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Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout

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Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 09 Nov 2006, 21:36
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Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.

A- Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
B- Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
C- The commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands , a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
D- Cancun seemed to be using its strategic at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowland.
E- Cancun seems to have used its strategic at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowland.



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Originally posted by EZO on 09 Nov 2006, 04:28.
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2006, 07:39
arjsingh1976 wrote:
E....


How can it be E?

strategic what??

I don't feel comfortable with any of the choices, and that because its a GMATPrep question, lol. But will pick B
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2006, 07:45
All the answer choices are incorrect.... I am not joking :)

A, B, D and E incorrect comparisons...

C awkward....
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2006, 09:10
All seem bad. I would say it's between A or B.
But I think the "were" in A is the wrong tense so I'll go with B

Please tell me you got this question in route to a V48
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2006, 09:38
A- Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
B- Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
C- The commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands , a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities. commerical power of cancun's is incorrect
D- Cancun's seemed to be using its strategic at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowland. Cancun's usage is wrong should be concun ?
E- Cancun's seems to have used its strategic at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowland. Cancun's usage is wrong should be concun ?
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2006, 10:46
Damager wrote:
A- Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
B- Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
C- The commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands , a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities. commerical power of cancun's is incorrect
D- Cancun's seemed to be using its strategic at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowland. Cancun's usage is wrong should be concun ?
E- Cancun's seems to have used its strategic at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowland. Cancun's usage is wrong should be concun ?

Agree! If is is Cancun and not Cancun's when my choice is E
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2006, 11:19
This question is not correctly written, Choices D and E are wrongly written. I also came across this question on GMATPREP.

EZO, please verify the question from the GMATPREP test.
Choice D and E have 'Cancun' not 'Cancun's'.... If I remember correctly
and then E would be the answer

thanks
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2006, 11:22
gmacvik, you sound to be true.
Else, none of the answers are correct.

Unlike other cities should be followed by Cancun to keep parallelism.
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2006, 11:45
Damager wrote:
A- Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
B- Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
C- The commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands , a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities. commerical power of cancun's is incorrect
D- Cancun's seemed to be using its strategic at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowland. Cancun's usage is wrong should be concun ?
E- Cancun's seems to have used its strategic at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowland. Cancun's usage is wrong should be concun ?


A, B and C compare cities with commercial power. but wats strategic in D and E
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2006, 11:48
Damager wrote:
A- Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
B- Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
C- The commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands , a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities. commerical power of cancun's is incorrect
D- Cancun's seemed to be using its strategic at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowland. Cancun's usage is wrong should be concun ?
E- Cancun's seems to have used its strategic at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowland. Cancun's usage is wrong should be concun ?


A, B and C compare cities with commercial power. but wats strategic in D and E
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2006, 21:35
gmacvik. You are totally right. D & E were written wrong:

D- Cancun seemed to be using its strategic at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowland.


E- Cancun seems to have used its strategic at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowland.

Sorry guys.... my bad, I posted it at late night just before I sleep.===> 3:28am
... I apologies :oops: :oops:
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   17 Apr 2007, 05:58
Why not "C", guys?
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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   17 Apr 2007, 07:19
(C) compares the commercial power of Cacun with other cities. It must compare the commercial power of Cacun with the commercial power of other cities to be right.

I think the main difference between (D) an (E) is the idiom ' use X to become', instead of 'use X in becoming', which is awkward. So (E) is the right answer.

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Re: Unlike other cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout [#permalink] New post   17 Apr 2007, 18:31
nick_sun wrote:
Why not "C", guys?


D ,E correctly compares cities and Cancun

D uses the tense incorrectly.

E!



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