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A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected [#permalink]
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6.A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames
I got the answer correct but could not justify why. Please provide explanation.
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sztiwari wrote: 6.A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames
I got the answer correct but could not justify why. Please provide explanation.
I think is A. This answer choice supports the parallalism.
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D for me
if you drop "making much easier and" the sentence still has to make sense and the adverd should be after the verb to make it || to the rest of the modifier
I think... 
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D for me too.
Paralleliesm is required between "making" and "spreading"
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tarek99 wrote: D for me too.
Paralleliesm is required between "making" and "spreading"
Then how do you say D? In that case it should be A , right?
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sztiwari wrote: 6.A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames
I got the answer correct but could not justify why. Please provide explanation.
Go with D:
The reflected radiation is doing two things:
1. Making ignition much easier
2. Causing Flames to spread more quickly
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D for me.
A, B, C have troubles with ||ism
E can't explain why it's wrong. it's not akward, but incorrect
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sztiwari wrote: 6.A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames
I got the answer correct but could not justify why. Please provide explanation. Def. D. ABC \\ism issue. E is wordy and not ||.
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does anybody can explain why E is not correct?
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D for me Parallel structure ... causing is || to making Simplify to sentence : A fire <does something>, making ignition much easier and causing flames to spread. E is not correct because E is passive voice. In GMAT if an active sentence is always more correct than a passive one. sztiwari wrote: 6.A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames
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sztiwari wrote: tarek99 wrote: D for me too.
Paralleliesm is required between "making" and "spreading" Then how do you say D? In that case it should be A , right? no because "making.....and flames" aren't parallel.
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ksh013 wrote: does anybody can explain why E is not correct? i think it's because you can't have a present participle and a gerund standing right next to each other cause that would make the sentence sound clumsy. that's just my opinion, but not really sure about this. Would anyone confirm whether i'm right?
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tarek99 wrote: ksh013 wrote: does anybody can explain why E is not correct? i think it's because you can't have a present participle and a gerund standing right next to each other cause that would make the sentence sound clumsy. that's just my opinion, but not really sure about this. Would anyone confirm whether i'm right? I think you shoud simply avoid present progressive (continuous) tense if simple present will do. GMAT prefers simplicity (pun not intended ). Thus E is wrong.
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D seems fine to me because it obeys parallelism
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d is the correct choice what is the OA to the question
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D
but wouldn't E be more parallel? hehe, so confusing
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making X and (making) flames spreading quickly - if you think this will work then A should be the answer for you.
making X and causing flames to spread much easier. - if you think D
is a better choice then D is your answer.
I agree with the D crowd.
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Re: A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected [#permalink]
23 Mar 2012, 05:38
sztiwari wrote: 6.A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames
I got the answer correct but could not justify why. Please provide explanation. I agree D is parallel but so is E, I know there is something no so right about E but can anyone point out what exactly is it? Thanks in advance..!
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Re: A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected [#permalink]
23 Mar 2012, 06:13
D goes the best because of correct parallelism
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Re: A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected [#permalink]
23 Mar 2012, 08:41
sztiwari wrote: 6.A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames
I got the answer correct but could not justify why. Please provide explanation. D is the correct answer because of the below reasons- 1. In parallel with making ignition much easier" 2. (causing flames to spread) Grammatically more correct than the option A. The other choices are out due to one or more errors.
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