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The Environmental Protection Agencys proposal to place [#permalink]
 24 Sep 2006, 01:54
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to place restrictions on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying that the move will exacerbate the nation’s fuel supply problems.
A.on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying
B.on both diesel fuel and engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and they say
C.on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, which says
D.both on diesel fuel and engines has sparked the oil industry to a counterattack, saying
E.both on diesel fuel and diesel engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and it says
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the proposal --- has sparked
So B and E are out.
D has meaning problem --- it seems fuel and engines have sparked the oil industry. Essentially word order is not same.
Finally, i will prefer C over A because which correctly modifies oil industry.
A.on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying
B.on both diesel fuel and engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and they say
C.on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, which says
D.both on diesel fuel and engines has sparked the oil industry to a counterattack, saying
E.both on diesel fuel and diesel engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and it says
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mahesh004 wrote: the proposal --- has sparked
So B and E are out.
D has meaning problem --- it seems fuel and engines have sparked the oil industry. Essentially word order is not same.
Finally, i will prefer C over A because which correctly modifies oil industry.
A.on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying
B.on both diesel fuel and engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and they say
C.on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, which says
D.both on diesel fuel and engines has sparked the oil industry to a counterattack, saying
E.both on diesel fuel and diesel engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and it says
Absolutely 
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Re: SC-oil industry [#permalink]
24 Sep 2006, 10:48
jerrywu wrote: The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to place restrictions on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying that the move will exacerbate the nation’s fuel supply problems.
A.on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying
B.on both diesel fuel and engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and they say
C.on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, which says
D.both on diesel fuel and engines has sparked the oil industry to a counterattack, saying
E.both on diesel fuel and diesel engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and it says
This one is C. First of all why its correct because we need parallelism with both X and Y which C has, other reasons why its correct because proposal... has.. SVA. Third "which" has a clear antecedent which is oil industry Other choices are flawed.
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Re: SC-oil industry [#permalink]
24 Sep 2006, 20:50
jerrywu wrote: The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to place restrictions on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying that the move will exacerbate the nation’s fuel supply problems.
A.on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying
B.on both diesel fuel and engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and they say
C.on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, which says
D.both on diesel fuel and engines has sparked the oil industry to a counterattack, saying
E.both on diesel fuel and diesel engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and it says
Another way to think about it: You have two clauses and the ',which' is the begining of the second clause:
The Proposal has sparked anger by the Oil Industry. THE OIL INDUSTRY says that the move will...
In essence, Saying requires a subject as it is begining an indepedent claus with the verb says--it needs something doing the saying and that is filled by which, standing in for the oil industry and that makes the clause complete.
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I like D.
B and E are out for SVA.
C is out of incorrect use of 'which'
I had to think about A vs D.
D won for active voice.
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I too would go with C because option C seems to correct two errors in the underlined portion.
1 the proposal --- has sparked
2 "says" pronoun is confusing. As per PR,it is a case of "Pronoun Reference"
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C
on the gmat, "which" always refers to the noun directly preceding it.
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Straight C.
1. S - V agreement
2. correct modifier
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deep wrote: I think it's C - MATT did you want to say C?
Yep, posted that answer late last night. Should be (C)
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The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.
A. to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs
B. to be the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing
C. is the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, and it weighs
D. is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs
E. is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, weighing
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Jerry wu wut is OA for first one....thanks
In my openion it is c
but can anyone spot the difference between
both on .............on both. i will appreciate the help
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For the 1st question:
C for correct use of "which" in the non-restrictive clause?
(edited to avoid confusion between the two questions)
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Jerrywu wrote: The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.
A. to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs
B. to be the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing
C. is the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, and it weighs
D. is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs
E. is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, weighing
D.
Only in D is it clear what "is as long as a handheld computer" and "weighs less than 11 ounces".
(Edited to include the question)
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yezz wrote: Jerry wu wut is OA for first one....thanks
In my openion it is c
but can anyone spot the difference between
both on .............on both. i will appreciate the help
first OA is (C)
industry, which says is best ; others are unclear and ambiguous
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ivymba wrote: B on the second one
Claims to be Idiomatic
in (B)
world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing less than 11 ounces.
world is as long as a computer ??
computer weights less than 11 ounces ??
in (D)
The electronics company has unveiled what it claims is.....
this sentence structure confuses me...can someone help me out..thanks heaps ..
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ak_idc wrote: ivymba wrote: B on the second one
Claims to be Idiomatic But Ivy, "which" refers to "world" in B. Is it Ok? the second OA is D
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