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Re: After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation’s [#permalink] New post  28 May 2018, 05:30
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Please clarify Why D is wrong. Is "appears that it has" wrong?


am confused here, what is wrong with D, I think D grammatically is right. "Appear that" is an idiom too, none of you provided an explanation why it is wrong.
??????? I think am missing something here


"appears that" is normally used after "it".
For example: It appears that he has done well in the exam.

It is awkward to say: He appears that he has done well in the exam.
"He appears to have done well in the exam" sounds better.


Remove the modifiers and look at the structure of the sentence.

... the semiconductor industry ... appears that ...
is unidiomatic.[/quote]

VeritasPrepKarishma, GMATNinja ,

I am afraid I haven't gotten the point.
Would you please explain further ?

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Re: After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation’s [#permalink] New post  31 May 2018, 19:40
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i agree that A is best because other choices have grammartical error.
however, i see that A has something

appear to have made
in this pattern, making happen before appear. so, the sentence is not logic because an industry at present appear to me to have done something in the past.

appear to made
is better, I think

am i correct?
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thangvietnam wrote:
i agree that A is best because other choices have grammartical error.
however, i see that A has something

appear to have made
in this pattern, making happen before appear. so, the sentence is not logic because an industry at present appear to me to have done something in the past.

appear to made
is better, I think

am i correct?


Spoiler alert: if you're asking whether the OA is incorrect on an official GMAT question, the answer is always “no.” :-)

Anytime we see “to + verb” the verb will never be in the past tense, even if the action happened in the past. It’s an issue your ear will hopefully pick up on, especially if we make the sentence a bit simpler: “Yesterday I decided to go to the doctor,” not “Yesterday I decided to went to the doctor.”

The issue is the same in this question. “Appears to have made” = correct.
“Appears to made” = incorrect.

I hope this helps!
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Re: After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation’s [#permalink] New post  03 Apr 2020, 04:12
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After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation’s semiconductor industry, which makes chips that run everything from computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have made a long-awaited recovery.


(A) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have

(B) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears having

(C) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears that it has

(D) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears that it has

(E) computers and spy satellites as well as dishwashers, appears to have


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what is the correct answer for this ,its given (D) ,whether it should be appears to has or appears to have




(A) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have - Correct

(B) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears having - Wrong: 1) Idiom 2) Having

(C) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears that it has - Wrong: 1) Structure 2) Idiom

(D) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears that it has - Wrong: 1) Structure

(E) computers and spy satellites as well as dishwashers, appears to have - Wrong: 1) Idiom
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Re: After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation’s [#permalink] New post  06 Aug 2020, 16:39
(A) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have
Best among the options

(B) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears having
Needs “from..to”; not a complete sentence – “the nation’s semiconductor industry…appears having made a long-awaited recovery (for what?)”

(C) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears that it has
Needs “from..to”; “the nation’s semiconductor industry…appears that it [the nation’s semiconductor industry] has made a long-awaited recovery.” – nonsensical

(D) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears that it has
“the nation’s semiconductor industry…appears that it [the nation’s semiconductor industry] has made a long-awaited recovery.” – nonsensical

(E) computers and spy satellites as well as dishwashers, appears to have
Needs “from..to”
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After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation’s [#permalink] New post  07 Oct 2021, 03:08
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(A) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have
(D) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears that it has

In A - the industry appear to have made a recovery - The recovery action happened in the past whereas in D recovery started in the past and still continuing.
So how can we eliminate D using tense?

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Re: After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation’s [#permalink] New post  07 Oct 2021, 05:36
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So how can we eliminate D using tense?

Hi Sneha, we cannot eliminate D, using tenses.

Both A (the correct answer) and D use present perfect tense. The use of present perfect tense in D is not perhaps immediately apparent, since D uses (what's called) a "perfect infinitive" (to have made).

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Re: After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation’s [#permalink] New post  15 Oct 2021, 07:53
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Sneha2021 wrote:
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(A) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have
(D) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears that it has

In A - the industry appear to have made a recovery - The recovery action happened in the past whereas in D recovery started in the past and still continuing.
So how can we eliminate D using tense?

Thanks!

Looks like EducationAisle beat us to the punch (https://gmatclub.com/forum/after-suffer ... 4#p2874913).

For more on (A) vs (D) -- and "appears to have made" vs "appears that it has made" -- check out this post.
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