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Sentence Correction GMAT Prep Question
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So here’s a question I got asked to answer. Some sources mistakenly put the answer as D, but really it’s C.Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland; arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a World Heritage Site.A. arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a World Heritage Site.
B. it is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and, as a result of this, has become a World Heritage Site.
C. arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, it has become a World Heritage Site.
D. it has become a World Heritage Site, and arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia.
E. is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, a World Heritage Site.GMAT Pill Timer 
Lap # This Lap Running Total More importantly, you should have the right approach to this question. There are a couple of frameworks I talk about in the Sentence Correction Pill that will better help you understand how to attack this question. In particular, framework #3.
Here’s my recommended approach to this question:
Step 1: Scan the sentence and notice a semi colon that is NOT part of the underlined portion of the sentence. That means the underlined portion must read just like a full regular sentence.
Step 2: So now that we pretend the entire first part of the sentence before the semicolon is not there—we notice that the underlined portion does not make sense. “Arguably…., ” is the phrase that should describe the subject on the other side of the comma. Instead, we have “and has become…”–which does not make sense in A.
Step 3: Eliminate A and look at other alternatives in the answer choices.
With (B), it’s quite wordy “and, as a result of this…”—NOT GOOD
With (C), “arguably” describes the word next to the comma “it”–so that makes sense. seems OK
With (D), you don’t need the comma before “and”—-if you use a comma, then there needs to be a subject on the right side of the comma. –seems IFFY
With (E), where’s the subject? It starts with “is”–which does not make sense. Remember the underlined portion should read as a complete sentence so it cannot start with “is”—NOT GOOD
Step 4: Only answer choice (C) makes sense. Read it again..does it make sense as a sentence by itself?
“Arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, it has become a World Heritage Site.”
It’s OK to have “it” refer back to the portion on the other side of the semicolon way back in the beginning.
You can also reread it like this:
“Arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, [Visby] has become a World Heritage Site.”Choose C and move on!
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