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18 Jul 2023, 19:43
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.
(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
Option A - Incorrect parallelism ( could be severely diminish)
Option D,E -> With Expected drop, we cannot use "Have" ( Incorrect)
Option C - "of attaining" is incorrect idiom
Option B is the correct answer
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(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
Option A - Incorrect parallelism ( could be severely diminish)
Option D,E -> With Expected drop, we cannot use "Have" ( Incorrect)
Option C - "of attaining" is incorrect idiom
Option B is the correct answer
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18 Jul 2023, 19:44
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(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: This option uses passive voice in the end of the sentence.
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: This option uses "impede" instead of "diminish". These words mean completely different things. "Impede" means "to delay", while "diminish" means "to lessen". Uses passive voice in the end of the sentence.
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: This option uses "impede" instead of "diminish". These words mean completely different things. "Impede" means "to delay", while "diminish" means "to lessen". Uses active voice in the end of the sentence.
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
-Suspected to be correct.
Rationale: This option emphasizes the impact of the expected drop in the price of cotton while actively indicating the present state of the economic landscape.
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: This option uses passive voice in the end of the sentence.
18 Jul 2023, 19:47
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.
(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain - be a serious is not parallel to severely diminish
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain - possibility to is not a correct idiom
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining - correct
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining - same as A, have a serious impact is not parallel to severely diminish
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain - same as A, have a serious impact is not parallel to severely impede
(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain - be a serious is not parallel to severely diminish
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain - possibility to is not a correct idiom
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining - correct
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining - same as A, have a serious impact is not parallel to severely diminish
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain - same as A, have a serious impact is not parallel to severely impede
18 Jul 2023, 20:09
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The expected drop in the price of cotton could be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.
(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
A couple things we must understand first:
1. to + verb is never a verb, it denotes intention
For example, I wish to score a Q51 on the GMAT. Here "to score" shows intent.
2. 'and' is a parallelism marker. We must make sure elements on either side of 'and' are parallel logically and grammatically.
For example, She is beautifully and smart. This is not logical as beautifully (is an adverb) whereas smart (is an adjective).
The correct sentence would be, She is beautiful and smart.
Now let's look at the options:
(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
Think about the start of the sentence, drop in price....could be a serious impact. Does this make sense logically?
How can the 'drop' itself be an impact? The 'drop' can cause an impact but can't be the impact itself.
Now let's check parallelism. the drop.....could be a serious impact (noun) and severely diminish (verb), not parallel
For these reasons, A is out.
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
Lets remove the clutter and focus on what the sentence is trying to convey.
The expecteddrop in the price of cotton could seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain an economic growth rate above 10 percent.
It boils down to: drop could seriously impact....and severely impede.
Now this sounds fine, at least the latter part does.
The first part says: The drop could seriously impact ON agrarian nations.
How can you impact ON something? You can cause an impact on something or someone, but can't straight up impact On someone. Illogical
B is out.
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
Firstly, same reason as B in the use of 'On impact".
Secondly, the use of "of attaining" at the end instead of "to attain" renders in an illogical meaning.
to + attain denotes an intention to attain whereas attaining denotes cause and effect, not the intended meaning.
C is out.
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain.
Let's look at both these options together.
Firstly, the usage of "on" is correct here as the sentence read "have and impact on nations", this makes a whole lot more sense.
There are two key differences between these options, one is pretty straightforward and the other is extremely subtle.
1. of attaining vs to attain
As we discussed before, to + attain usage is preferred in this context
(option E is looking better so far)
2. Subtle meaning clarity issue (impede vs diminish)
to diminish is to decrease something. To make something less. So the sentence says: the drop could severely decrease the possibility of attaining....
decrease the possibility huh? This is not outright wrong, but let's see what the other option says
to impede is to hinder something, to be an obstruction
This time the sentence says: the drop could severely hinder the possibility to attain...
Aha! now this makes so much more sense that decreasing the possibility.
Kick D out, and go to party with E!
(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
A couple things we must understand first:
1. to + verb is never a verb, it denotes intention
For example, I wish to score a Q51 on the GMAT. Here "to score" shows intent.
2. 'and' is a parallelism marker. We must make sure elements on either side of 'and' are parallel logically and grammatically.
For example, She is beautifully and smart. This is not logical as beautifully (is an adverb) whereas smart (is an adjective).
The correct sentence would be, She is beautiful and smart.
Now let's look at the options:
(A) be a serious impact to agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility to attain
Think about the start of the sentence, drop in price....could be a serious impact. Does this make sense logically?
How can the 'drop' itself be an impact? The 'drop' can cause an impact but can't be the impact itself.
Now let's check parallelism. the drop.....could be a serious impact (noun) and severely diminish (verb), not parallel
For these reasons, A is out.
(B) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain
Lets remove the clutter and focus on what the sentence is trying to convey.
It boils down to: drop could seriously impact....and severely impede.
Now this sounds fine, at least the latter part does.
The first part says: The drop could seriously impact ON agrarian nations.
How can you impact ON something? You can cause an impact on something or someone, but can't straight up impact On someone. Illogical
B is out.
(C) seriously impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility of attaining
Firstly, same reason as B in the use of 'On impact".
Secondly, the use of "of attaining" at the end instead of "to attain" renders in an illogical meaning.
to + attain denotes an intention to attain whereas attaining denotes cause and effect, not the intended meaning.
C is out.
(D) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely diminish the possibility of attaining
(E) have a serious impact on agrarian nations and severely impede the possibility to attain.
Let's look at both these options together.
Firstly, the usage of "on" is correct here as the sentence read "have and impact on nations", this makes a whole lot more sense.
There are two key differences between these options, one is pretty straightforward and the other is extremely subtle.
1. of attaining vs to attain
As we discussed before, to + attain usage is preferred in this context
(option E is looking better so far)
2. Subtle meaning clarity issue (impede vs diminish)
to diminish is to decrease something. To make something less. So the sentence says: the drop could severely decrease the possibility of attaining....
decrease the possibility huh? This is not outright wrong, but let's see what the other option says
to impede is to hinder something, to be an obstruction
This time the sentence says: the drop could severely hinder the possibility to attain...
Aha! now this makes so much more sense that decreasing the possibility.
Kick D out, and go to party with E!
