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Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic sea wave that can reach up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.


(A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is

(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is

(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are

(D) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and heights of up to 200 feet, is

(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   18 Oct 2018, 21:27
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ammuseeru wrote:
adkikani wrote:
GMATNinja VeritasPrepKarishma sayantanc2k

Can you please explain PLURAL speeds and heights in OA, despite use
of singular verb - is - associated with a tsunami?



GMATNinja, I too couldn't understand plural usage of SPEEDS and HEIGHTS.

A singular entity can travel at more than one speed: "Amy, a notoriously slow driver, moved at speeds ranging from 8 mph to 11 mph."

Same idea with heights. "Tim, who should probably have his pilot's license revoked, flew at heights of 50,000 feet and 100,000 feet before stalling out and crashing into a burrito truck."

I hope that helps!
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   17 Jul 2007, 14:21
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I suppose the answer should be D for parallelism.
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   19 Jul 2007, 12:44
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Ashwin_Mohan wrote:
I suppose the answer should be D for parallelism.


why not A?


should have been

up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet in height, is
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   01 Dec 2015, 17:38
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Subject is " a tsunami", so C & E are out.
"and" is the key word. Both sides of it should be parallel.
In option A: in speed does not match with high. It should be in height. So A is out.
Between B & D, D is better in parallelism.
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25. Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic sea wave that can reach up to 150 miles per
hour in speed and 200 feet high, is caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
(A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is
(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are
(D) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are


Please underline the question and this is a old one.

D is correct : Speeds of up to .... and heights of up to...are parallel and described accurately as per the metrics.

A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high - in speed is incorrect.
(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are - not parallel
(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are - not parallel and comparison is wrong.
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2017, 09:02
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Rejected D just because it says
speeds of upto .... and heights of upto....
isn't speeds/heights incorrect!
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   29 Nov 2017, 21:52
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Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic sea wave that can reach up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.

(A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is - parallelism issue
(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is - parallelism issue
(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are - Subject-verb agreement (Tsunami is singular )
(D) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and heights of up to 200 feet, is - Correct
(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are - Subject-verb agreement

Answer D
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   19 Mar 2018, 10:01
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Can you please explain PLURAL speeds and heights in OA, despite use
of singular verb - is - associated with a tsunami?
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   02 Oct 2018, 21:11
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adkikani wrote:
GMATNinja VeritasPrepKarishma sayantanc2k

Can you please explain PLURAL speeds and heights in OA, despite use
of singular verb - is - associated with a tsunami?



GMATNinja, I too couldn't understand plural usage of SPEEDS and HEIGHTS.
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   23 Nov 2018, 09:22
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Moingamtguru wrote:
Subject is " a tsunami", so C & E are out.
"and" is the key word. Both sides of it should be parallel.
In option A: in speed does not match with high. It should be in height. So A is out.
Between B & D, D is better in parallelism.



A is more irrelevant, distorting the meaning so A is incorrect

In B, there is displacement of speed modifier, resulting chnage in meaning

D corrects the modifier error
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   28 Jun 2019, 13:02
AjiteshArun please explain option A and D
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AjiteshArun please explain option A and D
Option A says "a sea wave... can reach up to X and Y":

... a seismic sea wave that can reach up to (150 miles per hour in speed) and (200 feet high)...

I may be wrong here, but I don't think we can say reach up to 150 miles per hour in speed.

It's different if we have a verb like gain (or lose):
He gained 10 kilometres an hour in speed as he ran down the hill.
He lost 10 kilometres an hour in speed as he ran up the hill.

Gain X in speed or lose X in speed, but not reach X in speed (reach a speed of X would be correct).
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   30 Jun 2019, 02:30
is this from official guid ?. pls, cite the source. thank you.

"speedS of 150 mile per hour " is not good. I think. do we need plural inhere ?
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   30 Jun 2019, 18:01
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thangvietnam This is actually common usage. "Speeds of up to X" just means that the thing in question can vary in speed, and that a speed of X has been observed.
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   22 Apr 2020, 23:01
Let’s scan the options and see which observes parallelism:

(A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is

(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is

(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are

(D) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and heights of up to 200 feet, is

(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are

Eliminate Options A, B, C and E

Option D is the best choice.

Hope this helps!
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   10 Oct 2023, 19:20
KarishmaB - hey, in the original question stem, there is no "up to" with 200 feet high. But in the correct answer choice, this is modified to up to 200 feet high - does this not distort the intended meaning of the original choice?


CrackverbalGMAT wrote:
Let’s scan the options and see which observes parallelism:

(A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is

(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is

(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are

(D) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and heights of up to 200 feet, is

(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are

Eliminate Options A, B, C and E

Option D is the best choice.

Hope this helps!
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Re: Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic se [#permalink] New post   10 Oct 2023, 23:49
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kittle wrote:
KarishmaB - hey, in the original question stem, there is no "up to" with 200 feet high. But in the correct answer choice, this is modified to up to 200 feet high - does this not distort the intended meaning of the original choice?


CrackverbalGMAT wrote:
Let’s scan the options and see which observes parallelism:

(A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is

(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is

(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are

(D) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and heights of up to 200 feet, is

(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are

Eliminate Options A, B, C and E

Option D is the best choice.

Hope this helps!


What is the 'original' option? There is no reason to believe that option (A) conveys the intended meaning any better than any other option. After all, option (A) is incorrect 80% of the times. Look for what makes sense. Look for which option conveys that sense in the best possible way, grammatically.

Besides, meaning of 'that can reach 200 feet in height' and 'that can reach up to 200 feet in height' is the same.
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