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One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.
(A) lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation,
(B) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,
(C) a lowering of interest rates, along with fears about inflation,
(D) interest rates being lowered, along with fears about inflation,
(E) interest rates and fears about inflation being lowered, with
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BANON wrote: One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.
(A) lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation,
(B) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,
(C) a lowering of interest rates, along with fears about inflation,
(D) interest rates being lowered, along with fears about inflation,
(E) interest rates and fears about inflation being lowered, with Problem of Parellel Construction . Correct Ans C
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25 Feb 2012, 10:12
gladiator999 wrote: BANON wrote: One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.
(A) lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation,
(B) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,
(C) a lowering of interest rates, along with fears about inflation,
(D) interest rates being lowered, along with fears about inflation,
(E) interest rates and fears about inflation being lowered, with Problem of Parellel Construction . Correct Ans C Whats wrong with B? a lowering OF INTEREST RATES and OF FEARS about inflation? Parallel?
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gamatack wrote: gladiator999 wrote: BANON wrote: One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.
(A) lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation,
(B) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,
(C) a lowering of interest rates, along with fears about inflation,
(D) interest rates being lowered, along with fears about inflation,
(E) interest rates and fears about inflation being lowered, with Problem of Parellel Construction . Correct Ans C Whats wrong with B? a lowering OF INTEREST RATES and OF FEARS about inflation? Parallel? IMO , the context plays an imp role while applying the principles of II-ism. For B to be correct, it were to be worded like...a lowering of interest rates, a lowering in fears about inflation,...and the balance of the sentence however, here the choice B is worded like X, and Y, Z and A..certainly not parallel Thus IMO choice C is correct.. 
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Re: economy contends [#permalink]
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rajeevrks27 wrote: gamatack wrote: gladiator999 wrote: Problem of Parellel Construction .
Correct Ans C Whats wrong with B? a lowering OF INTEREST RATES and OF FEARS about inflation? Parallel? IMO , the context plays an imp role while applying the principles of II-ism. For B to be correct, it were to be worded like...a lowering of fears, a lowering in fears about inflation,...and the balance of the sentence however, here the choice B is worded like X, and Y, Z and A..certainly not parallel Thus IMO choice C is correct.. IMO It still is parallel... it is just the same case as with .. "stocks and bonds" .. you wouldn't say "a rally in stocks, a rally in bonds. You combine it to a rally in stocks AND bonds. The same happens in B : a lowering of interest rates and of fears. The only thing that could make B wrong is the repetition of the preposition "of". Without it, it should be parallel: a lowering of interest rates and fears, a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening. This is also : ... X of A & B, Y in Stocks and Bonds, and Z.
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25 Feb 2012, 16:36
FYI:
In fact it is an OG problem , #130 and the correct answer is B!
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Re: economy contends [#permalink]
25 Feb 2012, 21:52
The answer is B for this question .Its an OG problem .One strong reason why C and D are wrong is because of the usage of along with were two different entities --lowering of interest rates and fears of inflation cannot be combined using along with.
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Re: economy contends [#permalink]
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IMO B,
It tests parallelism.Hence statement B is correct.
B. One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation, a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.
I know statement B is correct but "fears about inflation"... doesn't seem to be idiomatic.Please explain why this is correct??
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26 Feb 2012, 09:04
Babzsn84 wrote:
I know statement B is correct but "fears about inflation"... doesn't seem to be idiomatic.Please explain why this is correct??
Can't really tell you if it is unidiomatic or not. It is an OG question so I assume it is fine. You can arrive at the right answer by POE , see below: BANON wrote: One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.
(A) lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation,
a noun is required here to be parallel with a weakening, a really, so it must be a lowering!
--> Wrong
(B) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,
Correct answer! a lowering of X and Y, a rally in V and W, and a weakening in Z
(C) a lowering of interest rates, along with fears about inflation,
Wrong --> not parallel ... a X, along with Y, a Z, and T
(D) interest rates being lowered, along with fears about inflation,
Same as A
(E) interest rates and fears about inflation being lowered, with
Same as A
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11 Mar 2012, 19:33
I chose B for this question:
It may be possible that B is unidiomatic, but the requirement of parallelism is much more important to this question.
A. "Lowering" is a present participle - this is not parallel to the other 2 noun phrases.
B. "A lowering" is a noun phrase and is parallel to "a rally" and "a weakening." Within the "a lowering" noun phrase, interest rates and fears are now parallel.
C. Although "a lowering" is correct, "along with" is not parallel to the other elements.
D. "being lowered" is a verb - this is not parallel to the other noun phrases.
E. 'being lowered" is a verb - this is incorrect because parallelism is broken.
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Re: economy contends [#permalink]
23 Mar 2012, 11:21
A is the correct option in my opinion
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E-gmat , Please help me understand the following. What's wrong with C? What rule is C breaking? doesn't ' a lowering of interest rates, along with fears' mean lowering of interest rates and lowering of fears.. eg: Sachin, along with Som went to the movie.... implies Sachin and som went to the movie.. So C also maintains parallelism! Please help
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sachin, along with som went to the movies
a lowering of IR, along with fears about inflation will crush the stock market
in the above 2 egs, its pretty clear wrt the intended meaning
whereas,
X will lead to a lowering of IR, along with fears about inflation........ IMPLIES
X will lead to A along with B
where A : lowering of IR
B : fears about inflation
though somewhat while we speak we tend not to pay heed to such subtelitoes but in gmatland the intended meaning gets a bit hazy in such constructions, leaving one , not that proficient in english, guessing n baffled.
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