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After many sleepless nights,she decided to research [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2006, 15:37
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After many sleepless nights,she decided to research companies that specialize in high-tech surveillance techniques, which would allow her to get incriminating evidence by bugging his phone, and to make friends with his secretary so that she could get access to his office without arousing suspicion.

A) by bugging his phone, and to make
B) by bugging his phone, and by making
C) by bugging his phone, and she would make
D) from bugging his phone and from making
E) to bug his phone, and to make



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Re: After many sleepless nights,she decided to research [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2006, 20:57
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After many sleepless nights, she decided to research companies that specialize in high-tech surveillance techniques, which would allow her to get incriminating evidence by bugging his phone, and to make friends with his secretary so that she could get access to his office without arousing suspicion.

A) by bugging his phone, and to make
B) by bugging his phone, and by making
C) by bugging his phone, and she would make
D) from bugging his phone and from making
E) to bug his phone, and to make


hmmmmmmm..........

B. although "he (her husband?)" is not clear in this sentence, B is correct. i never saw any question with such unclear pronouns.

definitely a difficult one. A and E are distractors.
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Re: After many sleepless nights,she decided to research [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2006, 20:58
'A' it is. But gmat_crack's explanation a bit wrong.

There is a IIism here but in other place.

After many sleepless nights,she decided to research companies that specialize in high-tech surveillance techniques, which would allow her to get incriminating evidence by bugging his phone, and to make friends with his secretary so that she could get access to his office without arousing suspicion.
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Re: After many sleepless nights,she decided to research [#permalink] New post   22 Mar 2006, 17:01
^ A ^

But firstly I didn't think in gmat_crack's point of view. I think it shoud be so. Good explaination ..
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Re: After many sleepless nights,she decided to research [#permalink] New post   23 Mar 2006, 10:35
I ll go with E
to get incriminating evidence ..... to bug his phone.....to make friends
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Re: After many sleepless nights,she decided to research [#permalink] New post   23 Mar 2006, 11:08
AlHindi wrote:
After many sleepless nights,she decided to research companies that specialize in high-tech surveillance techniques, which would allow her to get incriminating evidence by bugging his phone, and to make friends with his secretary so that she could get access to his office without arousing suspicion.


Answer, A.

The intevening phrase "which would..." is a relative clause modifying "companies that specialize in...".

to research needs to parallel to make, which it does in A.
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Re: After many sleepless nights,she decided to research [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2006, 09:38
gmat_crack wrote:
AlHindi wrote:
After many sleepless nights,she decided to research companies that specialize in high-tech surveillance techniques, which would allow her to get incriminating evidence by bugging his phone, and to make friends with his secretary so that she could get access to his office without arousing suspicion.

A) by bugging his phone, and to make
Sounds good. || and correct use of passive construction

B) by bugging his phone, and by making
Not || lel
C) by bugging his phone, and she would make
not ||lel
D) from bugging his phone and from making
not || lel
E) to bug his phone, and to make
evidence to bug is not correct


:cool



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