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GMAT Prep Question - PLS help!!! SC 05 Aug 2006, 17:39
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SC question that I dont seem to understand...

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GMAT Prep Question - PLS help!!! SC 05 Aug 2006, 18:07
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GMAT Prep Question - PLS help!!! SC 05 Aug 2006, 21:59
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C is correct.

D and E are straight out. The proliferation led to the passage of act NOT to the act.

A could have been correct if "X led to passing of Y". Also what is allowing companies to seek something? Proliferation or the act???

B is out because "which" is referring to the year 1999 not the act.

C properly use "proliferation of X led to passage of Y" and "which" is properly referring to act.
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GMAT Prep Question - PLS help!!! SC 05 Aug 2006, 22:06
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C is correct.

D and E are straight out. The proliferation led to the passage of act NOT to the act.

A could have been correct if "X led to passing of Y". Also what is allowing companies to seek something? Proliferation or the act???

B is out because "which" is referring to the year 1999 not the act.

C properly use "proliferation of X led to passage of Y" and "which" is properly referring to act.
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Additionally:

1. The passage of ~ is idiomatic
2. "They" in B doesn`t have a clear referent.

Although (C) is passive, it is grammatically flawless.
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GMAT Prep Question - PLS help!!! SC 08 Aug 2006, 04:37
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C is correct.

A could have been correct if "X led to passing of Y". Also what is allowing companies to seek something? Proliferation or the act???

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Doesn't allowing and other -ing words just after a comma refer to the known closest to it...which in this case would be the Act

Or do they refer to the whole clause
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GMAT Prep Question - PLS help!!! SC 09 Aug 2006, 00:51
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C is correct.

A could have been correct if "X led to passing of Y". Also what is allowing companies to seek something? Proliferation or the act???


Doesn't allowing and other -ing words just after a comma refer to the known closest to it...which in this case would be the Act

Or do they refer to the whole clause

That's correct. IMO there's no confusion here.
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Which one out of these...

Doesn't allowing and other -ing words just after a comma refer to the known closest to it...which in this case would be the Act Or do they refer to the whole clause
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C is correct.

A could have been correct if "X led to passing of Y". Also what is allowing companies to seek something? Proliferation or the act???


Doesn't allowing and other -ing words just after a comma refer to the known closest to it...which in this case would be the Act

Or do they refer to the whole clause

That's correct. IMO there's no confusion here.

Didn't get you...

Which one out of these...

Doesn't allowing and other -ing words just after a comma refer to the known closest to it...which in this case would be the Act Or do they refer to the whole clause
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Oh .. I meant it will modify the "act". Ing words usually don't modify the whole clause.
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GMAT Prep Question - PLS help!!! SC 09 Aug 2006, 22:31
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its C, but I hate these posts where the OA can be seen upfront....my brain stops thinking at that point :)
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GMAT Prep Question - PLS help!!! SC 09 Aug 2006, 22:56
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Will go with C

A - "passing" is incorrect.
B - "which" incorrectly modifies 1999. also ambiguous "them"
D - ambiguous "it"
E - Proliferation led to act and allowing companies....... incorrect



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