THAT vs WHICH (part-2)

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THAT vs WHICH (part-2)

by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:56 pm
Global warming that has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently will be a central issue in the upcoming campaign, since both candidates champion environmental causes.

A. Global warming that has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently will be

B. Global warming that will be attracting a great deal of media coverage recently will be

C. Global warming, which will be attracting a great deal of media coverage recently, will be

D. Global warming, which recently is being the subject of a great deal of media coverage will be

E. Global warming, which has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently, will be

OA after sometime

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by aspirant2011 » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:30 am
GmatKiss wrote:Global warming that has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently will be a central issue in the upcoming campaign, since both candidates champion environmental causes.

A. Global warming that has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently will be

B. Global warming that will be attracting a great deal of media coverage recently will be

C. Global warming, which will be attracting a great deal of media coverage recently, will be

D. Global warming, which recently is being the subject of a great deal of media coverage will be

E. Global warming, which has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently, will be

OA after sometime
I would go with A because which has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently is necessary piece of information in reference to logical meaning of the sentence

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by saketk » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:16 am
GmatKiss wrote:Global warming that has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently will be a central issue in the upcoming campaign, since both candidates champion environmental causes.

A. Global warming that has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently will be

B. Global warming that will be attracting a great deal of media coverage recently will be

C. Global warming, which will be attracting a great deal of media coverage recently, will be

D. Global warming, which recently is being the subject of a great deal of media coverage will be

E. Global warming, which has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently, will be

OA after sometime
When I read this sentence I was pretty sure that "has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently" is an additional information.

Global warming (as a whole) will be a central issue. Can we really say -ONLY that Global warming which has attracted a great deal of media coverage will be a central issue?

NO, we can't say that. It's a general issue.

CORRECT CHOICE IMO --OPTION E

The sentence should look this way --

Global warming, which has attracted a great deal of media coverage recently, will be a central issue in the upcoming campaign, since both candidates champion environmental causes.

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by avik.ch » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:39 am
IMO : E

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by gunjan1208 » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:42 am
IMO E, Explanation same a saket

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by GmatKiss » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:12 am
OA is E

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by abcgmat » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:02 am
I feel the Answer is E

As it is adding extra piece of information.
This leaves C,D,E

C- is about future , we can just use 'attract' instead of 'be attracting '

E.g I will meet you tomorrow for lunch - correct
I will be meeting you tomorrow for lunch -Incorrect

D- usage of being
E- looks better as it talks about present situation and predicts furtue

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by aspirant2011 » Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:46 am
can you please explain why is A wrong bec I cant find option A rong :(