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That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault : Alvin Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in 1970
(A) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault to lower the underground water level and to dig trenches
(B)That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault
(C)It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology
(D)It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology
(E)The fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said.
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Re: SC- The impact of microcomputer [#permalink]
28 Apr 2005, 11:42
mbassmbass04 wrote: That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault : Alvin Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in 1970
(A) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault to lower the underground water level and to dig trenches
(B)That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault
(C)It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology
(D)It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology
(E)The fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said.
Any one care to parse why each answer choice is right or wrong.
A, has pronouns that have no referrents [second that???].
E, dont need "the fact" - redundant. You can just say "That educators are at fault...."
C. the 2nd "it" has no specific referrents.
Between B and D, D definitely sounds more pleasant to the ears. Whats wrong with B?
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The colon is used to equate two parts of a sentence where the second part is dependent on the first part.
D will do nicely for the sentence. The first part of the sentence "It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology" is now independent, and the second part after the colon is dependent on this frist sentence.
I'll go with D
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Re: SC- The impact of microcomputer [#permalink]
29 Apr 2005, 00:05
gmataquaguy wrote: mbassmbass04 wrote: That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault : Alvin Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in 1970
(A) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault to lower the underground water level and to dig trenches
(B)That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault
(C)It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology
(D)It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology
(E)The fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said. Any one care to parse why each answer choice is right or wrong. A, has pronouns that have no referrents [second that???]. E, dont need "the fact" - redundant. You can just say "That educators are at fault...." C. the 2nd "it" has no specific referrents. Between B and D, D definitely sounds more pleasant to the ears. Whats wrong with B? problem with B:
"at fault" = open to blame : RESPONSIBLE [couldn't determine who was really at fault]
IMO the meaning of at fault doesn't fit into the sentence - someone can be at fault. I am not sure if I am clear - Not able to explain it grammatically!
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Re: SC- The impact of microcomputer [#permalink]
01 May 2005, 16:18
Vithal wrote: gmataquaguy wrote: mbassmbass04 wrote: That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault : Alvin Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in 1970
(A) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault to lower the underground water level and to dig trenches
(B)That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault
(C)It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology
(D)It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology
(E)The fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said. Any one care to parse why each answer choice is right or wrong. A, has pronouns that have no referrents [second that???]. E, dont need "the fact" - redundant. You can just say "That educators are at fault...." C. the 2nd "it" has no specific referrents. Between B and D, D definitely sounds more pleasant to the ears. Whats wrong with B? problem with B: "at fault" = open to blame : RESPONSIBLE [couldn't determine who was really at fault] IMO the meaning of at fault doesn't fit into the sentence - someone can be at fault. I am not sure if I am clear - Not able to explain it grammatically! "At Fault" is used in the same context in both B and D. Can someone jump in to explain why B is wrong?
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OA please?? What is the grammatical reason that B is wrong?
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Bumping up this thread. OA please. Also any explanations on why B is wrong?
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Re: SC- The impact of microcomputer [#permalink]
08 May 2005, 21:19
(B)That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault
Simplify to be:
Something (a fact, whatever) can't be said to be at fault ...
The point in the stem is that the educators are not at fault, not the fact itself not being at fault.
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B is awkward. "That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault " what/who is at fault?
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Re: SC- The impact of microcomputer [#permalink]
10 May 2005, 02:30
mbassmbass04 wrote: [u]
(C)It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology.
Some one says that the 2nd it has no referent. OK. But if "it" is changed to "this", C would be right?
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Re: That educators have not anticipated the impact of [#permalink]
28 Jan 2013, 06:42
mbassmbass04 wrote: That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault : Alvin Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in 1970
(A) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault to lower the underground water level and to dig trenches
(B)That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault
(C)It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology
(D)It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology
(E)The fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said. Option A and the underlined section in the question are not the same . I dont quiet get this. Can someone help clarify if this is common ? or , how do u read/interpret this ?
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Re: That educators have not anticipated the impact of [#permalink]
31 Jan 2013, 21:53
the educator is at fault
the action of educator is at falt.
if 2 abose stand alone, both are correct and logic.
similar case is
I like him learning english
I like his learning english
both above sentences are corect if they stand alone.
but when 2 cases above stand together, one of them must be wrong and gmat test us how to convey the intended meaning. one of the meaning will be the distorted meaning.
using common sense to realize the intended meaning, which is "educator at fault" not the action of educator at fault in B
we are often forced to face at leat 2 choices which are both logic and grammatical if they stand alone. we are forced to dicide which is intended meaning ,using common sense.
this is gmat way of thinking and how the test work.
pls comment
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