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International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.

(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially successful
(E) as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates

Hi VeritasKarishma AjiteshArun

What is the role played by "as" in choice E?
I am confused over whether it is used as a comparison term or used to mention a reason.

There is no comparison here. This is what the sentence tells us:

The financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that international sporting events need not be fiscal disasters.
(Focus is on the Olympic Games)

International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(Focus in on the fact)

"as" is used to join the two parts. When you say "A demonstrates B" there is no comparison between A and B.
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Hi VeritasKarishma I am still finding it a little difficult to understand.

Let me try to explain why I am saying so.

When "as" is used as a conjunction, it plays these 3 roles:

1. Simultaneous action
As I was travelling in the subway, I noticed unattended bags underneath the seat. (Here we can replace "as" with "while" or "during")

2. Reasoning
Sam has substituted green tea for coffee as he wants to cut down his caffeine consumption. (We can replace "as" with "Because" or "since", still it should convey the same meaning)

3. Comparison
Emily takes care of the children as a mother does. (Comparing "Emily" to "mother")

Main sentence:
International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates

Though I feel that "as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates" has been stated as a reason for "International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters", I think something should come after "demonstrates" to make it more clear.

Can we say that "as" is used here to present a reason?

In all the 3 types "as" is connecting two parts, but what I am trying to do is categorize "as" in one of these.
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Hi VeritasKarishma I am still finding it a little difficult to understand.

Let me try to explain why I am saying so.

When "as" is used as a conjunction, it plays these 3 roles:

1. Simultaneous action
As I was travelling in the subway, I noticed unattended bags underneath the seat. (Here we can replace "as" with "while" or "during")

2. Reasoning
Sam has substituted green tea for coffee as he wants to cut down his caffeine consumption. (We can replace "as" with "Because" or "since", still it should convey the same meaning)

3. Comparison
Emily takes care of the children as a mother does. (Comparing "Emily" to "mother")

Main sentence:
International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates

Though I feel that "as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates" has been stated as a reason for "International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters", I think something should come after "demonstrates" to make it more clear.

Can we say that "as" is used here to present a reason?

In all the 3 types "as" is connecting two parts, but what I am trying to do is categorize "as" in one of these.
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thereisaFire - I am afraid you are wasting your time trying to create exhaustive lists of usage and then putting every word into exactly one of them.

Check out the meaning of "as" in the dictionary:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/as

There are many cases in which we use the word. In our original sentence, it is equivalent to "a fact that".
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International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.

(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially successful
(E) as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates

International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters- Independent clause
the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact- Independent clause

Connecting two independent clauses using a comma creates an error of comma splice. We can either use a semicolon or conjunction to connect both. Only option E uses the conjunction “as” to connect both clauses.
Options B and D also contain an error of Subject-Verb Agreement. The 1992 Olympic Games is a singular event that requires a singular verb.

E is correct.

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Is Olympic Games singular as stated in a few explanations? From my opinion, it should be plural since Olympic is the adjective to Games and any Olympic Games have multiple games in them. Hence, "were" should" be correct in option D.
To cite - Are the olympics more trouble than they are worth'. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/20 ... -londoners.

Any other error in option D?
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Need you expert opinion on why D is wrong?
Is Olympic Games singular as stated in a few explanations? From my opinion, it should be plural since Olympic is the adjective to Games and any Olympic Games have multiple games in them. Hence, "were" should" be correct in option D.
To cite - Are the olympics more trouble than they are worth'. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/20 ... -londoners.

Any other error in option D?
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You're right -- it's definitely plural, not singular. Answer D also does not contain a comma splice (the post you quote seems to suggest it does).

Answer D is grammatically fine, but it has two issues that make E preferable. Answer D is passive for no good reason ("a fact demonstrated by the Games" is passive, while "the financial success... demonstrates" is active), and answer D is a lot wordier than necessary. If answer E weren't there, D would be the right answer, but sometimes in GMAT SC, we're choosing between two grammatically correct choices, and picking the answer that most effectively and precisely expresses the idea of the sentence. That's what we need to do here.
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International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.

(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially successful
(E) as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates

International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters- Independent clause
the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact- Independent clause

Connecting two independent clauses using a comma creates an error of comma splice. We can either use a semicolon or conjunction to connect both. Only option E uses the conjunction “as” to connect both clauses.
Options B and D also contain an error of Subject-Verb Agreement. The 1992 Olympic Games is a singular event that requires a singular verb.

E is correct.

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Is Olympic Games singular as stated in a few explanations? From my opinion, it should be plural since Olympic is the adjective to Games and any Olympic Games have multiple games in them. Hence, "were" should" be correct in option D.
To cite - Are the olympics more trouble than they are worth'. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/20 ... -londoners.

Any other error in option D?
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In addition to what Ian said above, there is one more reason I thought (E) is better -
What demonstrates that international sporting events need not be fiscal disasters? The financial success of 1992 games, not the 1992 games themselves.
But that's an ideal situation.
I concede that we could say, "The games illustrate that ..." but then we need to explain that the games were a success. But then there is a disconnect between the games' success and what the games demonstrate. We want to say that the success demonstrates ...
Hence option (D) isn't the best.

Option (E) is just so much clearer and to the point.
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International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.

(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact (incorrect: run-on sentence)
To connect two clauses, there should be a conjunction that is missing in option A.
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful (incorrect: placement error)
The underlined part is not an example of a disasters.
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates (incorrect: comparison error)
Like is used to show similarity between two nouns instead of two clauses
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially successful (incorrect: modifier error)
A fact will become a modifier for disasters that is incorrect.
(E) as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates (the best option)
x as y: events need, success demonstrates
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Actually, 1992 olympic games have nothing to do with the verb here, since the verb is related to the financial success which is explicitly singular.

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International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.

(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially successful
(E) as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates

International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters- Independent clause
the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact- Independent clause

Connecting two independent clauses using a comma creates an error of comma splice. We can either use a semicolon or conjunction to connect both. Only option E uses the conjunction “as” to connect both clauses.
Options B and D also contain an error of Subject-Verb Agreement. The 1992 Olympic Games is a singular event that requires a singular verb.

E is correct.

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