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The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, when the price of gasoline tripled, the higher cost had brought to light an inherent problem of using internal combustion engines in cars: inefficiency.

A. tripled, the higher cost had brought
B tripled because the higher cost brought
C. tripled with the higher cost bringing
D. tripled, the higher cost brought
E. tripled and the higher cost brought
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Originally posted by mangomangodolly on 30 Nov 2012, 04:44.
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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   30 Nov 2012, 05:25
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mangomangodolly wrote:
The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, when the price of gasoline tripled, the higher cost had brought to light an inherent problem of using internal combustion engines in cars: inefficiency.

A. tripled, the higher cost had brought
B tripled because the higher cost brought
C. tripled with the higher cost bringing
D. tripled, the higher cost brought
E. tripled and the higher cost brought



E is the answer because:

A) seems two different things

B) semems that the price tripled due to the higher cost

C) with doesnt have sense

D) same as A

E) is logic and fluent
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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   30 Nov 2012, 07:45
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A. tripled, the higher cost had brought – a run on
B tripled because the higher cost brought - no cause and effect involved; even so tripling was not the effect of the inefficiency; it must be otherwise.
C. tripled with the higher cost bringing ---1. 'With' denotes a physical accompaniment.
2. Looks as if tripling were the effect of the inefficiency of internal combustion
D. tripled, the higher cost brought ---- a run on
E. tripled and the higher cost brought -- correct choice with proper conjunction
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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   03 Mar 2013, 22:52
Answer E looks much better then other ones, BUT comma between two clauses (price tripled, and cost brought) is missed.
("tripled, and the higher cost brought").
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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   21 Jun 2013, 04:39
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What is the OA? My answer would be D
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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   21 Jun 2013, 06:15
carcass wrote:
mangomangodolly wrote:
The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, when the price of gasoline tripled, the higher cost had brought to light an inherent problem of using internal combustion engines in cars: inefficiency.

A. tripled, the higher cost had brought
B tripled because the higher cost brought
C. tripled with the higher cost bringing
D. tripled, the higher cost brought
E. tripled and the higher cost brought



E is the answer because:

A) seems two different things

B) semems that the price tripled due to the higher cost

C) with doesnt have sense

D) same as A

E) is logic and fluent


Completely agree with explanations. I'd like to add. The first sentence is run on sentence - two independented clauses witout FUNBOYS
The answer is E
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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   04 Dec 2018, 21:30
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A. tripled, the higher cost had brought – a run on
B tripled because the higher cost brought - no cause and effect involved; even so tripling was not the effect of the inefficiency; it must be otherwise.
C. tripled with the higher cost bringing ---1. 'With' denotes a physical accompaniment.
2. Looks as if tripling were the effect of the inefficiency of internal combustion
D. tripled, the higher cost brought ---- a run on
E. tripled and the higher cost brought -- correct choice with proper conjunction



hello sir,

could you please tell me what exactly is a run on sentence? and how does it differ from a correct sentence.

thank you very much in advance.

i have gone through a lot of your posted answers and love the crisp answers, they enable me to work at more questions in a short period of time.
thank you for that.
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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   24 Dec 2018, 22:22
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mangomangodolly wrote:
The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, when the price of gasoline tripled, the higher cost had brought to light an inherent problem of using internal combustion engines in cars: inefficiency.

A. tripled, the higher cost had brought
B tripled because the higher cost brought
C. tripled with the higher cost bringing
D. tripled, the higher cost brought
E. tripled and the higher cost brought


"had brought" in A breaks the chronology of events.
"because" in B terribly changes the meaning.
"bringing" in C breaks the parallelism.
The comma after "tripled" in D leads to an incomplete construction.
E is the best choice here.
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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   31 Dec 2018, 19:55
Considering the sentence, “when the price of gasoline tripled” does it make more sense to go with Option “D” instead of “E”. Can any of the experts clarify? Thanks!

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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   04 Jan 2019, 13:30
mangomangodolly wrote:
The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, when the price of gasoline tripled, the higher cost had brought to light an inherent problem of using internal combustion engines in cars: inefficiency.

A. tripled, the higher cost had brought
B tripled because the higher cost brought
C. tripled with the higher cost bringing
D. tripled, the higher cost brought
E. tripled and the higher cost brought



B says that highlighting the problem caused the price rise. That is illogical, so B is wrong.
A and D seem to be two independent clauses. I think this makes them run on sentences, which are usually bas choices
I am confused between C and E but am going to go with E as ‘with’ seems to be a bit awkward.
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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   04 Jan 2019, 14:30
as03691 wrote:
mangomangodolly wrote:
The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, when the price of gasoline tripled, the higher cost had brought to light an inherent problem of using internal combustion engines in cars: inefficiency.

A. tripled, the higher cost had brought
B tripled because the higher cost brought
C. tripled with the higher cost bringing
D. tripled, the higher cost brought
E. tripled and the higher cost brought



B says that highlighting the problem caused the price rise. That is illogical, so B is wrong.
A and D seem to be two independent clauses. I think this makes them run on sentences, which are usually bas choices
I am confused between C and E but am going to go with E as ‘with’ seems to be a bit awkward.


Option C seems to present that cost of diesel tripled along with higher cost bringing the problem....which is illogical
Sentence original seems to convey that as fuel price tripled , new problem of fuel efficiency came to light

Therefore C is wrong

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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   22 Jun 2020, 19:17
I got confused between D and E , I choose E because " and" in E did not appear to make sense

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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   26 Aug 2021, 02:39
daagh wrote:
A. tripled, the higher cost had brought – a run on
B tripled because the higher cost brought - no cause and effect involved; even so tripling was not the effect of the inefficiency; it must be otherwise.
C. tripled with the higher cost bringing ---1. 'With' denotes a physical accompaniment.
2. Looks as if tripling were the effect of the inefficiency of internal combustion
D. tripled, the higher cost brought ---- a run on
E. tripled and the higher cost brought -- correct choice with proper conjunction


what do you mean by "run on" in this case ?
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Re: The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, [#permalink] The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,   01 Sep 2021, 00:10
mangomangodolly wrote:
The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s, when the price of gasoline tripled, the higher cost had brought to light an inherent problem of using internal combustion engines in cars: inefficiency.


A. tripled, the higher cost had brought
had brought the right tense and doesn't convey the right meaning

B tripled because the higher cost brought
The meaning isn't right therefore out

C. tripled with the higher cost bringing
The intended meaning isn't conveyed

D. tripled, the higher cost brought
even though it feels so right however E conveys the right meaning i couldn't find any definitive flaws to eleminate

E. tripled and the higher cost brought
The meaning is perfect therefore our option

Therefore IMO E
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