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The campers were usually allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and knives rarely. (A) allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and food, and knives rarely. (B) aloud to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and rarely knives. (C) allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, with knives as a rarity. (D) aloud to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, with knives as a rarity. (E) allowed to packed only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and rarely they were allowed to pack knives.
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Re: Essential items for campers [#permalink]
16 Dec 2010, 08:17
B and D are out--'aloud' A is confusing E is too wordy C is the answer
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16 Dec 2010, 08:56
feruz77 wrote: The campers were usually allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and knives rarely.
(A) allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and food, and knives rarely.
(B) aloud to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and rarely knives.
(C) allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, with knives as a rarity.
(D) aloud to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, with knives as a rarity.
(E) allowed to packed only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and rarely they were allowed to pack knives. B and D are out b/c aloud doesn't have the same meaning as the intended allowed. In A it says that the campers were allowed to pack all those items, rarely. E is wordy as well as awkward. C constructs the sentence very nicely, "allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, with knives as a rarity." The colored part of the sentence clearly indicates that knives were rarely allowed.HTH Mari
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Re: Essential items for campers [#permalink]
16 Dec 2010, 09:14
Can there be such blatant mistakes as “aloud to pack” and allowed to packed? They must be typos or else something is wrong. Of course, as such, the answer must be C. Aside that, there is an OG question somewhat akin to this that might be of interest to test takers. The concept tested here is the problem of using coordinating conjunctions and the alternatives to solve it. The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian—vegetables, fresh cheese, oatmeal, and meal cakes, and meat rarely. (A) and meat rarely (B) and meat was rare (C) with meat as rare (D) meat a rarity (E) with meat as a rarity
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Re: Essential items for campers [#permalink]
16 Dec 2010, 11:36
Hey daagh, I agree with you (I think there's a pattern there..) - "aloud" vs. "allowed" doesn't look like a GMAT decision point to me, so I'm pretty certain that you'd never see this question on an official test. Unlike the GRE, the GMAT is not a vocabulary test!!
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feruz77 wrote: The campers were usually allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and knives rarely.
(A) allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and food, and knives rarely.
(B) aloud to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and rarely knives.
(C) allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, with knives as a rarity.
(D) aloud to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, with knives as a rarity.
(E) allowed to packed only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and rarely they were allowed to pack knives. its a bot weird question to me. eventhough i 've seen the construction "as a rarity", "allowed" and "aloud" make me confuse. i thought aloud is a typo
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Re: The campers were usually allowed to pack only essential [#permalink]
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feruz77 wrote: The campers were usually allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and knives rarely.
(A) allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and food, and knives rarely.
(B) aloud to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and rarely knives.
(C) allowed to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, with knives as a rarity.
(D) aloud to pack only essential items such as maps, water, and food, with knives as a rarity.
(E) allowed to packed only essential items such as maps, water, and food, and rarely they were allowed to pack knives. its a bot weird question to me. eventhough i 've seen the construction "as a rarity", "allowed" and "aloud" make me confuse. i thought aloud is a typo
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Re: The campers were usually allowed to pack only essential [#permalink]
23 Jul 2012, 21:53
@daag Could u be more specific on GMAT Like differences in the usage n it example?? I checked E Posted from my mobile device 
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