
practice without overwhelming them. It is reasonable to conclude, then, that practice texts in
remedial reading programs are often overwhelming to students.
1. This conclusion is not supported by the passage.
2. On the contrary, the passage seems to imply that class time is managed well, and that
the assessment program has disrupted that.
3. There is no basis for reaching this conclusion from information in the passage.
4. This option correctly identifies the problem stated in the first sentence of the passage.
5. Though the individual assessment program may be classified as short-lived, this is not
the problem discussed by the passage.

The correct answer is D

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Long Passage
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In recent years, directors of remedial reading programs have struggled to find a way to provide
their students with sustained independent reading practice in texts that challenge students to
apply their phonics and word-decoding skills without overwhelming them. In response to this
quandary, Roger Wade, the director of a private corporation known as the Reading Readiness
Institute, piloted a system of in-class assessment that would, ideally, have allowed teachers to
make individual recommendations for the difficulty level of book where each student could read
independently with the most success. The six Institute teachers testing the program were
required to build two 10-15 assessment periods into each class session, during which they would
use company-issued Reading Rating Sheets to evaluate each students performance on a specific
section of text, which came from a book of pre-determined difficulty. Teachers would then
assign students one of three rankings A, B, or C based on their comfort with the text on the
Rating Sheets. Parents were also required to complete short Homework Surveys, which provided
teachers with additional, but similarly-focused, information about student reading at home.

The program was temporarily discontinued after only 6 weeks, however, when all six teachers
protested that the addition of assessment periods had forced them to drop other activities that
they considered vital from their curricula. Teachers also complained that time spent assessing
individual students took attention from general classroom management. The Reading Readiness
Institute has taken teacher complaints into account and is currently adjusting its individual
assessment program.

Which of the following titles best summarizes the contents of the passage?

Remedial Reading Programs: A New Focus on Phonics and Word-Decoding Helps Students

Parents and Teachers Together: A New Perspective on Homework Feedback

Rejected Outright: Reading Readiness Institute Abandons Individual Assessment

Reading Readiness Institute: Corporate Demands Create Trouble for Teachers.THER IS

NOTHING LIKE CORPORATE IF SOMETHING IS NOT MENTIONED BY THE EXACT WORD DO
NOT CONSIDER IT ..AS IT WILL BE WRONG

Individual Assessment: A Good Idea Encounters its First Obstacles

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To answer this question about possible titles, the intention of the entire passage must be taken
into account. The first couple of sentences introduce a problem faced by remedial reading
programs, and the following sentences in the paragraph describe the ways the Reading
Readiness Institutes assessment program is designed to solve this problem. The second
paragraph discusses problems in the programs implementation and states that it is being
revised. The title of the passage must take all of this information into account.
1. The passage focuses only on the Reading Readiness Institutes program.
 2. Homework Feedback is mentioned in the second paragraph, but it is not the subject of
the entire passage.
3. The words rejected outright and abandons are too strong for the sense of the passage.
The last sentence states that the program is being revised.
4. Corporate demands are not mentioned explicitly in the passage.
5. This title correctly identifies the fact that the focus of the passage is on individual
assessment as an approach to helping students. The second part of the title
acknowledges the fact that the author seems optimistic about assessment, even while
admitting to the problems relayed by teachers.

The correct answer is E

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Like many others who acted as double agents, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, treaded in
dangerous waters; accused of spying for Germany in the First World War, she was finally executed
by a firing squad for treason in France.

A. Like many others who acted as double agents, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, treaded in dangerous
waters;
B. Like many others acting as double agents and treading in dangerous waters, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive
dancer, was
C. Like many others who acted as double agents, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, treaded in dangerous
waters was
D. As with many others who acted as double agents, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, treading in dangerous
waters was
E. As with many others who acted as double agents, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, treaded in dangerous
waters was

this post

I did this question wrong because I was thinking on lines of Like vs As.

Now I see that A is correct because all other choices have two independent clause join by a comma. Is this
theory correct ?
A. The semi colon puts the structure in proper place; correct choice.

