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Post subject: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes  Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:15 am |
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Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes
undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids,a scale
developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular
asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood
that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how
likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely
a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the
likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the
likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may.
Can anyone help me with this.
Am struck b/w C and D.
Is the use of may in E redundant
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Post subject: Re: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:47 pm |
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I think between C and D it will be 'D'. Just read the last part of the sentence
C: "will be to collide"
D: "will colide"
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Post subject: Re: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:55 pm |
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sachin.iet wrote: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes
undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids,a scale
developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular
asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood
that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how
likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely
a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the
likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the
likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may.
Can anyone help me with this.
Am struck b/w C and D.
Is the use of may in E redundant hmm. tough one. i can see that (c) is unacceptably informal / casual, and maybe even unidiomatic, but i can only see that because i'm a seasoned writer and reader of formal english. for those of you who are not native speakers of english - the best approach to problems such as this one is: * note the differences in usage between the formal and informal - e.g., "rate how likely" vs. "rate the likelihood that..." * remember what these differences look like, so that you can make similar distinctions in the future.
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Post subject: Re: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:24 am |
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Whats the answer / OA ? I will go with E.
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RonPurewal
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Post subject: Re: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:33 am |
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lalitkc wrote: Whats the answer / OA ? I will go with E. (d) is the best answer, although (c) is not too far behind. what's the source? is this from gmatprep? (e) is wrong, since you can't use both "likelihood" and "may"... redundancy.
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Post subject: Re: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:06 pm |
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Ron,
Doesn't answer Choice " E "states the scale itself rates the likelihood of a asteroid?
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Post subject: Re: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 9:14 am |
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shri312 wrote: Ron,
Doesn't answer Choice " E "states the scale itself rates the likelihood of a asteroid? yes, that's another problem -- an asteroid itself doesn't have a "likelihood". good find. i.e., only EVENTS have a "likelihood". an asteroid is a physical object, not an event, so it makes no sense to speak of its "likelihood".
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Post subject: Re: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 5:09 am |
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hello
could you please explain whether phrase 'developed a scale for rating ' is correct .
I thought correct choice of words would be 'developed a scale to rate '
thanks in advance
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tim
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Post subject: Re: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:42 pm |
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It's because the author intends the purpose (rate something) to be more closely related to the scale than the development process. It's a "scale for rating"; either one can be used correctly depending on the author's preference. Please keep in mind that just because one answer choice is correct doesn't mean that EVERYTHING that's different about another choice is wrong. Sometimes the GMAT tosses out a split that just doesn't matter (although this is far less common than splits that matter)..
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Post subject: Re: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:52 am |
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in C, "will be to collide.." is correct or not.
I know that "to be to do" is use to show a future event.
what is " will be to do" ?
pls, help.
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Post subject: Re: Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:34 pm |
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same thing. it indicates a future event..
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