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 18 Jan 2012, 01:31
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Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far. remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far still remain concerned about the prospects of inflation; there are as yet few signs that increasing energy prices are currently driving up the cost of other goods remain concerned about the prospect for inflation, even though as yet few signs of higher energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods so far still remain concerned about inflation, even though there are currently few signs that increasing energy prices drive up the cost of other goods remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, despite the lack of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods
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Has to be "E" in this case. First thing to note is that "prospect OF inflation" is idiomatically correct so a few choices wade away quite early. The second part has a lot to do with the intended meaning of the sentence. We want to show "a lack of indicators" of inflation. Only option E addresses the intended meaning correctly. Also the action "Driving" has to be a gerund because of the time frame we are talking about. It is a continual action.
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E. But it is definitely a tough Q.
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someone79 wrote: E. But it is definitely a tough Q. Yup. True..Imagine, the GMAT is reviewing its questions these days to host more questions that deal with the intended meaning of the sentence. I think people have already broken the code, for the lack of a better word, of the sentence correction section and therefore it is definitely going to be a bit tougher once the reviews are implemented around mid 2012.
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E is the only one with clear meaning that the energy prices are not rising still the policy makers remain concerned, rest options in my view are ambiguous.
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omerrauf wrote: Has to be "E" in this case.
First thing to note is that "prospect OF inflation" is idiomatically correct so a few choices wade away quite early. The second part has a lot to do with the intended meaning of the sentence. We want to show "a lack of indicators" of inflation. Only option E addresses the intended meaning correctly. Also the action "Driving" has to be a gerund because of the time frame we are talking about. It is a continual action. I am not getting the intended meaning of this "despite the lack of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods" the construction thus far that seems awkward so I choose A as I could eliminate E just for this awkward construction
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A: Driving up <-- awkward
C: "prospect for" should instead be "prospect of"
D: imho, not very correct to remove "the prospect of"
E is the only one with a clear meaning
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ruturajp wrote: omerrauf wrote: Has to be "E" in this case.
First thing to note is that "prospect OF inflation" is idiomatically correct so a few choices wade away quite early. The second part has a lot to do with the intended meaning of the sentence. We want to show "a lack of indicators" of inflation. Only option E addresses the intended meaning correctly. Also the action "Driving" has to be a gerund because of the time frame we are talking about. It is a continual action. I am not getting the intended meaning of this "despite the lack of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods" the construction thus far that seems awkward so I choose A as I could eliminate E just for this awkward construction In my opinion, "thus far" in E is a better modifier of the noun "the lack of..", as opposed to "so far" which appears right at the end of the sentence in A.
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i3rook wrote: ruturajp wrote: omerrauf wrote: Has to be "E" in this case.
First thing to note is that "prospect OF inflation" is idiomatically correct so a few choices wade away quite early. The second part has a lot to do with the intended meaning of the sentence. We want to show "a lack of indicators" of inflation. Only option E addresses the intended meaning correctly. Also the action "Driving" has to be a gerund because of the time frame we are talking about. It is a continual action. I am not getting the intended meaning of this "despite the lack of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods" the construction thus far that seems awkward so I choose A as I could eliminate E just for this awkward construction In my opinion, "thus far" in E is a better modifier of the noun "the lack of..", as opposed to "so far" which appears right at the end of the sentence in A. please can u explain option E by breaking the sentence
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Let me give it a try
Option A:
remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far
- remain concerned about the prospect of inflation <- no problem so far
- although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far <-- "so far" which is a modifier of "there are" appears at the end of the sentence. This could cause some confusions regarding which word "so far" is modifying (could be read as modifying "driving" instead)
Option E:
remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, despite the lack of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods
- despite the lack of signs thus far that increasing energy <-- it's much clearer her that "thus far" is modifying the noun the "lack of signs". The construction of the second part of the sentence (increasing energy prices...) is also very clear.
Hence, E, in my opinion.
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I get why the Answer is Right. My question is there any issue of Tenses in this question?
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Quote: although there ‘are few signs’ of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods ‘so far’. Of course, other things apart, and on extendibg gmatpunjabi’s query, is it grammatically correct to use a present tense verb ‘are few signs” when a categorical time frame has been indicated as ‘ so far’ in the original, for which a present perfect tense, ‘have been’ should be more apt IMO. Any comments?
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This one was a hard one for me as well. However answer choice E makes it clear
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I only see a clear meaning with "E". First one I noticed was "concerned of"
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Re: Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of [#permalink]
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What are some adverbial modifiers such as 'so far' Why didn't I recognize this as an adverbial modifier? It does not overtly strike me as one, what is it modifying or suppose to modify normally?
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