B. Acting and treading give a feeling that the events were ongoing.

C. A run-on; no conjugation between waters' and 'was

D. 'As with' denotes as if Mata Hari was accused along with others
 E. Same error as C

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Sentence Correction

Verb Tense / Form

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Proponents of relaxations that Censorship Board allow production houses to each year to provide them enough space to make creative
piece of works consider them vital for the economic growth of the entertainment industry while critics denounce the relaxations as a
leeway that increases the revenue of the production houses but damages the moral character of the children.

Proponents of relaxations that Censorship Board allow production houses each year to provide them enough space to make creative
pieces of work consider them vital for the economic growth of the entertainment industry

always see the pronouns no....in long sentences and is the same pronound is being used at 2 places for 2 diffrenet things creates
andmbiguity ....and a beautifuk use of consider x y

Proponents consider relaxations that Censorship Board allow production houses each year to provide them enough space to make
creative piece of works to be vital for the economic growth of the entertainment industry

Proponents of relaxations that Censorship Board allows production houses each year to provide them enough space to make creative
pieces of work consider them vital for the economic growth of the entertainment industry

Proponents consider relaxations that Censorship Board allow production houses each year to provide the producers
enough space to make creative pieces of work vital for the economic growth of the entertainment industry

Proponents of relaxations that local governments allow production houses each year to provide them enough space to make creative
pieces of work consider the relaxations to be vital for the economic growth of the entertainment industry

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Do not go by the wordiness of this question. If you are able to identify the grammatical construction, answering this question becomes pretty
straightforward.

1. The pronoun "them" in the phrase "provide them enough " clearly refers to "production houses," the immediately preceding plural noun.
However, the pronoun "them" is used again in the phrase "consider them vital .,"; in this usage its antecedent is unclear. them should logically refer to
the "relaxations" but based on its position in the sentence it could also refer to production houses.
2. In placing "consider" at the beginning of the sentence, this choice is able to avoid a second use of the pronoun "them," correcting the pronoun
issue. However, the use of "to be" in this context is unidiomatic. The proper idiom is "consider x y" not "consider x to be y." In this case "consider tax breaks
. . . vital tools" is unidiomatic and thus incorrect.
3. This choice does not solve the pronoun problem from the original sentence. Moreover it creates another error by using the singular verb
allows for the plural noun relaxations.
4. Correct. In placing "consider" at the beginning of the sentence, this choice is able to avoid a second use of the pronoun "them," correcting the
pronoun issue. It does not contain any other awkward or wordy construction.
5. This choice avoids any pronoun ambiguity by replacing the second "them" in the original sentence with the use of "relaxations" after consider.
However, the repetition of "relaxations" makes this choice somewhat wordy. A more apparent error is the use of "to be", which makes the construction
consider X to be Y incorrect. Proper idiom is consider X Y.
The correct answer is D

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Critical Reasoning

Assumption

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After the new CEO took over the position, an automobile companys cars seat covers were changed to only silver and gold colours. Previously, the seats
were displayed only in their heritage white seat covers. An acclaimed automobile journalist mentioned that the changes made by the automobile company
are relevant again. However, many car magazine editorials, automobile journalists opponents, did not agree and pointed out that the new CEO is more
interested in boosting sales than in maintaining cars heritage feature.
Which of the following is an assumption that has to be made for the argument made by the acclaimed automobile journalists opponents?

The shiny lustre of silver and gold coloured seat covers often attracts public attention and motivates them to buy new cars.

...whether the covers boost sales or not is not the matter ...the matter is whether CEO is interested in sales boosting or not .....even if the
CEO boosts sales the CEO might not be interested in it ...it may be a board deciosn ...see the subject verb of the conclusion tha is a must
in any relevant answer choice

Final say in choosing the seat cover colours for the cars lies with the CEO.

An automobile company can boost sales while highlighting the seat covers of grey and crimson colours.

The silver and gold coloured seat covers are featured in the new international automobile expo.

Automobile companys cars with silver and gold coloured seat covers are purchased at a rate more than three times greater than is the case with cars with
heritage white seat covers.

