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Baggage is not light, because yet is a coordinate conjunction. main clause + yet + main clause is general syntax. A canoe which could carry baggage yet was so light.. In this sentence yet is connecting independent clause + dependent clause, so comma is not needed in this case as a general rule. Independent clause: A canoe which could carry baggage yet: conjunction Dependant clause: was so light.. If yet connected two independent clauses, a comma would be needed: A canoe which could carry baggage, yet it was so light.. Between yet and was, pronoun it is ommitted by ellipsis.

Before we get at due to vs. because of, let's analyse D & E. D: Because of a law... immigrants surrender gold. E: Due to a law being passed... immigrants surrender gold. Which one can answer the question - Why immigrants surrender gold? Because of a certain law, or, because of passing of a certain law? You can reverse each around the conjunction to find out which one it is. due to + noun and because of + verbs, is the general rule. Here that magic verb is surrender, rest all is frills. Due to a law... there was surrender... is correct... In GMATland because of seems favoured.

The sentence is set in past and having is present participle. Use having when action was in progress whilst writing the statement. However, having is a gerund in B. And this changes the meaning of orignal sentence. In fact in two ways and for different reasons: For one, Having... sets off a clause that logically happened (began and completed) before the part that follows.. That might all be happening at the same time... as A suggests. Reverse B and see. For two, all ... professed disdain, is not really the same as always professed disdain... The first tells the entire amount of something..., how impassioned his profess-ion was; the latter tells the consistency of something... I think B is not wrong, but it is different from A. And in GMAT land if A is correct, everything else is wrong. It'd be nice if OA is not given along with the question. We tend to be biased.

concur with @dmoney

yes an a or an an matters. Depneds on the sound of words; if a word sounds like a vowel, use an an, otherwise an a. capability of (noun) is missing in D. the correct version would be: system’s capability of dealing..

Like all other pronouns it refers to the subject of the main clause, object of the phrase. If only you can find the subject of this sentence you done. There is no magnetism in it to cling it to the nearest noun. This is ludicrous. ...the Keneddy Oval Office... is just a prepositional phrase!

We're better off analysing the bits than verses. the visionary is a visionary in general - a noun and Einstein is one such... in no less a...(noun), less is an adjective. Everything before theorised is noun phrase. it means: no lower in consideration or rank or importance. Also less is a comparative form of little, and when you compare you need a conjunction than.

Concur with @naso. E. for me.

Consider this: The investigation... supports the conclusion that... vs. supports the conclusion of... of is a prep. and must be followed by a subject/object. The investigation... supports the conclusion of Dr. Watson.. So we need a that - a pronoun, to introduce a restrictive clause. remember GMAT's famous that vs. which dilemma. that restricts the meaning of noun it modifies - generalisation. So A, B and C are out. Between D and E. little that is significantly different... vs. little of significant differences... little bit of this, little bit of that... sounds perfectly eloquent. However there is a catch, it's ridden with errors.. little is a noun in this sentence, and signifies quantity or amount and in this case we have a rule: Little refers to uncountable nouns, and is used with the singular form.. for countable nouns use few instead. significant differences are countable indeed, therefore little is wrong here. also differences is plural and breaks the rule. Use few instead. There is little rain... not little rains. There are few significant differences is correct. significantly different is uncountable so little is right. significantly (adverb) tells the degree of difference. Finally, E. has a subj./verb agreement error as well. D. that there is xyz significantly different E. that there is xyz significant differences.

It seems as though I'm robbed of some pleasure... were there only one question per thread.. If the presumably underlined part was actually underlined, and the The answer is... had not been as prominent as a palm tree in the desert. This is so agonising, however, that's the radical me! :)

@achiever2011 1. Here 'require' is used an intransitive verb - used without an object: which means 'demands'. 2. This sentence is a subjubctive, which can be either conditional or subordinate. And that is a conj. to introduce subjunctive subordinate clauses. period. :D If you want 'D' to sound correct - it could be in imperative mood - and in this case the verb must always must be an infinitive. That's the rule..:D The bill requires a bank to disclose... (as @mitzi mentions) HTH.

In B, the clause 'virtually unavailable...' is a subordinate clause or dependent clause. Subordinate clauses need subordinting conjunctions. You need something adverbial, adjectival or a relative pronoun, such as 'it'. And in B, yes a pronoun reference is missing. In 'C', though is the subordinate conjunction.

Parallelism. D wins.

A for me. Other seems wordy.