|
Author |
Message |
|
TAGS:
|
|
|
SVP
Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 1957
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
14
[0], given: 0
|
Question Stats:
0% (00:00) correct
 0% (00:00) wrong based on 0 sessions
Please explain your answer choice.
Attachments
s21.JPG [ 65.73 KiB | Viewed 584 times ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 05 May 2004
Posts: 602
Location: San Jose, CA
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
10
[0], given: 0
|
Will go with B
better than their parents did seems correct
simple past is correct in this context
SC gurus correct me if im wrong
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manager
Joined: 08 Jun 2004
Posts: 245
Location: INDIA
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
3
[0], given: 0
|
my ans wud be B ...
only B gives the right parallel structure required...
A) use of ''have'' is wrong...
C) use of ''had'' shows its past perfect which is not so...
D) no referent pronoun...
E)0 same like D
take the sentence like '' many americans expect to LIVE better tahn their parents LIVED'' and it makes that clear
hope that helps!
Have fun 
_________________
the whole worldmakes way for the man who knows wer he's going... good luck
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Posts: 716
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
4
[0], given: 0
|
I feel A is better than B. My rationale to choose A is that
the sentence does not have any time reference. If there is
a time reference than we can use simple past -- did. Lacking
time reference forced me to choose A, which uses present perfect
-- have [lived].
I would like to know others thoughts on this.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 428
Location: India
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
0
[0], given: 0
|
IMO (B) is best.
Here sentence is saying, that the period parents had already lived(I presume period when parents were young)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intern
Joined: 04 Apr 2004
Posts: 43
Location: Russia
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
0
[0], given: 0
|
answer is b as well as we can't substitute verb by have except for verb, in first part of a comparative, has auxiliary verb have.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 22 Jun 2004
Posts: 399
Location: Bangalore, India
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
1
[0], given: 0
|
B is correct, I believe.
B - here "live" refers to the lifestyle. Thus, simple past is justified because lifestyle of the present generation is compared with that of the previous generation.
A - incomplete because of "have"
C - incomplete because of "had". Also "had lived" gives a wrong connotation that the parents are no more;-)
D & E - "expecting" after ";" without subject is ungrammatical.
Bhai wrote: Please explain your answer choice.
_________________
Awaiting response,
Thnx & Rgds,
Chandra
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 05 Jul 2004
Posts: 993
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
8
[0], given: 0
|
Bhai
Whatz the OA??? 
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 25 Dec 2003
Posts: 363
Location: India
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
5
[0], given: 0
|
I would go for A. No soild explaination though, just going with the sound and my daily usage.
Whats the OA bhai?
_________________
Giving another SHOT
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 07 Oct 2003
Posts: 380
Location: Manhattan
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
2
[0], given: 0
|
I assume B is indeed the answer here?
(can't be C b/c C uses 'had' which is not appropriate here -- we're not comparing two actions in the past)
|
|
|
|
|
|
GMAT Club Legend
Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Posts: 5134
Location: Singapore
Followers: 9
Kudos [?]:
87
[0], given: 0
|
I don’t C is completely out. What we are comparing is how current Americans expect to live compared to how their parents had lived
Between ‘they still expect to live better than their parents did live’ and ‘they still expect to live better than their parents had lived’, I’ll go with the latter.
What’s the OA?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 06 Dec 2003
Posts: 376
Location: India
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
0
[0], given: 0
|
Buddies, the question is a real conceptual
Concept : the auxiliary verbs "do" / "did" / "does" can be use to avoid repetition of normal verbs. "have" / "had" can not offer such a flavor
e.g.
Do you know him ? Yes I do. --> replacing know
He eats fish and so do you. --> replacing eats
B should be it.
Cheers !
Dharmin
_________________
Perseverance, Hard Work and self confidence
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manager
Joined: 02 Apr 2004
Posts: 224
Location: Utrecht
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
0
[0], given: 0
|
Since the OA is not yet given by Bhai, I will give my thoughts about this question too.
D and E are not right for me, because I believe "they" can be used.
I am leaning towards B.
they still expect to live better than their parents did. It sounds better in my ears, and I do believe with this verb you can avoid the repetition.
I live in The Netherlands and we speak Dutch. Dutch, German and English belong all to the German (germaanse) language and many grammar is simular. I sometimes translate sentences to the Dutch language. I was just wondering how many of you are able to do the same and if this is an benefit for you.
Regards,
Alex
|
|
|
|
|
|
SVP
Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 1957
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
14
[0], given: 0
|
Sorry that I did not post the OA. Will try to search thru books and let you know soon.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moderators:
metallicafan, rajeevrks27, souvik101990, PTK, MacFauz, noboru, kissthegmat, carcass, willigetmylifeback, mikemcgarry, doe007, Vercules, Legendaddy, tuanquang269, Marcab, Narenn, GetThisDone
|
close
