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Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline

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Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   13 Oct 2008, 22:11
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Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline engines of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have been implicated in global warming.

A of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have
B of comparable size, as well as emit far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses having
C of comparable size, and also they emit far fewer carbon dioxide and other gasses that have
D that have a comparable size, and also they emit far fewer of the other gasses having
E that have a comparable size, as well as emitting far fewer of the other gasses having

OA is A Im not convinced with OA ,its a mgmat question!!



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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 14 Oct 2008, 00:20
Is it A ?

[EDIT: ADDED EXPLANATION FOR MY CHOICE]

we need "that have" here. Only A and C have "that have".

in C -> fewer Carbon dioxide is plain wrong. A may not be perfect, but it is the best.

what is the OA ?

Originally posted by amitdgr on 13 Oct 2008, 22:19.
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   14 Oct 2008, 00:05
B for me :

A of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have - not parallel in tense
B of comparable size, as well as emit far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses having
C of comparable size, and also they emit far fewer carbon dioxide and other gasses that have - they is ambiguous
D that have a comparable size, and also they emit far fewer of the other gasses having - same as C
E that have a comparable size, as well as emitting far fewer of the other gasses having -- same as A
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2008, 14:39
Horrendous question; but the answer seems to be A.
The others have grammatical errors.
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2008, 14:47
KASSALMD wrote:
Horrendous question; but the answer seems to be A.
The others have grammatical errors.


A has a grammatical error too. None of these seem right. Probably a typo by mgmat.
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   16 Oct 2008, 00:54
A has 'far fewer of the other gasses ' as well, whats the OA?
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   16 Oct 2008, 06:36
A

less Vs Fewer - less CO2, CO2 cannot be measured so less should be used.

A of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have

B of comparable size, as well as emit far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses having - having??

C of comparable size, and also they emit far fewer carbon dioxide and other gasses that have - less vs fewer

D that have a comparable size, and also they emit far fewer of the other gasses having - having??
E that have a comparable size, as well as emitting far fewer of the other gasses having - having??
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   16 Oct 2008, 09:16
i initially went with A..a few months back and reading now..I am like none of these make sense...
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   17 Oct 2008, 10:04
:snipersmile: They're all wrong.
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   17 Oct 2008, 18:03
C seems to be the best choice for me
Pls underline the incorrect part. Its difficult to read w/t that.
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Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline engines of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have been implicated in global warming.

A of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have
B of comparable size, as well as emit far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses having
C of comparable size, and also they emit far fewer carbon dioxide and other gasses that have
D that have a comparable size, and also they emit far fewer of the other gasses having
E that have a comparable size, as well as emitting far fewer of the other gasses having

OA is A Im not convinced with OA ,its a mgmat question!!
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   18 Oct 2008, 01:45
I vote for B. (this choice IMO best among all)

"They" in choices C and D seems not to have clear antecedent: it can be anything
A and E are out for "emitting" it should have been "emit" to keep //.
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   18 Oct 2008, 18:56
They all look messed up, but if i have to chose i would go with B.
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   20 Oct 2008, 06:50
The best explanation so far:

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/die ... t2129.html

As well as + VERBing is correct.
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   21 Oct 2008, 08:09
spriya wrote:
Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline engines of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have been implicated in global warming.

A of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have
B of comparable size, as well as emit far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses having
C of comparable size, and also they emit far fewer carbon dioxide and other gasses that have
D that have a comparable size, and also they emit far fewer of the other gasses having
E that have a comparable size, as well as emitting far fewer of the other gasses having

OA is A Im not convinced with OA ,its a mgmat question!!


"as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have been implicated in global warming" is a modifying phrase but I never saw "as well as" in modifying phrase. Now I should note that "as well as" also acceptable as modifying phrase:

Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline engines of comparable size, (as well as) emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have been implicated in global warming.
In that sense A should be ok.
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   21 Oct 2008, 11:38
spriya wrote:
Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline engines of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have been implicated in global warming.

A of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses that have
B of comparable size, as well as emit far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gasses having
C of comparable size, and also they emit far fewer carbon dioxide and other gasses that have
D that have a comparable size, and also they emit far fewer of the other gasses having
E that have a comparable size, as well as emitting far fewer of the other gasses having

OA is A Im not convinced with OA ,its a mgmat question!!


Initially I felt that emit and burn are parallel. How ever having been at the end takes B out of contention. A remains
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   21 Oct 2008, 13:01
A for me

have been is the key for 3-2 strategy here. C has issues with pronoun reference in they

fewer gases(countable ) is correct so is less gas (non-countable )
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   21 Oct 2008, 21:10
I read this on some old post of gmatclub

Quote:
when you have "as well as" in your sentence then the verb following "as well as" need not be parallel with the verb before "as well as".


looks like this thing holds good in our sentence here ...
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Re: Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline [#permalink] New post   21 Oct 2008, 22:22
amitdgr wrote:
I read this on some old post of gmatclub

Quote:
when you have "as well as" in your sentence then the verb following "as well as" need not be parallel with the verb before "as well as".


looks like this thing holds good in our sentence here ...


yes as well as means inaddition !!! hence i think ,as GMAT TIGER said
here if we just simply forget this (as well as ) for a moment and then read the sentence A sounds the best!!!

Also having ,having been are all wrong ,that have been implicated is correct

here if we look at the meaning then also its obvious that engines burn fuel emitting gases !!

so my doubt got clarified !!
thanks a tonne for the posts !!!

great posting :thanks :btw :btw :good :good



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