Skywalker18 wrote:
AjiteshArun ,
daagh ,
GMATNinja ,
mikemcgarry ,
egmat ,
sayantanc2k , other experts -- can you please help with an explanation for the given question?
The intended meaning of the underlined portion of the sentence is that
according to a prediction by the government, costs will be reduced for particular consumers (because of rate cuts by the Federal Communications Commission). Options A and D seem to be missing the word
Commission, though I think we can overlook that—it's probably just a typo.
sondenso wrote:
A. The government predicts that, for consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls, the Federal communication's recent telephone rate cuts will greatly reduce costs,
This is the correct option, unless the omission of
Commission is not a mistake.
sondenso wrote:
B. The government predicts that costs will be greatly reduced for consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls by the Federal Communication Commission's telephone rate cuts,
Calls by the rate cuts is slightly confusing. Also, this option uses the passive voice (
will be reduced).
Costs will be reduced for those who do this by rate cuts.vs.
Rate cuts will reduce costs for those who do this.sondenso wrote:
C. The government's prediction is, for consumers and businesses making a large number of long-distance calls, costs will be greatly reduced by the recent telephone rate cuts made by the Federal Communications Commission,
Again, passive voice. Also, the usage of
the government's prediction is is quite awkward (in comparison with
the government predicts that). Also, we would normally expect a
that after
prediction is.
sondenso wrote:
D. For consumers and businesses that make large number of long-distance calls, the government prediction that the Federal Communication's recent telephone rate cuts will greatly reduce costs,
There is no complete clause in this option (needed because of the
though some consumer groups disagree in the non-underlined portion).
The government prediction that the Federal Communication's recent telephone rate cuts will greatly reduce costs is just a noun phrase. It doesn't have a verb. Also, there is no
a before
large number of in this option.
sondenso wrote:
E. For consumers and businesses making a large number of long-distance calls, the government predicts that the recent telephone rate cuts that the Federal Communications Commission has made will greatly reduce costs,
The
for consumers bit is not placed very well in this option. For example:
To the people taking the test, the GMAC said that the new feature would make no difference.vs.
The GMAC said that the new feature would make no difference to the people taking the test.If the intended meaning is the second one, the first is a more roundabout and confusing way of expressing the idea. It could be misinterpreted as "the GMAC said something to this group of people" (instead of being understood as "the GMAC said that something would not affect this group of people").