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While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2015, 06:47
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While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed to quit their jobs and to open their own business.

a) discussed to quit their jobs and to open

b) jokingly talked about quitting their jobs and opening

c) are having a discussion about quitting their jobs and to open

d) talked seriously to quit their jobs and opening

e) telled about the idea to quit their jobs and open

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Re: While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2015, 08:15
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This is a tricky one between A and B. Others are clearly wrong. I chose A as soon as I read the question....but then saw the answer was B....

The only reason A could be wrong is that "discussed to" is an incorrect idiom and it should be "discussed about". I did some research on this and could not find any example with discussed to but I am not sure. I will let you know once I have a confirmed information about this.

Or let's wait if someone else replies with the correct reason as to Why not A. Thanks.


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While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed to quit their jobs and to open their own business.

a) discussed to quit their jobs and to open

b) jokingly talked about quitting their jobs and opening

c) are having a discussion about quitting their jobs and to open

d) talked seriously to quit their jobs and opening

e) telled about the idea to quit their jobs and open

This question is from GMAT club Ultimate GMAT Grammar book. It's free! Thanks bb. :-D
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Re: While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed [#permalink] New post   17 Aug 2016, 23:57
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While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed to quit their jobs and to open their own business.

a) discussed to quit their jobs and to open ("Discussed to" didn't feel right but still went for A because of "to quit ... and to open...")

b) jokingly talked about quitting their jobs and opening (ruled it out because of "jokingly talked" instead it should've been "discussed about". Jokingly as an extra didn't make sense to me that in original sentence there wasn't an such thing to relate with "jokingly". The reason I wanted to go for this option was " about quitting .... and opening ..." but OA is C and I ruled it out because of the former reason.)

c) are having a discussion about quitting their jobs and to open ("about quitting .... and to open" is wrong)

d) talked seriously to quit their jobs and opening (including "seriously" doesn't make sense as per the original sentence. Also, "to quit ... and opening" is wrong)

e) telled about the idea to quit their jobs and open ("telled" indicates that a person or a group of persons is telling something to another person or a group of persons which is not the case here rather they are just talking or discussing. Also, "to quit ... and opening" is wrong)

This question is from GMAT club Ultimate GMAT Grammar book. It's free! Thanks bb. :-D


I was stuck between A & B and went for A because of "to quit ... and to open" did make sense to me and "jokingly talked" was extra fluff in B rather it should be "discussed". But, OA is B :(
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Re: While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed [#permalink] New post   18 Aug 2016, 09:18
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papahiroshi wrote:
While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed to quit their jobs and to open their own business.

a) discussed to quit their jobs and to open

b) jokingly talked about quitting their jobs and opening

c) are having a discussion about quitting their jobs and to open

d) talked seriously to quit their jobs and opening

e) telled about the idea to quit their jobs and open

This question is from GMAT club Ultimate GMAT Grammar book. It's free! Thanks bb. :-D


Although got it right because of the parallelism quitting and opening but isn't the word 'jokingly' distorts the actual meaning ?
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Re: While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed [#permalink] New post   18 Aug 2016, 22:14
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This is a tricky one between A and B. Others are clearly wrong. I chose A as soon as I read the question....but then saw the answer was B....

The only reason A could be wrong is that "discussed to" is an incorrect idiom and it should be "discussed about". I did some research on this and could not find any example with discussed to but I am not sure. I will let you know once I have a confirmed information about this.

Or let's wait if someone else replies with the correct reason as to Why not A. Thanks.
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While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed [#permalink] New post   18 Aug 2016, 23:53
For me, 'to' is used for the intention , there was no intention 'to quit' and 'to open' , they just discussed.
In other words, they did not discuss with an intention that they will quit and open.

A, C, D and E option can be discarded on that - B prevails.
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Re: While out having drinks after work, Jerry and his coworkers discussed [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2016, 00:22
Isn't the official answer distorting the original meaning of the sentence?

Where on the questions stem does the author imply "jokingly" ?
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