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Post subject: political forces  Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 3:10 am |
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Source: MGMAT CAT
Though once powerful political forces, labor unions have lost much of their influence, which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor management.
A: which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor
B: resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim favors
C: which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim that favors
D: resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim to be in favor of
E: which has resulted in a political climate that has been claimed by some analysts to favor
OA: B
I have eliminated A, C, and E. I selected D but it is wrong.
What is the difference in meaning between B and D? I believe "CLAIM" is a verb.
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Post subject: Re: political forces Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:37 pm |
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Remove the words "some analysts claim" from both answer choices and read directly from the sentence what some analysts claim we have:
B: a political climate that ... favors management
D: a political climate that ... to be in favor of management
Because we are introducing the relative clause, we a need a political climate that does something. In B it favors management whereas we have no indicative verb in D (the infinitive cannot be used here - hopefully you can see how absurd it is when written this way)..
Also, "some analysts claim to be in favor of management" is definitely not what we are trying to say with this sentence, and that's what D seems to suggest..
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akhp77
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Post subject: Re: political forces Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:42 am |
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Thanks Tim
I got it. "favors" is the action verb.
One more question.
Why not it is like this? Can we use it in possessive case?
some analysts' claim
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Post subject: Re: political forces Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:44 am |
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That would make "claim" a noun. That might work in another sentence, but not in this one.
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Post subject: Re: political forces Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:22 pm |
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Hi There,
I recently got stuck up on this question too. I landed up with both B & D as contenders and chose D because I thought that 'Claim To Be' was a correct idiom. I understand the correct answer from Tim's explanation, however, was wondering if someone could provide more examples of this kind of scenario. Basically, I am looking for a pattern here so I can make a mental note to watch out and prevent this mistake from happening in the future.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Aritra
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Post subject: Re: political forces Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 1:42 pm |
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Aritra, nothing is coming to me right off the bat. Maybe someone else will have more ideas for you. I do think the important thing here is to keep in mind Tim's excellent explanation and technique when you have an idiom split between two answers.
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