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The argument presents the facts of a change in an automobile company's seat covers colours since the new CEO took control. While an automobile journalist somewhat supported the
change, car magazine editorials disagreed and concluded that the CEO favoured profit over maintaining heritage a feature. The editorials are the opponents of the automobile journalist;
since their conclusion is about the CEOs decision, there must be an assumption connecting the CEO to the seat covers.
1. This choice is irrelevant, as it is not connected to the conclusion. The activities of celebrities have nothing to do with the CEOs interests.
2. Correct. Since the conclusion concerns the CEOs desires based on the content of the automobile companys cars seat covers, the editorials have to assume that the CEO
is the one who decides what colour the seat cover has to be. If not, there is no connection between the seat cover colours and the CEOs interests.
3. The argument is concerned with cars with seat covers of gold and silver colours. Information about cars with seat covers of other colours is irrelevant.
4. The information that silver and gold coloured seat covers are featured in an expo is irrelevant.
5. The rate at which the cars with silver and gold coloured seat covers are purchased is not necessary to be assumed for the conclusion to be true.
The correct answer is B

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Reading Comprehension (RC)

Long Passage

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The field of exobiology seeks to understand the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe. Exobiology as a discipline emerged shortly after a 1953 experiment conducted at
the University of Chicago that used electricity and simple gases to produce amino acids, the building blocks of proteins and, therefore, organic life as we know it. The experiment was
conducted by a biology graduate student, Stephen Miller, in the lab of Harold Urey, a scientist who was already well-known for his theories on the composition of the early earths
atmosphere.Miller and Urey put three gases believed to have been present in the early atmosphere methane, ammonia, and hydrogen into a closed system with an ocean of water
at the bottom and ran electricity through the gases to simulate the lightening storms believed common on the early earth.At the end of a week, the scientists observed that basic organic
compounds, including amino acids, had formed and dissolved in the water, where some of them had even combined to form more complex, though still non-living, substances.

Though parts of the Miller-Urey experiment have been thrown into question by more recent discoveries, exobiology remains a small, close-knit field of dedicated scientists with
backgrounds in areas as diverse as biology, chemistry and physics. Much of the current research supported by NASA, the American space agency, focuses on four major areas.The first
two speculate about the evolution of compounds necessary to organic life, whether that be the development in space of biogenic, or life-generating compounds, or the planetary
evolution of compounds that are considered prebiotic, or pre-living. A third area seeks to trace steps of transformation from organic compounds to simple forms of life, and a fourth
studies the evolution from simple organisms to the complex and diverse forms of life found on earth today.Investigations in all four areas involve a mixture of approaches: observation of
simple life-forms, such as bacteria and viruses; examination of materials from space, such as asteroids, which seem to contain evidence of life; speculation based on data gathered from
telescopes and space probes; and experimentation.

Based on information in the passage, which of the following can be concluded about organic compounds?
Organic compounds .

are not living, but are the building blocks of life

were discovered in 1953, as part of a famous experiment

can be formed more quickly than inorganic compounds

combine only in the presence of electricity

contain gases such as ammonia, methane, and hydrogen

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 The phrase based on information in the passage in the question stem reveals that the answer to this question can be found by reviewing
what is stated explicitly in the passage. This line states that amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and, therefore, organic life as we know it . Combining this
information with that provided in this line, which further emphasizes that amino acids are organic compounds, it can be concluded that organic compounds are the building blocks of
lifeeven though they are not living.

1. This information can by found by combining relevant sentences in the first paragraph.
2. The paragraph states that the experiment was conducted in 1953, but not that organic compounds were discovered then.
3. This claim is not made in the passage.
4. The passage does not make this claim.
5. Though this is true of the organic compounds discussed in the first paragraph, the passage does not make this claim for all organic compounds.
The correct answer is A

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Long Passage

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The field of exobiology seeks to understand the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe. Exobiology as a discipline emerged shortly after a 1953 experiment conducted at
the University of Chicago that used electricity and simple gases to produce amino acids, the building blocks of proteins and, therefore, organic life as we know it. The experiment was
conducted by a biology graduate student, Stephen Miller, in the lab of Harold Urey, a scientist who was already well-known for his theories on the composition of the early earths
atmosphere.Miller and Urey put three gases believed to have been present in the early atmosphere methane, ammonia, and hydrogen into a closed system with an ocean of water
at the bottom and ran electricity through the gases to simulate the lightening storms believed common on the early earth.At the end of a week, the scientists observed that basic organic
compounds, including amino acids, had formed and dissolved in the water, where some of them had even combined to form more complex, though still non-living, substances.

