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Displays of the aurora borealis, or "northern lights", can heat the atmosphere over the arctic enough to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles , induce electric currents that can cause blackouts in some areas and corrosion in north-south pipelines.
(A) to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles,induce
(B) that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected, induce
(C) that it affects the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces
(D) that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces
(E) to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles and induce
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The displays can heat the atmosphere to do two things. 1. to affect the trajectories blah, blah and 2. ( to) induce electric currents blah blah . So an – and - is required between - missiles - induce - to complete the series with proper parallelism.
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"enough to" is the idiom. B, C, and D out. There are two effects of these northern lights: affecting the trajectories of ballistic missiles AND inducing electric currents. AND is needed. E is the answer.
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27 Sep 2012, 04:24
Lvnguyen87 wrote:
E [enough to..] and [the northern lights heat and induce] A implies that the missile induce[s] no
I chose A
I assumed "can heat the atmosphere over the arctic enough to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles" to be a modifier modifying Aurora lights. Why is this wrong? So I read the question as "Displays of the aurora borealis, BLAH BLAH BLAH (modifier) , induce electric currents that can cause blackouts in some areas and corrosion in north-south pipelines.
So 'Displays' is plural and goes with 'induce' and by virtue of which other answer choices are wrong. What did I miss?
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ace312 wrote:
Lvnguyen87 wrote:
E [enough to..] and [the northern lights heat and induce] A implies that the missile induce[s] no
I chose A
I assumed "can heat the atmosphere over the arctic enough to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles" to be a modifier modifying Aurora lights. Why is this wrong? So I read the question as "Displays of the aurora borealis, BLAH BLAH BLAH (modifier) , induce electric currents that can cause blackouts in some areas and corrosion in north-south pipelines.
So 'Displays' is plural and goes with 'induce' and by virtue of which other answer choices are wrong. What did I miss?
Hi ace312, I don't think "can heat the atmosphere over the arctic enough to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles" is modifying Aurora lights. Consider below example (I just made up),
Sunlight from sun, can heat earth's surface - here Sunlight is heating earth's surface, not sun, the same way Displays are heating atmosphere, not the aurora borealis in the below example. Hope this clears your doubt or reply if you have more questions.
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Displays of the aurora borealis, or "northern lights", can heat the atmosphere over the arctic enough to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles , induce electric currents that can cause blackouts in some areas and corrosion in north-south pipelines.
A.to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles,induce B. that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected,induce C. that it affects the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces D.that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces E. to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles and induce
Now i dunno who to decide between A and E, Can someone help?
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daagh wrote:
The displays can heat the atmosphere to do two things. 1. to affect the trajectories blah, blah and 2. ( to) induce electric currents blah blah . So an – and - is required between - missiles - induce - to complete the series with proper parallelism.
E is the correct answer.
If the sentence uses "inducing" after comma in option A, will it be considered right?
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Damn!! GMAT is a tricky test. The point is that we should never ever underestimate the need to read and understand the sentence! I choose A because the sentence was correct and parallel. Then when i saw the OA i realized " induce electric currents that can cause X (blackouts in some areas) and Y (corrosion in north-south pipelines)" need and before it to make it parallel with the first part .
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Can someone provide a choice by choice break down why each one is wrong?
can heat... enough to affect in A and E is more idiomatic than the use of the subordinate clause beginning with "that" in B, C, and D.
B - produces an illogical and ungrammatical statement by making induce parallel with the verb heat rather than with the appropriate form of the verb affect;
C - lacks agreement in using the singular pronoun it to refer to the plural noun displays
D is faulty because induces cannot fit grammatically with any noun in the sentence.
A incorrectly separates the two infinitives to affect and [to] induce with a comma when it should compound them with and, as does E.
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Working out on such mechanical way to think to disentagle a question is not a really efficient manner to overcome this difficult test.
As such, surely knowing the grammar rules is the cornerstone but is not the way.
Based only on meaning
Displays of the aurora borealis, or "northern lights", can heat the atmosphere over the arctic enough to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induce electric currents than can cause blackouts in some areas and corrosion in north-south pipelines.
a) to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induce
induce is not inducing at least and also is a sentence in which the meaning is broken: induce what ??
b) that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected, induce
passive: wrong and convoluted
c) that it affects the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induces
it refers to what behind itself ??
d) that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces
same B
e) to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles and induce
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Hi,
I'm absolutely on board with the two things and how they need to be connected but I can't make peace with this bit - "to" is an infinitive of purpose. Using "to" almost seems like the displays heat the atmosphere with the intention to 1. affect the trajectories ... 2. ( to) induce electric currents... but that isn't the intended meaning right. The meaning is that these two things CAN be a result of the displays.
