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The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures. (A) of there being little that is a significant difference (B) of there being little that is significantly different (C) of little that is significantly different (D) that there is little that is significantly different (E) that there is little of significant differences please explain.
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D. (A/B out being) (E out little of) (C general of little out)
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Conkergmat, could you explain in detail why you ruled out E. To me, only options are A and E (for use of "differences in") and D is out. But, since A is awkward, E should be the answer.
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In D 'That' correctly refers to " there is little". IMO D
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I think, only D and E can come close - I went for E. Idiom: difference in X (X being noun). ugimba wrote: The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures.
a) of there being little that is a significant difference
b) of there being little that is significantly different
c) of little that is significantly different
d) that there is little that is significantly different
e) that there is little of significant differences
please explain.
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My choice is E.generalization should be followed by that. Hence D and E are narrowed down. D is wrong bcos correct idiom is "different from". Hence E is the best choice ugimba wrote: The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures.
a) of there being little that is a significant difference
b) of there being little that is significantly different
c) of little that is significantly different
d) that there is little that is significantly different
e) that there is little of significant differences
please explain.
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
07 Mar 2009, 00:49
in E "there is little of significant differences" is wordy IMO D.."different from" is CORRECT usage here
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
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ugimba wrote: The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures.
a) of there being little that is a significant difference
b) of there being little that is significantly different
c) of little that is significantly different
d) that there is little that is significantly different
e) that there is little of significant differences
please explain. Hi mates, IMO EA and B out because of "being" C sounds wordy: what is "that" modifing? D sounds wordy: idem E hold OA and Source? Thanks
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
07 Mar 2009, 09:19
Nitya, but in D "from" is missing. nitya34 wrote: in E "there is little of significant differences" is wordy
IMO D.."different from" is CORRECT usage here
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
09 Mar 2009, 15:41
OA is D. Thanks for the explanations.
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D. A,B,C are out because the of doesn't work
E is out because of the of also.
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
08 Jan 2010, 11:24
Although E jumps out be the first choice but I had to convince why it is D; different points to generaliization being singular whereas in E differences conflict the number... damn! these are about 12 in GMAT exam; by the time I am done with it; I hope not to be amnesic...
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
09 Jan 2010, 09:27
IMO E.
Assuming that everybody narrowed down to choices D & E; this is my explanation for E.
IMO the meaning of sentence is this:
Investigations support the generalization that there is not much difference in the mental processes of people from different cultures.
Now D says "little that is significantly different"
in other words "some(little) mental processes differ significantly among these people"
Now E says that "little of significant differences"
in other words "not much difference between the mental processes of these people".
hence the way E conveys the message of the sentence is much better that D, assuming I haven't left out any grammatical errors unnoticed.
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
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The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures.
a) of there being little that is a significant difference
b) of there being little that is significantly different
c) of little that is significantly different
d) that there is little that is significantly different
e) that there is little of significant differences
Here...
Idiom should be '' --------significantly different from-------"
hence b,c,d ruled out
a is too wordy
Hence choice remains 'E'
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
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ugimba wrote: The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures. (A) of there being little that is a significant difference (B) of there being little that is significantly different (C) of little that is significantly different (D) that there is little that is significantly different (E) that there is little of significant differences please explain. Of there being is not GMAT like to A B out. generalization of little does not make sense. Now between D and E D looks better to me E I don't seem to know the grammar rule as to what is wrong (that there is little of significant - sounds bad to me).
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
04 Mar 2010, 06:53
idiom: little of is not correct
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
04 Mar 2010, 11:30
got stuck between D and E.
little "of" differences...of sounded a bit vague so went with E.
Please explain if there is a better of eliminating D.
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Re: SC -- gmatprep1-- investigations of psychologists [#permalink]
12 Jun 2010, 14:04
OA is D. Im still confused between D and E.
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This is interesting  (D) that there is little that is significantly different ----> this construction is weird. (E) that there is little of significant differences -----> little of (significant differences). Is awful. Both are passive because of the use of "there". and yet the answer is one of D or E.  D
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Now I see your pain. I re-read the sentence to me again Sounds ellipsis. d) that there is little [support] that is significantly different ----> support is ellipsed. Nails D as the answer. What do you say?
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