Though parts of the Miller-Urey experiment have been thrown into question by more recent discoveries, exobiology remains a small, close-knit field of dedicated
scientists with backgrounds in areas as diverse as biology, chemistry and physics. Much of the current research supported by NASA, the American space agency,
focuses on four major areas.The first two speculate about the evolution of compounds necessary to organic life, whether that be the development in space of biogenic, or life-
generating compounds, or the planetary evolution of compounds that are considered prebiotic, or pre-living. A third area seeks to trace steps of transformation from organic
compounds to simple forms of life, and a fourth studies the evolution from simple organisms to the complex and diverse forms of life found on earth today.Investigations in all four areas
involve a mixture of approaches: observation of simple life-forms, such as bacteria and viruses; examination of materials from space, such as asteroids, which seem to contain evidence
of life; speculation based on data gathered from telescopes and space probes; and experimentation.

I MIS UNDERSTOOD THE MEANING IT SAYS ....MILLER UREY EXPERIENT RESULTS WERE CUT DOWN....BUT STILL THE GROUP IS CLOSE KNIW AND DOES THE
JOB ...SO IT WS CUT BY SOME OF THE CLOSE PEOPLE MOREOVER ....THIS REASERACH WHICH IS CURRENT AND HAS BEEN DONE B THE SAME SET OF PEOPLE IS
SUPPORTED BY nasa....IN 4 AREAS ETC ....

The primary purpose of the passage is to

speculate about the origin of life in the universe

overturn an outdated, though popular, scientific theory

contrast two approaches to the study of the origin of life

trace the development of a field of study

 discuss the origins and goals of a branch of science

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Main Idea questions require a true statement about information provided in the passage as a whole. The first sentence of the paragraph contains a definition of exobiology, and the
remainder of the passage further supports this definition by discussing the origins of the field (paragraph 1) and its goals (paragraph 2).

1. This is a goal of exobiology itself, not this passage.

2. The passage does not suggest a single theory; therefore, a theory can not be overthrown.
3. Two approaches are neither introduced nor contrasted in the passage.
4. This is the main idea only of paragraph 1.
5. This option correctly summarizes information contained in both paragraphs of the passage.
The correct answer is E

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Critical Reasoning

Conclusion / Inference

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There are community leaders, as well as ex-convicts, who are successful in business. All people who are successful in business are invited to join the
Reynard Club.

All who are encouraged to join the Reynard Club are successful in business.

All who are encouraged to join the Reynard Club are community leaders or ex-convicts.

Some who are encouraged to join the Reynard Club are not community leaders or ex-convicts.

Some ex-convicts are encouraged to join the Reynard Club.

Some ex-convicts are not encouraged to join the Reynard Club.

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Where does your mind want to go with this question? Presumably one would have to believe that a club with any exclusivity would find a way to bar at least some ex-convicts, right?
Sure, its politically incorrect (and just wrong) to assume that all ex-convicts are unworthy of admission, but its quite likely that at least some will be repeat offenders or are otherwise
undesirable. So answer choice E should look pretty tempting; it just about has to be truebut not necessarily.
 All you truly know from this question is that some ex-convicts, those who are successful in business, are encouraged to join. But we do not know anything about those who are
not successful in business, nor do we really know that any ex-convicts in this pool are not successful in business. Similarly, we do not know about anyone other than
those we are told are successful (some community leaders and some ex-convicts), so although answer choice C seems like it has to be true, its not guaranteed here. If one were to
diagram the logic, youd find:

Some ex-convicts = Successful

Some community leaders = Successful

Successful = Invited to join

So:

Some ex-convicts = Successful = Invited to join (guaranteeing answer choice D)

Some community leaders = Successful = Invited to join

You do not know who else is invited to join; perhaps the Reynard Club is a lot like Sams Club or Amway as a club. (If you have money to spend, youre invited! That includes leaders,
ex-cons, and anyone else.) Remember that, above anything else, this is an Inference question. The correct answer must be true, and so any hypotheticals (such as Reynard Club is just
like Sams Club) that would counter an answer choice like A or E means that the choice is not necessarily true.

