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Cooperative apartment houses have the peculiar distinction [#permalink]
 16 Aug 2004, 17:49
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Cooperative apartment houses have the peculiar distinction of being dwellings that must also operate as businesses.
(A) of being dwellings that must also operate as businesses
(B) of dwellings that must also operate like business
(C) that they are dwellings that must operate like business
(D) that, as dwellings, they must also operate like businesses
(E) to be a dwelling that must also operate as a business
OA will be followed. Thank you!
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(A) is my choice. The aparments have a distinction of being something.
So (C), (D), (E) are out. Similarly (B) misses out the 'being'.
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Re: SC - from 885 - 9 [#permalink]
16 Aug 2004, 17:55
2 reasons why I pick A
1. distinction of - correct idiom
2. apartment houses .... dwellings ... businesses ... all plural is parrallel
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I put down D
wonder what the OA is
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(D) is out because of the use of the pronoun 'they'. What's they ? The dwellings or the businesses ?
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OA is A.
C and D can be eliminated at first, because 'distinction that' is ungrammatical. Here is a list which I learned at GMAT school in Tokyo.
alternative that ×
character that ×
condition that × (on condition that ○)
context that ×
culture that ×
distinction that ×
extent that × (to the extent that ○)
function that ×
importance that ×
need that ×
option that ×
poignancy that ×
requirement that ×
responsibility that ×
right that × (be right that ○)
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Nice list of idioms... I'll add them to my notes.. thanks ! 
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Folks,
Just wondering after reading this http://www.sentencecorrection.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=323 as to how many times would there be a GMAT question which has 'being' and is the correct answer.
Please share ur views.
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A. They are like dwellings and function as businesses
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ywilfred wrote: Nice list of idioms... I'll add them to my notes.. thanks ! I don't believe these are idioms 
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From my experience , most of the times being is wrong, I have only encountered 3 SC that the use of being in them was right.
in GMAT "Being" is OK when:
1. Noun – human being
2. Process – my house is being built
3. Characteristic – Being sad, I cried.
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