It may someday be feasible to try to retrieve organisms from tiny unde

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It may someday be feasible to try to retrieve organisms from tiny undersea vents , but at the present time submersibles require such thick walls to withstand the high pressure that it is impossible.

(A) It may someday be feasible to try to retrieve organisms from tiny undersea vents

(B) Someday, it may be feasible to try and retrieve organisms from tiny undersea vents

(C) Trying to retrieve organisms out of tiny undersea vents may someday be feasible

(D) To try for the retrieval of organisms out of tiny undersea vents may someday be feasible

(E) Retrieving organisms out of tiny undersea vents may be feasible to try someday

daagh · Accepted Answer

The OE: The correct expression is ‘to try to do something’, not ‘to try and do something’. Eliminate B. It is ‘retrieve from’, not ‘retrieve out of’. Eliminate C, D and E. Choice A is the correct answer.
Source: https://www.manhattanreview.com/download ... -Guide.pdf
Sentence Correction Training set Q# 241.

(Manhattan Review is different from MGMAT).

daagh · Answer

Nicole
Hi
It looks like just an idiom fault. I do not also see any problem in a sentence starting with the gerund 'trying'when it could be part of a substantive phrase acting as the subject. here is some theory on that

There is a class of noun phrases called substantive phrases that act as the subjects of a clause. While of course substantive phrases multifunctional such as acting as subjects, subject complements, direct objects and so on. Here is one aspect of them where they start a sentence. The important thing is that these noun phrases should be followed by a relevant verb.

1. With a gerund 
 Eating  ice cream on a windy day can be a messy experience if you have long, untamed hair.
 Arguing  which color is the most beautiful is not going to help anyone

2. With the connector 'that' 
 That he will refus e the offer is unbelievable. 
 That the brothers  are triplets is amazing. 
 That cigarette smoking results in malignant cancer  has been empirically supported

3.With an infinitive 'to +verb'
 To see the rainbow on a showery evening  is incredible
 To dance in the rains and to make merry  are the favorite hobbies of the kids.

4. With " what' 
 What the committee members counter-argue  are just a load of bullshit.
 What you are doing  seems very difficult to repeat.

5. With 'whether'
 Whether they can get here in time  does not have anything to do with our plan
 Whether capital punishment should be replaced with sentence imprisonment  is the central theme of the short story “The Bet”.

dinesh86 · Answer

It may someday be feasible to try to retrieve organisms from tiny undersea vents,  but at the present time submersibles require such thick walls to withstand the
high pressure that it is impossible.

(A) It may someday be feasible to try to retrieve organisms from tiny undersea vents

(B) Someday, it may be feasible to try and retrieve organisms from tiny undersea vents

(C) Trying to retrieve organisms out of tiny undersea vents may someday be feasible

(D) To try for the retrieval of organisms out of tiny undersea vents may someday be feasible

(E)Retrieving organisms out of tiny undersea vents may be feasible to try someday.

We retrieve something from and not out-of. Hence C,D, E are out.

IMO B is correct. A seems wordy.

karan1990 · Answer

Infinitive to try to retrieve is awkward,in A.
B.Someday but at prsent,perfect parallelism Correct
c.Awkward and wordy
d.Awkward
E.Changes meaning

thangvietname · Answer

in og books, there is one question, "it is fastionalbe to be an expariate" which show that gmat prefer

it is to do

than

to do/doing is

so, C, D, E are gone

A use to try to do
is correct

B uses "to try and treive"

is incorrect.

IMO A.

bhatiavai · Answer

IMO : A
 It may someday be feasible to try to retrieve organisms from tiny undersea vents , but at the present time submersibles require such thick walls to withstand the
high pressure that it is impossible.

(A) It may someday be feasible to try to retrieve organisms from tiny undersea vents : Correct

(B) Someday, it may be feasible to try and retrieve organisms from tiny undersea vents : Changes the meaning (to try  and  retrieve)

(C) Trying to retrieve organisms out of tiny undersea vents may someday be feasible : What does trying modify ?

(D) To try for the retrieval of organisms out of tiny undersea vents may someday be feasible : Changes the meaning

(E)Retrieving organisms out of tiny undersea vents may be feasible to try someday : What does Retrieving modify ?

rs47 · Answer

Hi there, I got the answer to the above question right but I was not convinced with my reasoning.. what is the official explanation for the above question? Thanks in advance..

PrakharGMAT · Answer

Same her rs47..
I too got it correct but don't know what's wrong with other options.

Hi Daagh,

Can you please share official explanation..

Thanks

PrakharGMAT · Answer

Hi Daagh,

Thanks alot for quick response.

NicoleJaneway · Answer

Can someone please explain what's wrong with choice C?

daagh · Answer

It is ‘retrieve from' which is the correct idiom, not ‘retrieve out of’. C is therefore wrong.

NicoleJaneway · Answer

Thanks, Daagh! I was also curious if there's a problem beginning the sentence with "Trying"? Or is the only error the idiom?

ashwink · Answer

Just one small question. If the option B had 'Someday, it may be feasible to try to retrieve...', would the sentence be correct? Are there any other problems with this sentence? At first glance, this option looked very tempting.

daagh · Answer

In that case, there would not be any grammatical error between A and B. However, the adverb 'someday' modifies the entire clause in B, while in a, it modifies only the first part. Modifying the entire clause would be a better proposition.IMO.

AshutoshB · Answer

I've got a doubt regarding 'It' in non-underline part; I think 'it' is working here as a pronoun, not as a placeholder
 therefore it must have some Antecedent and most logical antecedent is gerund ' trying' or ' retrieving'

Is my understanding correct?
Experts Could you please shed some on my doubt

Pasharma1 · Answer

“to try and do…” is not the right expression. B can thus be eliminated.

“retrieve out of” is also incorrect, so the last three choices can also be eliminated.

A is the right answer.

09173140521 · Answer

I do not know who make this question! .......the similar question ::::: from OG pre2000 https://gmatclub.com/forum/it-may-somed ... 78153.html

Abhishekrao12 · Answer

What does the it refer to in the non underlined part of the question?

It must have a antecedent. It cannot refer to any infinitives. For that reason A, V 
Retrieving is the only word which is suitable in this context i think. That is given only in option E.

Abhishekrao12 · Answer

IN the above sentence , what does it refer to ?  daagh

According to the meaning of the sentence, it must refer to the noun form of retrieve. 
For this reason , i can eliminate A,B,C D.

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