Please help!
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daagh wrote:
The displays can heat the atmosphere to do two things. 1. to affect the trajectories blah, blah and 2. ( to) induce electric currents blah blah . So an – and - is required between - missiles - induce - to complete the series with proper parallelism.
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ss18 wrote:
Hi,
I'm absolutely on board with the two things and how they need to be connected but I can't make peace with this bit - "to" is an infinitive of purpose. Using "to" almost seems like the displays heat the atmosphere with the intention to 1. affect the trajectories ... 2. ( to) induce electric currents... but that isn't the intended meaning right. The meaning is that these two things CAN be a result of the displays.
Please help!
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daagh wrote:
The displays can heat the atmosphere to do two things. 1. to affect the trajectories blah, blah and 2. ( to) induce electric currents blah blah . So an – and - is required between - missiles - induce - to complete the series with proper parallelism.
E is the correct answer.
actually, the display can generate heat that is enough to do two things (or you can say, the display can generate enough heat that can cause two things) viz. 1. to affect the trajectories...... and 2. ( to) induce electric currents.........
These two effect of that heat is presented as 1. to affect the trajectories...... and 2. ( to) induce electric currents......... and they need to be in parallel form
I'm absolutely on board with the two things and how they need to be connected but I can't make peace with this bit - "to" is an infinitive of purpose. Using "to" almost seems like the displays heat the atmosphere with the intention to 1. affect the trajectories ... 2. ( to) induce electric currents... but that isn't the intended meaning right. The meaning is that these two things CAN be a result of the displays.
Please help!
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daagh wrote:
The displays can heat the atmosphere to do two things. 1. to affect the trajectories blah, blah and 2. ( to) induce electric currents blah blah . So an – and - is required between - missiles - induce - to complete the series with proper parallelism.
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ss18 wrote:
Can someone from egmat or Magoosh (@mickmcgarry) help with my query below?
ss18 wrote:
Hi,
I'm absolutely on board with the two things and how they need to be connected but I can't make peace with this bit - "to" is an infinitive of purpose. Using "to" almost seems like the displays heat the atmosphere with the intention to 1. affect the trajectories ... 2. ( to) induce electric currents... but that isn't the intended meaning right. The meaning is that these two things CAN be a result of the displays.
Please help!
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daagh wrote:
The displays can heat the atmosphere to do two things. 1. to affect the trajectories blah, blah and 2. ( to) induce electric currents blah blah . So an – and - is required between - missiles - induce - to complete the series with proper parallelism.
Although I know you have asked specific experts to respond your query, I hope you will allow me to help you with it.
You are right, that "+to infinitive" is used to indicate intentions. So, the following sentence would fall under this usage:
I went to her place to collect my parcel. - I went there with the intention to achieve something.
However, that's NOT the only use of "+to infinitive". The "+to infinitive" can be used in many other ways too. For instance, one way is to use it after adverbs.
I was tired enough to fall asleep as soon as I hit the bed. - This means that I was so tired that I fell asleep as soon as I hit the bed; it does not mean that I became tired with the intention fall asleep.
This is the exact same usage that you find in the correct sentence as well. You can read more about the general use of "+to infinitive" at http://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/infinitive/. However, I would not recommend going overboard in your research. Also, not all usages maybe tested on the GMAT.
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student26 wrote:
Displays of the aurora borealis, or "northern lights", can heat the atmosphere over the arctic enough to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles , induce electric currents that can cause blackouts in some areas and corrosion in north-south pipelines.
A.to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles,induce B. that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected,induce C. that it affects the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces D.that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces E. to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles and induce
Now i dunno who to decide between A and E, Can someone help?
As per the meaning of the sentence affect should be parallel to induce. Only option E does this correctly and precisely.
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So here the display of the aurora borealis has 2 affects- 1. it would heat the atmosphere and 2. It would induce the electric current in some areas. So these two affects need to be connected by the conjunction " and ". apart from the meaning error , Is there any other error committed in the original sentence. Please correct me if my understanding is wrong. Thank you
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Displays of the aurora borealis, or "northern lights", can heat the atmosphere over the arctic enough to: affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles AND induce electric currents that can cause: blackouts in some areas and corrosion in north-south pipelines.
A.to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induce B. that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected, induce C. that it affects the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces D.that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces E. to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles andinduce
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