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 07 Jun 2009, 06:50
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With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
(A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract
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Stuck between A and B. Choosing B for looking at.
In C, D, and E "are" is not required. Cleveland is ..........................that is
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prinits wrote: With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
(A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract I choose option C. We need "that are" because the "that" is referring to "communities. So we're left with options C, D, and E. D must be eliminated because it uses "its", which is wrong because it's suppose to refer to "communities." Between options C and E, I pick C because I find it more concise than option E.
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tarek99 wrote: prinits wrote: With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
(A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract I choose option C. We need "that are" because the "that" is referring to "communities. So we're left with options C, D, and E. D must be eliminated because it uses "its", which is wrong because it's suppose to refer to "communities." Between options C and E, I pick C because I find it more concise than option E. C, IMO. Clearly A and B are out because of is lookingamong C,D and E, D is out. are looking to its is erroneous. C and E. Well, in E, you have looking at and in C, you have looking to. What are you looking at? I am looking at this wall painting -- check the intention of the usage of looking at. The usage is clearly not suited for this SC statement; you just look at something as in 'You are looking at somebody improve something' What are you doing? I am looking to improve my GMAT verbal. You can't look at improving your GMAT verbal! so it is C
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I take E. But with little confidence.
C or E question.
E: "look at ... as ..." seems right idiom.
C: "look to Waterfront to improve urban life" just sounds odd to me. No logical background.
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paneer wrote: tarek99 wrote: prinits wrote: With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
(A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract I choose option C. We need "that are" because the "that" is referring to "communities. So we're left with options C, D, and E. D must be eliminated because it uses "its", which is wrong because it's suppose to refer to "communities." Between options C and E, I pick C because I find it more concise than option E. C, IMO. Clearly A and B are out because of is lookingamong C,D and E, D is out. are looking to its is erroneous. C and E. Well, in E, you have looking at and in C, you have looking to. What are you looking at? I am looking at this wall painting -- check the intention of the usage of looking at. The usage is clearly not suited for this SC statement; you just look at something as in 'You are looking at somebody improve something' What are you doing? I am looking to improve my GMAT verbal. You can't look at improving your GMAT verbal! so it is C would you say that "looking at" means to look at something, whereas "looking to" means considering?
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Masamune wrote: I take E. But with little confidence.
C or E question.
E: "look at ... as ..." seems right idiom.
C: "look to Waterfront to improve urban life" just sounds odd to me. No logical background. In E - looking at their waterfronts as a way sounds awkward. It sounds as waterfronts are ways to improve the quality etc. I also vote for C
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prinits wrote: With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
(A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract I am with D ... my reasoning is a 'are' is required since 'that' represents 'communities' and 'its' is required to represent great lakes? I am not sure why 'their' in option E is correct ... isn't 'their' represents communities? IMO D.
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