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New hardy varieties of rice show promise of producing high yields without the costly requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high yielding varieties.
(A) requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high yielding varieties
(B) requirements by earlier high yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation
(C) requirements for application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high yielding varieties
(D) application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation that was required by earlier high yielding varieties
(E) irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer that were required by earlier high yielding varieties
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11 Jun 2007, 21:46
shoonya wrote:
New hardy varieties of rice show promise of producing high yields without the costly requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high yielding varieties
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B) requirements by earlier high yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation
C) requirements for application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high yielding varieties.
D) application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation that was required by earlier high yielding varieties.
E) irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer that were required by earlier high yielding varieties.
A - costly requirements of irrigation is awkward and wordy
B - awkward and changes the meaning of the actual sentence
C - awkward and changes the meaning of the actual sentence
D - without the costly requirements of X and Y that "was" is incorrect. it should be "were"
E - without the costly requirements of X and Y that "were" is correct.
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31 Jan 2008, 11:14
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i think the best explanation for this question is to look at the meaning of the sentence. Requirements and application cannot be costly. Only the irrigation can, therefore right away you eliminate A, B, C and D, leaving you with E, which is the correct answer.
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Well the sentence is trying to say, the new variety of rice shows promise of producing high yields without X and Y when compared to old variety of rice, which required both X and Y.
If we break X - requirements of irrigation Y - application of commercial fertilizer
New hardy varieties of rice show promise of producing high yields without the costly requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high-yielding varieties.
(A) requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high-yielding varieties without X and Y by earlier high-yielding varieties - ambiguous comparison .
(B) requirements by earlier high-yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation without X by....and Y -don't need to say further
(C) requirements for application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high-yielding varieties ugly -here we have split X itself.
(D) application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation that was required by earlier high-yielding varieties without Y and X that was....Was is a problem here. We are talking about additive phrase , need plural were.
(E) irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer that were required by earlier high-yielding varieties without X and Y that were required by earlier....clean comparison..agreement on pronoun _________________
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09 Feb 2010, 16:00
I work by elimination
a) 'by earlier high -yielding varieties is incorrect b) requirement by - is incorrect c) irrigation of earlier .. is incorrect should be irrigation required/ needed by etc d) changes meaning and it incorrect. appears as it only fertilizer is required while irrigation is required. Was should be were. e) IS CORRECT. costly looks like an adverb split over both irrigation and fertilizer as in original required by earlier is the correct phrasing
zest4mba wrote:
New hardy varieties of rice show promise of producing high yields without the costly requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high-yielding varieties
(A) requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high-yielding varieties
(B) requirements by earlier high-yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation
(C) requirements of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high-yielding varieties
(D) application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation that was required by earlier high-yielding varieties
(E) irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer that were required by earlier high-yielding varieties
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09 Feb 2010, 18:33
zest4mba wrote:
New hardy varieties of rice show promise of producing high yields without the costly requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high-yielding varieties
(A) requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high-yielding varieties
(B) requirements by earlier high-yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation
(C) requirements of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high-yielding varieties
(D) application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation that was required by earlier high-yielding varieties
(E) irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer that were required by earlier high-yielding varieties
What is the right answer and why
thanks !!
I go by simple reading technique. Break the sentence into logical and meaningful clauses.
New hardy varieties of rice | show promise of producing high yields | without the costly | ......requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer | by earlier high-yielding varieties
Doesn't that sound awkward? At least, GMAT doesn't test colloquial verbiage. So I pick E, which sounds better among the given answer options.
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09 Feb 2010, 21:48
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I disagree. I believe (D) is the right answer. The reason being that "costly application and irrigation" is singular and should have "was" as the verb following instead of "were"...IMHO.
I can't do the regular build-up thing anymore, pretty tired tonight, 11:45 PM EST already. So I'll quickly go by the rule.
The conjunction "and" will make the verb plural when nouns are connected.
My dog and I "were" running. Sheena and Tina "were" listening to music.
Costly irrigation and application of fertilizer that "were" goes by the same sounding principles!!!!
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04 Aug 2016, 22:24
promise of producing - isn't this wrong
Even though it was not illegal for the bank to share its customers' personal and financial information with an outside marketing company in return for a commission on sales, the state's attorney general accused the bank of engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep records private.
a) by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep
b) by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep
c) in its failing to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
d) because of its failure in honoring its promise to its customers in keeping
e) because of its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
In this question, most of the option are wrong because of "promise of keeping"
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A) requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high yielding varieties– this should be applicable to both "irrigation" and "application of commercial fertilizer". There is ambiguity on applicability to both the aspects B) requirements by earlier high yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation – illogical meaning C) requirements for application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high yielding varieties. – changes meaning. this should be applicable to both irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer D) application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation that was required by earlier high yielding varieties. – "application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation", plural "were" should be used. "earlier high yielding varieties" now correctly applies to both the aspects. E) irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer that were required by earlier high yielding varieties. – "earlier high yielding varieties" now correctly applies to both the aspects.
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12 Jun 2017, 03:53
New hardy varieties of rice show promise of producing high yields without the costly requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high yielding varieties A) B) requirements by earlier high yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation C) requirements for application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high yielding varieties. D) application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation that was required by earlier high yielding varieties. E) irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer that were required by earlier high yielding varieties.
I believe and I may be wrong: - first the choice is b/w "costly requirements " or "costly application/irrigation" - I went with the latter because I felt requirements cannot be costly are the activities of application and irrigation. - second and that's the easier one b/w D and E - D fails because of "was" as against the "were" in E So E is correct
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This topic is deep. The first point is to note is that the requirements are not themselves costly but the factors that are required such as the application of fertilizers and irrigation are costly. That is the reason we can dispense with choice A, B, and C instantly In D, a couple of factors are denoted by a singular verb 'was'. Only E remains.
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New hardy varieties of rice show promise of producing high yields without the costly requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high yielding varieties.
(A) requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high yielding varieties this option says that application of CF was done by earlier high yielding rice varieties ... This is definitely not the meaning intended...
(B) requirements by earlier high yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation this option says "application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation" again not the intended meaning ...
(C) requirements for application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high yielding varieties Again similar to option B...application of commercial fertilize and irrigation !!!!"
(D) application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation that was required by earlier high yielding varieties "Was" is grammatically incorrect ...we need a plural verb
(E) irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer that were required by earlier high yielding varieties Was replaced by Were and Bingo ..no other errors... _________________
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shoonya wrote:
New hardy varieties of rice show promise of producing high yields without the costly requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high yielding varieties.
(A) requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high yielding varieties
(B) requirements by earlier high yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation
(C) requirements for application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high yielding varieties
(D) application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation that was required by earlier high yielding varieties
(E) irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer that were required by earlier high yielding varieties
e correctly uses the subjunctive with plural
E
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