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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  24 Jun 2020, 21:10
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Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.

(A) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
(B) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(C) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(D) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
(E) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition


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Hello experts GMATNinja VeritasKarishma ChiranjeevSingh GMATCoachBen

Official explanation says 'deterring' here is a transitive verb & therefore needs a direct object. I find 'deterring' here to be an adjective modifying 'Financial uncertainties' .Pls help with an example how 'deterring' can be used with direct object.Does not the same rule apply to 'Deterrent' given prepositional phrase in correct answer choice.

Also share proper reasoning to eliminate incorrect answer choices.Thanks in dvance
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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  24 Jun 2020, 21:42
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billybealright wrote:
Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.

(A) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
(B) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(C) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(D) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
(E) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition


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This is the structure of the sentence:

A may prove to be an even more serious B than is C.

A is a noun and since A may prove to be B, B should be a noun too. Hence, you need to use 'deterrent', the noun form.

Also, you need 'is' before C. Otherwise it may seem that comparison is between B and C. But actually the comparison is between A and C.

'Financial uncertainties' may be a bigger deterrent than is 'political opposition' - the comparison is between 'Financial uncertainties' and 'political opposition'.

Hence, (D) is correct.
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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  24 Jun 2020, 23:16
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Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.

(A) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
(B) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(C) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(D) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
(E) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition


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"Financial uncertainties from the accident" is extremely unclear. I don't understand what it means.
"Financial uncertainties resulting from the accident" makes a whole lot more sense. Now I know that we are talking about the financial setback due to the accidental damage. So I will directly go to (D) and (E).

(D) - .... A may prove to be an even more serious deterrent than is B... (Correct)
(E) - .... A may prove even more deterring than B (incorrect usage since deter is used with an object. It automatically sounds wrong, doesn't it?)
Th usage is "The scarecrow deterred birds (object)."

(A) has both issues.
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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  25 Jun 2020, 00:22
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VeritasKarishma wrote:
hazelnut wrote:
Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.

(A) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
(B) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(C) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(D) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
(E) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition


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"Financial uncertainties from the accident" is extremely unclear. I don't understand what it means.
"Financial uncertainties resulting from the accident" makes a whole lot more sense. Now I know that we are talking about the financial setback due to the accidental damage. So I will directly go to (D) and (E).

(D) - .... A may prove to be an even more serious deterrent than is B... (Correct)
(E) - .... A may prove even more deterring than B (incorrect usage since deter is used with an object. It automatically sounds wrong, doesn't it?)
Th usage is "The scarecrow deterred birds (object)."

(A) has both issues.


'deter' when used as a verb needs an object. Even if we try to rewrite and do away with 'to be', we don't have an object.
With 'to be' we need a noun here.
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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  26 Jun 2020, 19:24
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Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.

(A) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
(B) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(C) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(D) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
(E) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition


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Questions has a split btw ‘Dettering’ & ‘detterent’.Former is Gerunds(Noun form of verbing) & Latter is Action noun.Why direct object is not required following ‘Detterent’ as required following dettering’.I chose deterring over deterrent,thinking Verb form is preferred over noun form.Please help on the same.
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Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  02 Jul 2020, 05:02
Dear AnthonyRitz AjiteshArun GMATGuruNY DmitryFarber IanStewart GMATRockstar GMATNinja VeritasPrepHailey MartyTargetTestPrep GMATNinja,

Q1. I don't understand the reason why "deterring" is incorrect in choice A.

According to OE:
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... deterring to the nuclear industry is not correct, as deter is a TRANSITIVE verb and requires a direct object


However, according to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excite, "excite" is also a TRANSITIVE verb, and yet "exciting" is valid. Why can't the reasoning provided by OE apply here?

Q2. It correct to follow "prove" with adjective (not adverb), right?
According to an example in https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/prove, The recent revelations may prove embarrassing to the president. Here, "embarrassing" is an adjective, not an adverb.

Q3. Why is choice C. wrong?
Could you point out how choice C. can be interpreted as a faulty comparison? (I can only come up with only one logical interpretation)
Why is "resulting" required? (as I don't see any difference between "resulting from" and just "from")
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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  03 Jul 2020, 22:46
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Can you please explain why deterrent is preferred over deterring here?
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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  05 Jul 2020, 22:30
VeritasKarishma wrote:
hazelnut wrote:
Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.

(A) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
(B) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(C) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(D) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
(E) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition


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"Financial uncertainties from the accident" is extremely unclear. I don't understand what it means.
"Financial uncertainties resulting from the accident" makes a whole lot more sense. Now I know that we are talking about the financial setback due to the accidental damage. So I will directly go to (D) and (E).

(D) - .... A may prove to be an even more serious deterrent than is B... (Correct)
(E) - .... A may prove even more deterring than B (incorrect usage since deter is used with an object. It automatically sounds wrong, doesn't it?)
Th usage is "The scarecrow deterred birds (object)."

(A) has both issues.


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AjiteshArun GMATNinja DmitryFarber : Your inputs would be appreciated

In your above explanation for option E, you have stated incorrect usage since deter is used with an object.

