HOT Competition 27 Aug/8PM: Numerous research articles argue that the

Numerous research articles argue that the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make sense of speech.


A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make- incorrect as ability to is the correct idiom. This choice also misses "it" after that.

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make- Incorrect. This choice has parallelism issues. to distinguish and they are unable to is not parallel.

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making-Incorrect. the use of "and results in not making" is awkward.

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make- correct choice. Fixes all parallelism issues. "To distinguish" is parallel to "to make"

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make- Incorrect as "ability for" is incorrect idiom

Numerous research articles argue that the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make sense of speech.


A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make -- SVA issue, pace is singular & verb hinder is plural

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make -- "so rapid so it hinders" is unidiomatic

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making -- "results in not making" is awkward and wrongly structured

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make -- CORRECT, "so X that y" and "to distinguish ... & to make ..." parallelism

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make -- "for distinguishing" is not right , also "being"

The answer should be D.

Key take away is subject verb here the subject is the communicative pace of mundane life which is singular so we need is a singular verb i.e hinders
2/3 split so eliminate a,b,e keep c & d
among d &c
in option D ; that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make
we there is parallelism maintained "to distinguish"....."to make" also the use of ,as a result, is an extra information which does not alter the meaning of the sentence
whereas in option C that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making ; with the use of 'results in not making' changes the meaning of the sentence
IMO D is correct choice

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A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make

Numerous research articles argue that the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make sense of speech.


A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make
- a pronoun (it) is needed after that.

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make
- So X So.. incorrect idiom.

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making
- communicative pace doesn't result in not making sense of speech.

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make
- Correct

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make
- communicative pace doesn't result in being unable to sense of speech.

Answer D

What we are tested on with this problem is the correct usage of the idiom “so… that” and “so… as to”. Both can introduce the effect of a certain phenomenon if correctly used.

A. the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make…

1. “the pace is so rapid that hinder” – is incorrect usage because a clause should follow “that”
2. “the ability for distinguishing” – is unidiomatic. We need “ability to distinguish”
3. “the results is” – is incorrectly inserted fragment
4. “for distinguishing and to make” is a not parallel


B. the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make

1. “so… so” is unidiomatic
2. “the result of this” is incorrectly inserted fragment that tries to act as an adverbial modifier but fails to do so.
3. “this” is incorrectly used to refer to the whole preceding clause.


C. the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making

1. “results” is parallel with “hinders”. So the implies meaning is that “the pace results in something”. This usage of the verb “result” is incorrect because events or actions can result in something, but concrete nouns such as “pace” cannot result in anything.
2. the intended meaning is to say that the action of failing to distinguish discrete notes and letters is what results in something. This sentence fails to deliver this meaning.
3. “not making sense of speech” is too broad now and doesn’t necessarily talk about those troubled teenagers.


D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make

Bingo, the idiom “so that” is used correctly. The adverbial modifier is correctly inserted and in the correct form. “to make sense” correctly refers to teenagers.


E. the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make

1. “so rapid as to” is a correct idiom. We can’t eliminate E for this split. “so adjective as to” doesn’t mean “in order to”.
2. “ability for distinguishing” is unidiomatic.
3. “comma + resulting” may refer to the action “distinguishing”. In this case “resulting” doesn’t make sense with the performer of “distinguishing”, who are “teenagers” because “teenagers are not resulting in anything”.
4. or “comma + resulting” may refer to the action “hinder”. In this case “resulting” doesn’t make sense with the performer of “hinder”, which is “the pace” because “the pace itself is not resulting in anything”.
5. note that “being unable to make” is a correct usage because “being” is used as a noun. Such usage is considered correct on the GMAT.


Hence D

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Numerous research articles argue that the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make sense of speech.

A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make

Sentence structure flaw.

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make

Unidiomatic and also flaws in sentence structure.

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making

Parallelism not maintained.

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make

parallelism is maintained between 'to distinguish' and 'to make' but changes the meaning of the sentence. Hence eliminate.

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make

The sentence meaning is kept original and also fixes the flaws in sentence structure.

Hence CORRECT CHOICE.
ANSWER E .

Meaning: The article argues that the communicative pace is so rapid that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish notes & letters and it hinders the ability of these teenagers to make sense of speech

Split 1: that vs so vs as
that the pace is so rapid that... is correct
So and As - changes the meaning
Eliminate B and E

Split 2: hinder vs hinders
the communicative pace is singluar so it needs singluar. Hinders
For example,
Jacks hinders blah blah
whereas Jack and Joey hinder blah blah
Eliminate A

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making
Correct for the reasons discussed above.

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make
Changes the meaning

Answer - C

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Let me explain this question.

We can focus on a few things:
1. that hinder / so it hinders / as to hinder
2. for distinguishing / to distinguish
3. the sentence after "and"

Then I will use the process of elimination as below:


This choice is correct in No.1 but No.2 and No.3 are completely wrong because parallelism is an error. Out.


No.1 is unidiomatic. The correct idiom is So x that y. Not So x So y. Out.


No.1 and No. 2 sound good but No.3 is weird. It's non-sense to parallel hinders and results. Out.


All areas we focus on look no mistake. Keep it.


Same as B. The idiom is incorrect. Also, No.2 and No.3 are wrong to use "for distinguishing" and "resulting in". Out.

So I choose D

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Numerous research articles argue that the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make sense of speech.


A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make
must be 'ability to'... the result is - incomplete clause. Out

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make
B1. Not clear what 'they are' are referring to: teenagers or notes and letters?
B2. 'result of this' is not idiomatic, must 'as a result of'. Out

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making
here we have distortion of meaning: Original intention is that Rapid pace make it difficult for teenagers to distinguish letter and notes, which in turn prevents the teenagers from making sense of speech. But the options goes as following: 'pace hinders ... and results in... ' as if the pace is the direct cause of the inability to makes sence. Out

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make
This option has parallel 'to distinguish' and 'to make': it is the teenagers who are not are not able to 'to distinguish', and consequently 'to make' sence of speech. Keep. No other apparent errors. Keep.

