{"id":7672,"date":"2016-02-02T10:12:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=7672"},"modified":"2016-02-02T10:12:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:12:44","slug":"ogvr-1633","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/ogvr-1633\/","title":{"rendered":"OGVR \u201916#33"},"content":{"rendered":"A <\/span> 2<\/span> min read <\/span><\/span>

Developed by Pennsylvania\u2019s Palatine Germans about 1750, Conestoga wagons, with high wheels capable of crossing rutted roads, muddy flats, and the nonroads of the prairie and they had a floor curved upward on either end so as to prevent<\/span> cargo from shifting on steep grades.<\/p>\n

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Meaning Analysis<\/span><\/h1>\n
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    • Developed by Pennsylvania\u2019s Palatine Germans about 1750<\/span>,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    • Conestoga wagons<\/span><\/span>, with high wheels capable of crossing <\/span>\n
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        • rutted roads, <\/span><\/li>\n
        • muddy flats, and <\/span><\/li>\n
        • the nonroads of the prairie and<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          The sentence presents information about a particular type of vehicle named Conestoga wagons. We get to know about the origin of these wagons and the characteristics of their wheels that were designed to travel on any kind of surface. Reading further:<\/p>\n

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          • they<\/span> had<\/span> a floor curved upward on either end so as to prevent<\/span> cargo from shifting on steep grades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            In this part of the sentence, we are told about a particular aspect of the design of the vehicles. We get to know that these wagons were designed in a fashion that it prevented the cargo the vehicle would carry from getting displaced when it moved over steep slopes. To sum up, the sentence presents some information about the design of a specific type of vehicle – the Conestoga wagons. We find out that these vehicles had high wheels so that they could travel on difficult roads and had specially planned floor to stop the goods from getting displaced as the vehicles moved over steep slopes.<\/p>\n

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            Error Analysis \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n

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            1. \u00a0Subject Verb Must Exist Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            There is no verb for the subject Conestoga wagons<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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            2. \u00a0Parallelism Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            In the sentence, what follows and<\/em> is a clause they had<\/em>\u2026 However, the portion before and<\/em> is not a clause. Therefore the two elements connected by and<\/em> are not parallel, leading to a parallelism error.<\/p>\n

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            POE<\/span><\/h1>\n
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            Choice A<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

            Incorrect<\/span><\/p>\n

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            This choice has the errors pointed out in the error analysis.<\/p>\n

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            Choice B<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

            Incorrect<\/span><\/p>\n

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            Subject Verb Must Exist Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            This choice repeats the subject verb error of choice A.<\/p>\n

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            Choice C<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

            Incorrect<\/span><\/p>\n

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            Subject Verb Must Exist Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            This choice also repeats the subject verb error of choice A.<\/p>\n

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            Choice D<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

            Correct<\/span><\/p>\n

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            This indeed is the correct answer choice. The subject Conestoga wagons<\/em> now has a corresponding verb (had)<\/em>. Also the wagons\u2019 two features \u2013 high wheels and a floor<\/em> \u2013 are perfectly parallel and present their purpose clearly.<\/p>\n

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            Choice E<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

            Incorrect<\/span><\/p>\n

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            Pronoun Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            Singular pronoun \u2026it<\/em>\u2026 does not agree in number with its plural noun antecedent \u2026floors<\/em>\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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