I agree in the example quoted The scarecrow deterred birds (object)." deter is used as a verb & therefore 'birds' is object here. However in option E 'deterring' is not acting as a verb rather 'may prove' is a verb for Subject ( Financial uncertainities).Then why we need to have object afer deterring.As per my understanding 'Deterring' is an adjective .

SecondlY, even if 'deterring' is a verb here then is not 'deterrent' a verb in option D.Also in option D 'to be' is used.Please share the significance of 'TO BE' here & why it is important to have.

Please clear the gap in my understanding.
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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  08 Jul 2020, 22:43
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gmatassassin88 wrote:
VeritasKarishma wrote:
hazelnut wrote:
Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.

(A) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
(B) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(C) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(D) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
(E) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition


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"Financial uncertainties from the accident" is extremely unclear. I don't understand what it means.
"Financial uncertainties resulting from the accident" makes a whole lot more sense. Now I know that we are talking about the financial setback due to the accidental damage. So I will directly go to (D) and (E).

(D) - .... A may prove to be an even more serious deterrent than is B... (Correct)
(E) - .... A may prove even more deterring than B (incorrect usage since deter is used with an object. It automatically sounds wrong, doesn't it?)
Th usage is "The scarecrow deterred birds (object)."

(A) has both issues.


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AjiteshArun GMATNinja DmitryFarber : Your inputs would be appreciated

In your above explanation for option E, you have stated incorrect usage since deter is used with an object.

I agree in the example quoted The scarecrow deterred birds (object)." deter is used as a verb & therefore 'birds' is object here. However in option E 'deterring' is not acting as a verb rather 'may prove' is a verb for Subject ( Financial uncertainities).Then why we need to have object afer deterring.As per my understanding 'Deterring' is an adjective .

SecondlY, even if 'deterring' is a verb here then is not 'deterrent' a verb in option D.Also in option D 'to be' is used.Please share the significance of 'TO BE' here & why it is important to have.

Please clear the gap in my understanding.


'deter' is a verb which needs an object. 'deter' means to discourage someone from doing something or prevent something.
You could use deterring as a present participle but by its very definition it will be used with an object.

A took action B, deterring war.
When you say it will prevent or is preventing, there has to be something it will prevent.

Here you need the noun form.
A may prove to be a deterrent. Then you wouldn't need an object because you are saying A is a deterrent to something.
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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  08 Jul 2020, 23:08
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gmatassassin88 wrote:
VeritasKarishma wrote:
hazelnut wrote:
.Also in option D 'to be' is used.Please share the significance of 'TO BE' here & why it is important to have.

Please clear the gap in my understanding.



prove TO BE means: found to be: it turns out that...
"She proved to be right";
It turns out to be right

Prove: make clear the validity of something
"The experiment proved the instability of the compound";

In this particular example, A is rejected because of other factors.
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The sentence seems to compare two deterrents to the nuclear industry:

    1. Financial uncertainties from an accident Political opposition
    2. The sentence says the first one may prove to be a bigger deterrent than the second one is.

The sentence has the following problems:

    1. The verb ‘deter’ is a transitive verb and thus needs a direct object. The given sentence doesn’t have a direct object for ‘deter’.
    2. While the construction ‘financial uncertainties from the accident’ is not wrong, ‘financial uncertainties resulting from the accident’ is a better construction.

Option Analysis


A. from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
Incorrect. For the reasons mentioned above.

B. from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
Incorrect. For the following reasons:
  • The comparison is not clear. Here the comparison could be between any of the two combinations:
    • ‘Financial uncertainties’ and ‘political opposition’ (the most logical meaning)
    • ‘A deterrent’ and ‘political opposition’
  • The phrase ‘even more serious a deterrent’ is better phrased as ‘an even more serious deterrent’.
  • The second issue of the original sentence.

C. from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
Incorrect. This option repeats the first error of option B and the second issue of the original sentence.

D. resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
Correct.

E. resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition
Incorrect. For the following reasons:
  • The first error of the original sentence
  • The comparison is ambiguous. The following two comparisons are possible:
    • “Financial uncertainties” compared with “political opposition”
    • “Nuclear industry” compared with “political opposition”

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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  12 Aug 2020, 06:30
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Prove to be VS prove ..which is better.

Also, I am still not clear why ‘is’ is required in (D).
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Re: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may pro [#permalink] New post  13 Aug 2020, 22:26
VeritasKarishma wrote:
hazelnut wrote:
Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.

(A) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
(B) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(C) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(D) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
(E) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition


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"Financial uncertainties from the accident" is extremely unclear. I don't understand what it means.
"Financial uncertainties resulting from the accident" makes a whole lot more sense. Now I know that we are talking about the financial setback due to the accidental damage. So I will directly go to (D) and (E).

(D) - .... A may prove to be an even more serious deterrent than is B... (Correct)
(E) - .... A may prove even more deterring than B (incorrect usage since deter is used with an object. It automatically sounds wrong, doesn't it?)
Th usage is "The scarecrow deterred birds (object)."

(A) has both issues.


Hi Karishma!

Could you please explain why (C) is wrong? I would like to understand why the second portion of the sentence is flawed.
Thanks!
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