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make
rapid as to hinder - super awkward... 'the ability for distinguishing' - redundant - could have been written in a much more concise way : "to distinguish" ....'being unable' - redundant - replace with 'unable'. Out

Ans is D

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A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make
Meaning does not make sense here

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make
Correct - meaning + reference to teenagers

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making
does not refer to teenagers

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make
Meaning does not make sense

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make
does not refer to teenagers

D is best candidate.
A.subject is missing after that , there should be it.(Incorrect).
B.Idioms error, idioms should be followed by that.(Incorrect).
C.Menaning error , communicative pace of line results in not making proper sense.Also if we can check parallelism then it should be make not making.(Incorrect).
D.Correct , here sentence is parallel.(Correct).
E.Resulting in being unable to , is problematic.(Incorrect).

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Easy D.
D is the only option that follows parallelism w.r.t "that"

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Numerous research articles argue that the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make sense of speech.

POE:
Stop sign- missing modifier; we need 'it'. Eliminate (A) & (E). Also, 'to distinguish' is the correct idiom.
Eliminate (D) - 'and, as a result' redundancy.
Eliminate (B) - long, ambiguous, and not clear.

A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making - CORRECT

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make

The answer is D

A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make
- Wrong
- verb noun disagreement. 'That hinder' illogically refers to rapid. 'For distinguishing' unidomatically used.

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make
- Wrong
- so it hinder is unidomatically used. The intent of the sentence has been changed by change is parallelism.

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making
- Wrong
- that it hinders correctly points to communcative pace of mundane life. The results in not making is parallel to hinders which is incorrect. Innot making shud be parallel to 'to distinguish '


D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make
- Correct
- that it hinders correctly points to communcative pace of mundane life. To distinguish and to make are properly paralleled. The intentis correctly communicated.

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make
- Wrong
- the sentence is incomplete. Verb noun disagreement.

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IMO-D
A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make- to make and for distinguishing is not parallel to each other

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make- correct idiom is SO..that

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making..parrellism issue after

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make - correct

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make — wrrong idiom

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A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make – INCORRECT – “…to distinguish… is always preferred to …for distinguishing…”. Also the singular …the communicative pace… should match singular verb …hinders… and not …hinders…

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make – INCORRECT – There is the absence of “that” before the pronoun “it”, thus making the sentence incomplete and awkward.

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making – INCORRECT – The idiom …so… as… was not completed in the sentence and it changes the meaning of the sentence.

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make – CORRECT – This is the complete sentence.

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make – INCORRECT – “…to distinguish… is always preferred to …for distinguishing…”. Also the singular …communicative pace… should match singular verb …hinders… and not …hinders…

Final Answer is D.

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Numerous research articles argue that the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make sense of speech.


A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make

a subject for hinder is missing. for distinguishing and to make are not parallel.

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make

it correctly refers to pace of mundane life. this stands in for a clause here. It is wrong to use this to refer to a clause in GMAT.

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making

communicative pace hinders.... and results ... The intention of the sentence is not to say that the pace results in ...but to say that "the ability of some teenagers to distinguish notes and letters is hindered and as a result these teenagers are unable to make sense of speech"

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make

Best option.

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make

ability for is wrong idiom.

Errors (original sentence)

1.SVA error

a. “that” after rapid act as a connector and should be followed by a noun/pronoun which act as the subject of the clause following that.
Currently, the clause after “that” has no subject
b. Plural verb “hinder” does not agree with singular subject “communicative pace of mundane life”

2.Idiom error –
a.“to + distinguish” is idiomatically correct. “for + distinguish” is incorrect.

3.Meaning error – It does not make sense to say that teenagers are not able to distinguish notes and letters and as a result they are able to make sense of speech. The inability should result in teenagers not being able to make sense of speech.

Option analysis

A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make

Same errors as discussed in the error analysis above

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make

Idiom error – “so X so” is incorrect idiom to present a consequence. Correct idiomatic construction to present a consequence is “so x that”
Pronoun error – It is unclear what “this” refers to here. “this” should not be used to refer to an idea or action. And when “this” is used as an article, it should be followed by a noun.

Construction error - sentence “the result of this” is a fragment as there is no verb for the subject “the result”.

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making

Meaning error – second clause of the “and” list illogically conveys that the communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that it results in not making sense of speech.

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make

CORRECT - This option clearly conveys the meaning:

Communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid that it hinders the ability of some teenagers
- to distinguish discrete notes and letters and,
- as a result, to make sense of speech

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make

Idiom error - “to + distinguish” is idiomatically correct. “for + distinguish” is incorrect.

D?

Tests parallelism + idiom use.

The communicative pace of mundane life surprisingly may be so rapid ....

A. that hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters and, the result is, to make
Pronoun missing after THAT. Also, ability for distinguishing is wrong. Correct version is TO DISTINGUISH.
WRONG.

B. so it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, the result of this, they are unable to make
WRONG. THAT missing.

C. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters, and results in not making
Meaning issue. It says that "The communicative pace hinders and results in not making ..." which is wrong.
WRONG.

D. that it hinders the ability of some teenagers to distinguish discrete notes and letters and, as a result, to make
Sounds good. "The communicative pace hinder the ability TO DISTINGUISH and TO MAKE SENSE .."
CORRECT

E. as to hinder the ability of some teenagers for distinguishing discrete notes and letters, resulting in being unable to make
WRONG. THAT missing.