Europes travel lndustry is suffering as a result of sluggish

sagarsabnis · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:35 am


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Europe’s travel lndustry is suffering as a result of sluggish economy, a stretch of bad weather as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persistent.

(A) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persitstent
(B) and the chilling effect of terrorist activity that is persistent
(C) but persistent terrorist activity has had a chilling effect too
(D) and the chilling effects of persistent terrorist activity
(E) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that persists

can any 1 pls explain this

[Reveal] Spoiler: OA

D

pm4553 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:54 pm

sagarsabnis wrote:

Europe’s travel lndustry is suffering as a result of sluggish economy, a stretch of bad weather as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persistent.
(A) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persitstent
(B) and the chilling effect of terrorist activity that is persistent
(C) but persistent terrorist activity has had a chilling effect too
(D) and the chilling effects of persistent terrorist activity
(E) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that persists

can any 1 pls explain this

X, Y AND Z - parallel
A, E - out
C - "but" changes the meaning

D - is better than B (that is persistent)

cdowwe · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:45 am

I say D.. sorry not good at explaining these

chandru42 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:57 am

will choose D but dont know Y B is wrong

Spoilt · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:47 am

sagarsabnis wrote:

Europe’s travel lndustry is suffering as a result of sluggish economy, a stretch of bad weather as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persistent.
(A) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persitstent
(B) and the chilling effect of terrorist activity that is persistent
(C) but persistent terrorist activity has had a chilling effect too
(D) and the chilling effects of persistent terrorist activity - 'sounds good and makes sense in this sentence' .
(E) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that persists

can any 1 pls explain this

pierrealexandre77 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:34 am

this sentence is waiting for a AND ...

D's construction is better than B's ... for the reasons that already have been given.
The answer is definitely D.

sudeep · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:38 am

One thing to note: B has singular effect, D has plural effects.

kairoshan · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:02 am

To me, B is better. D causes ambiguity since 'persistent' can modify terrorist or activity.
What is persistent? terrorist or terror activity. Of course, we can still guess which one, but the sentence still ambiguous.
In addition, to parallel with 'a result' and a stretch, 'effect' should be singular.

Europe’s travel lndustry is suffering as a result of sluggish economy, a stretch of bad weather

Can you post OA?

pierrealexandre77 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:11 am

Persistent [Terrorist Activity] ...

This is not ambiguous, this is just an adjective to a noun that has already one.

sagarsabnis · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:53 am

OA is D

arammug · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:04 am

I'll go with D. Others are incorrect or wordy.

kalrac · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:55 am

This is a //ism qn.
as a result of X,Y and Z .
eliminate A,C,E
btw B and D
B - that makes the structure improper,
D - comparatively better

srivicool · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:03 am

usage of And is better than as well as . So left with B and D. D is precise and clear than B

javamonk · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:56 am

I too agree with D.
B is bit wordier than D :lol:

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hirendhanak · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:10 am

I will go with D , || in clause is clearly evident in the option D against the other options where we see inconsistency in the ||

agmatclubb · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:40 am

D obvious.

"as a result of X,Y and Z". is better than "as a result of X,Y as well as Z."

as well as introduces information which is already known to the listener/reader; the rest of the sentence gives new information.

ohfred · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:10 am

clearly D. more concise.

suyashjhawar · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:45 am

A very different SC indeed....

FQ · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:24 pm

I choose D

(A) unclear whether chilling effects are persistent or terror activity is persistent
(B) (that is persistent) is not concise
(C) but .... is not parallel
(D) and the chilling effects of persistent terrorist activity
(E) not parallel

TheGmatTutor · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:47 pm

I agree that the answer is D, but there should be a comma after the word "weather."

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