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Updated on: 13 Jun 2018, 20:56
Originally posted by aiming4mba on 22 Jul 2010, 11:39.
Last edited by Bunuel on 13 Jun 2018, 20:56, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 13 Jun 2018, 20:56, edited 1 time in total.
Renamed the topic and edited the question.
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Market research has shown that the newest model of E-Phone gained widespread popularity not due to technical superiority but through seamless and intuitive design.
A. gained widespread popularity not due to technical superiority but through seamless
B. gained widespread popularity not only due to technical superiority but also through seamless
C. did not gain widespread popularity due to technical superiority but through seamless
D. did not gain widespread popularity in consideration of technical superiority but rather due to seamless
E. gaining widespread popularity not due to technical superiority but also through seamless
A. gained widespread popularity not due to technical superiority but through seamless
B. gained widespread popularity not only due to technical superiority but also through seamless
C. did not gain widespread popularity due to technical superiority but through seamless
D. did not gain widespread popularity in consideration of technical superiority but rather due to seamless
E. gaining widespread popularity not due to technical superiority but also through seamless
26 Oct 2014, 08:42
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i selected A in this: gained widespread popularity not due to technical superiority but through seamless; however i feel that this is a low quality question. the reason i selected A is that i want to preserve the original meaning and B changes the meaning completely. B is also seems correct and there can be a debate as what exactly is the original meaning of the sentence . there are two school of thoughts on this. some people say that options A is the intended meaning and if i go with that logic then i will select A; however, the second reasoning is that all options in a SC is 20 % probable.
i doubt that, even in OG, if we have two grammatically correct options in a SC problem
PS : BTW usage of "due to" seems wrong in both A and B !!----> hence this SC is NOT CORRECT
i doubt that, even in OG, if we have two grammatically correct options in a SC problem
PS : BTW usage of "due to" seems wrong in both A and B !!----> hence this SC is NOT CORRECT
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22 Jul 2010, 12:25
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this one was tricky, especially for me, since I've went through and memorized a bunch of the idioms already so upon first sight I knew what I was looking for.
the idiom "not X but rather Y" seem to fit here but once you look at D, the wording of it is just awkward so that couldn't be it.
B changed the statements around a little bit in comparison to the other so that's out.
So you're down to A, C, and E.
In E, "gaining" doesn't really work. I don't know the right term for it but it doesn't sound right because I guess "gaining" is something that is continuing in present and in the context of this sentence it doesn't work.
A and C now.
In C, "did not" is cumbersome as compared to A, which just used "not"
Although both A and C sounded pretty damn right to be, it starts getting pretty technical and knit-picking once you get down to the nitty gritty. I ended up choosing A just because of that little bit.
the idiom "not X but rather Y" seem to fit here but once you look at D, the wording of it is just awkward so that couldn't be it.
B changed the statements around a little bit in comparison to the other so that's out.
So you're down to A, C, and E.
In E, "gaining" doesn't really work. I don't know the right term for it but it doesn't sound right because I guess "gaining" is something that is continuing in present and in the context of this sentence it doesn't work.
A and C now.
In C, "did not" is cumbersome as compared to A, which just used "not"
Although both A and C sounded pretty damn right to be, it starts getting pretty technical and knit-picking once you get down to the nitty gritty. I ended up choosing A just because of that little bit.
