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Here is one that tripped me up..

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Here is one that tripped me up.. [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2006, 10:49
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Re: Here is one that tripped me up.. [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2006, 11:01
Will go with B


"assistance of" is correct when there is a "the" preceeding it for a passive voice. If not, then "assistance from" is correct for active voice.

Between B and D, B is more suitable.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Re: Here is one that tripped me up.. [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2006, 14:03
B is also the only option that makes the sentence parallel
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Re: Here is one that tripped me up.. [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2006, 16:20
Can anyone explain why they feel choice D is incorrect?

I will post the OA shortly.

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Re: Here is one that tripped me up.. [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2006, 16:51
'D' is wrong since ramjets (Plural) is compared with scramjet (Singular)
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Re: Here is one that tripped me up.. [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2006, 16:58
Great point yogi! :)

I totally missed that split...

Btw, are there any particular SC idiom/parallism rule related to the word "whereas" that we should be mindful of?

Lastly, the OA is indeed B.

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Re: Here is one that tripped me up.. [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2006, 20:01
jjhko wrote:
Can anyone explain why they feel choice D is incorrect?

I will post the OA shortly.

Cheers,
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D is also wrong because:

1) it unnecessarily infixes the conjunction "with" between Unlike and ramjets.

2) it`s much wordier: "uncapable of" vs "cannot"



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