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The United States has the largest trade deficit of any [#permalink]
 01 Feb 2013, 14:16
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The United States has the largest trade deficit of any country on Earth, other nations, such as China and Japan, holding stores of US dollars that increase each year.
(A) other nations, such as China and Japan, holding
(B) and other nations, like China and Japan, holding
(C) with other nations, like China and Japan, holding
(D) other nations, like China and Japan, hold
(E) other nations, such as China and Japan, holdFor a discussion of absolute phrases, as well as a complete explanation of this particular question, see: http://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/absolute-p ... -the-gmat/Mike 
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Re: The United States has the largest trade deficit of any [#permalink]
03 Feb 2013, 23:59
mikemcgarry wrote: The United States has the largest trade deficit of any country on Earth, other nations, such as China and Japan, holding stores of US dollars that increase each year.
(A) other nations, such as China and Japan, holding
(B) and other nations, like China and Japan, holding
(C) with other nations, like China and Japan, holding
(D) other nations, like China and Japan, hold
(E) other nations, such as China and Japan, holdMike B, C & D can be ruled out because SUCH AS is used for giving examples. Option E is not grammatically correct as it creates a Run-on; moreover, use of HOLD changes the intended meaning of the sentence. Original intent - Other nations are holding US dollars that increase each year. This action is result of Large trade deficit in US. Changed intent - Other nations HOLD US dollars that increase each year. The action HOLD is represented as a UNIVERSAL Truth. option A succinctly presents the results of previous clause, using HOLDING
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Re: The United States has the largest trade deficit of any [#permalink]
04 Feb 2013, 00:24
mikemcgarry wrote: The United States has the largest trade deficit of any country on Earth, other nations, such as China and Japan, holding stores of US dollars that increase each year.
(A) other nations, such as China and Japan, holding
(B) and other nations, like China and Japan, holding
(C) with other nations, like China and Japan, holding
(D) other nations, like China and Japan, hold
(E) other nations, such as China and Japan, holdFor a discussion of absolute phrases, as well as a complete explanation of this particular question, see: http://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/absolute-p ... -the-gmat/Mike Approach 1The answer choices D and E can be ruled out because these choices introduce verb "hold" in the second clause, resulting in the merging of two independent clauses without any proper conjunction. Among ABC, only A is correct because it uses "such as" to introduce examples. Approach 2This one can also be done using the concept of Absolute Phrases. I even developed a technique to recognize Abs. phrases in the questions. If you see two clauses without any conjunction and the second clauses briefly describes the preceding clause in EXACTLY its own words then the question is probably of Absolute Phrases. Just ask "HOW" after the first clause and if the following clause answers the question, then BINGO. +1 A Regards.
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