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MGMAT - Colorado to Canada 27 Sep 2006, 07:46
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The mountain cornfloss, native to the Rocky Mountains from Colorado to Canada and thought of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow on steep ledges and in deep cracks on remote mountaintops.


of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow
of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grows
to be the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow
to be the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grows
of as the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow



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MGMAT - Colorado to Canada Updated on: 27 Sep 2006, 14:44
Originally posted by kidderek on 27 Sep 2006, 07:49.
Last edited by kidderek on 27 Sep 2006, 14:44, edited 1 time in total.
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The mountain cornfloss, native to the Rocky Mountains from Colorado to Canada and thought of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow on steep ledges and in deep cracks on remote mountaintops.


of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow
of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grows
to be the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow
to be the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grows
of as the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow
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ACE wrong, SVA

I like D, more concise . . . is it an idiom?
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MGMAT - Colorado to Canada 27 Sep 2006, 08:10
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The mountain cornfloss, native to the Rocky Mountains from Colorado to Canada and thought of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow on steep ledges and in deep cracks on remote mountaintops.


of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow
of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grows
to be the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow
to be the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grows
of as the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow

ABE wrong, SVA

I like D, more concise . . . is it an idiom?
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Yep. Thought to be~ is idiomatic.
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MGMAT - Colorado to Canada 27 Sep 2006, 10:21
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one more D.
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MGMAT - Colorado to Canada 27 Sep 2006, 11:01
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Most of the times GMAT is allergic to "being", so A and B are out.

For the Subject-Verb agreement we need "grows"

So D it is.
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MGMAT - Colorado to Canada 27 Sep 2006, 13:44
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official Ans pls ..?
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MGMAT - Colorado to Canada 27 Sep 2006, 13:53
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D on SVA.

Being is pretty much always wrong. - so A & B out

The mountain cornfloss,..., grows - so C & E are out.
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MGMAT - Colorado to Canada 27 Sep 2006, 17:42
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Agree with D

Mountain cornfloss ... grows SVA

D is less wordy.
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MGMAT - Colorado to Canada 27 Sep 2006, 18:55
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Straight D. SVA and concise.
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D 2
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The mountain cornfloss, native to the Rocky Mountains from Colorado to Canada and thought of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow on steep ledges and in deep cracks on remote mountaintops.


of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow
of as being the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grows
to be the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow
to be the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grows
of as the most beautiful of all wildflowers, grow

ACE wrong, SVA

I like D, more concise . . . is it an idiom?
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Nicely explained.
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OA --> D

Good Job guys..



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