The trick here? Your mind views community leaders and business successes positively, and ex-convicts negatively. Knowing that, the test can tempt you with answer choices A and E;
knowing better, you can treat this as an Inference question only and make your determination based solely on the information given.

The correct answer is D

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Received a PM asking me to reply. What is the source of this question?

I'm not a big fan of this question - aspects of it don't seem very GMAT-like to me. I'm technically not supposed to reply till we get a source, but I'll discuss briefly because it's been a while since the person
who asked me to discuss this sent me the PM.

"whose" is the possessive form of a relative pronoun ("who" is the subjective form). Possessive implies ownership - specifically the noun before owns whatever is after the "whose." "The dog whose tail is
wagging is happy to see you." The dog owns the wagging tail. Would it make sense to say that the city "owns" stagnating economic growth? Not exactly - so don't use "whose" here. Eliminate B and D.

A and C have two main differences: the comma (or absence thereof) and "stagnated" vs. "stagnant. This is where I don't like this question much, because I don't think the real GMAT would have these
two choices together.

First, A uses a comma after city, so it's telling us that the stuff after city is a nonessential modifier. C doesn't use the comma, so it's saying that the stuff after city is an essential modifier. You can write
this either way; it just depends what the sentence is trying to say. Judgment call - and we're supposed to go with the original meaning when there are two possible meanings. So go with nonessential.
And as soon as you realize that, the problem is over, because only A preserves the original meaning. Not GMAT-like.

Second, "stagnated" is too obviously wrong. This isn't an idiom issue - they're just making up a word that might be a more common non-native speaker mistake (because the general rule for present
perfect is has/have been + past participle, the most common form of which ends in -ed). Again, this is not how the test works - they're not especially trying to trap non-native speakers. Ditto E.

So, yes, A is the best choice on this one. But I don't think the lessons learned here are really the best ones to study for the GMAT.

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The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the city, where economic growth has been stagnantfor the past several years.

city, where economic growth has been stagnant

city whose economic growth has been stagnant

city where economic growth has been stagnated

city, whose economic growth as been stagnated

city, the site of stagnated economic growth

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The proper use of the words where and whose is being tested in this sentence. Whose refers to a being capable of making a decision, whereas where refers to a place. The sentence is also testing the correct
use of a comma to join a subordinate clause to an independent clause.
1. The sentence correctly uses the word where to modify city, and also properly joins a subordinate clause to an independent clause using a comma.
2. This option lacks a comma and creates a run-on sentence; it also misuses the word whose.
3. A comma is missing in this sentence, and a run-on sentence has been created.
4. This option misuses the word whose to modify city.
5. The phrase the site of stagnated economic growth is wordy and confusing.

The correct answer is A

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Like many others who acted as double agents, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, treaded in dangerous waters; accused of spying for Germany in
the First World War, she was finally executed by a firing squad for treason in France

Like many others who acted as double agents, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, treaded in dangerous waters;
Like many others acting as double agents and treading in dangerous waters, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, was
Like many others who acted as double agents, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, treaded in dangerous waters was
As with many others who acted as double agents, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, treading in dangerous waters was
As with many others who acted as double agents, Mata Hari, a Dutch seductive dancer, treaded in dangerous waters was

OA and OE

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OE

A. The semi colon puts the structure in proper place; correct choice.
B. Acting and treading give a feeling that the events were ongoing.
C.A run-on; no conjugation between waters and was
D.As with denotes as if Mata Hari was accused along with others
E.Same error as C

OA:A .