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ankurbansal84
 Post subject: electricity
 Post Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:53 pm 
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Hi All

Below is my query from GMATprep

3. In the major cities of industrialized countries at the end of the nineteenth century, important public places such as theaters, restaurants, shops and banks had installed electric lighting, but electricity was in less than one percent of homes, where lighting was still provided mainly by candles or gas.
a. Electricity was in less than one percent of homes, where lighting was still
b. Electricity was in less than one percent of homes and lighting still
c. There were less than one percent of homes with electricity, where lighting was still being
d. There was less than one percent of homes that had electricity, having lighting that was still
e. Less than one percent of homes had electricity, where lighting had still been

The OA is A. I marked E. why is E wrong?
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2amitprakash
 Post subject: Re: electricity
 Post Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:08 pm 
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E is wrong because of the placement of modifier "where lighting ..". This modifier modifies "homes" and must touch the noun. Currently it is nonsensical as the modifier is trying to modify "Electricity".

There can be other reasons too: I suspect for usage of past perfect (lighting had still been) but left it to dissect once found one reason to prove "E" is inferior to "A".
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agha79
 Post subject: Re: electricity
 Post Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:08 pm 
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I thought i read in MGMAT guide that "Where" reffers to actuall place. is this true in the corrct answer?
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2amitprakash
 Post subject: Re: electricity
 Post Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:16 pm 
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agha79 wrote:
I thought i read in MGMAT guide that "Where" reffers to actuall place. is this true in the corrct answer?

Not only the actual place but a noun place, such as area, site, country, home. Also where should not be used for metaphorical place, such as meeting.
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ankurbansal84
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 Post Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:22 pm 
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the OA is A
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RonPurewal
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 Post Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:59 am 
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2amitprakash wrote:
agha79 wrote:
I thought i read in MGMAT guide that "Where" reffers to actuall place. is this true in the corrct answer?

Not only the actual place but a noun place, such as area, site, country, home. Also where should not be used for metaphorical place, such as meeting.


this is accurate.

you should only use "where" for a NOUN that represents a PHYSICAL PLACE.
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