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Meteor showers and individual streaks of light that flash [#permalink]
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Meteor showers and individual streaks of light that flash across the sky every night are generated when tiny flecks of celestial detritus, often no larger than grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding through the atmosphere. A. grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding B. grains of sand or pebbles, burn up while speeding C. grains of sand or pebbles, which burn up while speeding D. a grain of sand or pebble, which burns up as it speeds E. a grain of sand or a pebble, burns up when it speeds Clearly between A and B. What is your choice and why?
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Re: Meteor showers [#permalink]
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I believe the answer is B and not A.
In A, 'grains of sand or of pebbles' means grains of sand or grains of pebbles. But 'Grains of pebbles' doesn't make sense.
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Re: Meteor showers [#permalink]
17 Jun 2010, 19:19
The answer should be 'B' because it is comparison by size which is taking place.
See 'grains of sand or of pebbles' is not correct because we can't say grains of pebbles (pebbles are small stones).
actual parallelism here is 'often larger than X Or Y'
which would then be 'grains of sand or pebbles'.
Hence B.
Somebody needs to correct the OA.
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Re: Meteor showers [#permalink]
17 Jun 2010, 22:05
In A "tiny flecks of celestial detritus" are compared w/ "grains of sand" and "grains of pebbles" In B "tiny flecks of celestial detritus" are compared w/ "grains of sand" and "pebbles" In B "burn up while speeding" makes sense. So B.
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Re: Meteor showers [#permalink]
29 Jun 2010, 19:50
Looks like the original owner has the wrong OA. Please verify
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Re: Meteor showers [#permalink]
26 Jul 2010, 03:51
onedayill wrote: Looks like the original owner has the wrong OA.
Please verify OA is B. Source GMATPrep.
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Re: Meteor showers [#permalink]
28 Jul 2010, 23:34
I wnt for B too but A looked good for but for not having While ........."of sand or of pebbles" or "of sand or pebbles" which one is right ?
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Re: Meteor showers [#permalink]
28 Jul 2010, 23:35
Yeah looked at the explanation understood my mistake......amnhattan forum explanation very good
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Re: Meteor showers [#permalink]
30 Jul 2010, 00:38
I thought it was D still a bit confused
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Re: Meteor showers [#permalink]
28 Jul 2011, 03:07
noboru wrote: Meteor showers and individual streaks of light that flash across the sky every night are generated when tiny flecks of celestial detritus, often no larger than grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding through the atmosphere.
A. grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding
B. grains of sand or pebbles, burn up while speeding
C. grains of sand or pebbles, which burn up while speeding
D. a grain of sand or pebble, which burns up as it speeds
E. a grain of sand or a pebble, burns up when it speeds
Clearly between A and B. What is your choice and why? Why is the usage of which wrong in C...B and C according to me are exactly the same... which refers to 'grain' since 'of sand or pebbles' is a prepositional phrase....
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Re: Meteor showers [#permalink]
28 Jul 2011, 04:32
Because which refers to near word, so when we use which in "X or Y " construction, it is ambigues to ey to X or Y it reffers siddhans wrote: noboru wrote: Meteor showers and individual streaks of light that flash across the sky every night are generated when tiny flecks of celestial detritus, often no larger than grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding through the atmosphere.
A. grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding
B. grains of sand or pebbles, burn up while speeding
C. grains of sand or pebbles, which burn up while speeding
D. a grain of sand or pebble, which burns up as it speeds
E. a grain of sand or a pebble, burns up when it speeds
Clearly between A and B. What is your choice and why? Why is the usage of which wrong in C...B and C according to me are exactly the same... which refers to 'grain' since 'of sand or pebbles' is a prepositional phrase.... |
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