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Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.[/u]


A. Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.

B. Most people may not think of photographic processing being hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.

C. Most people may not think hazardously of photographic processing, but health problems can be caused when many of the chemicals are used in rooms that are not properly ventilated.

D. Most people may not think of photographic processing as being hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation. (wordy, unidiomatic)

E. Photographic processing, while not thought of as being hazardous, can cause health problems when many of the chemicals used are done so in rooms with no proper ventilation.

I would say E.
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Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.[/u]


A. Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.

B. Most people may not think of photographic processing being hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.

C. Most people may not think hazardously of photographic processing, but health problems can be caused when many of the chemicals are used in rooms that are not properly ventilated.

D. Most people may not think of photographic processing as being hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation. (wordy, unidiomatic)

E. Photographic processing, while not thought of as being hazardous, can cause health problems when many of the chemicals used are done so in rooms with no proper ventilation.

I would say E.



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Can we ever have an official question, which hinges only on idiom usage?

It's rare to see an official question that hinges exclusively on idiom usage, though it does happen. The bigger issue is that there are tens of thousands of idioms in English, so memorizing all of them is not likely to be the most effective way to invest your time. More on idioms in this article.

I hope this helps!
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PeepalTree wrote:
Can we ever have an official question, which hinges only on idiom usage?

It's rare to see an official question that hinges exclusively on idiom usage, though it does happen. The bigger issue is that there are tens of thousands of idioms in English, so memorizing all of them is not likely to be the most effective way to invest your time. More on idioms in this article.

I hope this helps!


Hi GMATNinja !
thanks for the reply.
Yeah I have read this article of yours. That is why when I came across this question, I was wondering whether an official question would ever have this kind of decision point.

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I still do not understand why D is correct.

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GMATNinja Need your help on this Question please.

Is the idiom "Think of X as" tested on this question.

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Originally posted by SidSpeaks32 on 05 Nov 2018, 11:50.
Last edited by SidSpeaks32 on 06 Nov 2018, 00:32, edited 1 time in total.
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Hi

Can anyone pls explain as to why D is correct and not A.
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dollytaneja51 wrote:
I still do not understand why D is correct.

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dollytaneja51 I believe that you are clear on - Why the remaining options are incorrect.

Now, among the options A & D, i also could not understand why Option D is correct and why not Option A. However, i am also skeptical on the Idiom "Think of X as "
If so, this is what distinguishes Option A & Option D

Anyway Fingers crossed. Also request opinion from any of the experts on this forum

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Can anyone pls explain as to why D is correct and not A.


surbhi1991 I think the idiom "Think of X as" is tested over here. I am not sure though. Request opinion of any of the expert to make the fundamentals clear

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Re: Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, [#permalink]
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surbhi1991 wrote:
Hi

Can anyone pls explain as to why D is correct and not A.


surbhi1991 I think the idiom "Think of X as" is tested over here. I am not sure though. Request opinion of any of the expert to make the fundamentals clear

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even I agree to this!! I think its testing ..To Think of X as Y idiom
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Re: Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, [#permalink]
Hi All,

Hopefully, my POE helps.

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Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.


A. Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.

B. Most people may not think of photographic processing being hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.

C. Most people may not think hazardously of photographic processing, but health problems can be caused when many of the chemicals are used in rooms that are not properly ventilated.

D. Most people may not think of photographic processing as being hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.

E. Photographic processing, while not thought of as being hazardous, can cause health problems when many of the chemicals used are done so in rooms with no proper ventilation.


The difference between "to be" and "being"-

To be- It is generally used when someone wants something.

example- I want to be home by noon. I just want it to be healthy.

Being- It is generally used as a state. (Although there are other uses as well of Being, but generally you would be able to solve maximum questions by remembering Being as a state)

POE-

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Option A)- Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.


Here "Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous", meaning something like people don't wish it to be hazardous.

But for now, let's keep A

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Option B- Most people may not think of photographic processing being hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.


Here "processing" is a state. And in this sentence, it clearly states that photographic processing state, i.e the moment when the photographs are getting processed is hazardous.

Although it lacks "as", and thus sound funny, and it would get clear as we go to option D.

But this sentence clear us that usage of "being" is much better in this sentence than "to be".


Option C- I hope no one had an issue with this. This option clearly changes the intended meaning.

Option D- It is similar to B but the Introduction of "as" makes D more clear.

Option E- This option misses people and misses "may", which shows that they could also think about photographic processing as being Hazardous.

Thus D is correct
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The idiom issue definitely knocks out A: we can't say "think of X to be Y." It's "think of X as Y" or "think X is Y."

However, I'd say the question needs a rewrite, as the right answer (along with two others) has a meaning problem. We want to look at where the chemicals are used, not where they are not used. I may not be in proper ventilation right now, but I am not using the chemicals, so that's not a hazard. We're concerned about cases in which they are used without proper ventilation. C and E try to say this, but they are too jumbled to be good answers.
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I understand that there is structural problem with A but i do not understand how 'being' is used in option D.
Can anyone explain?

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I understand that there is structural problem with A but i do not understand how 'being' is used in option D.
Can anyone explain?

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Hello jatin093,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, here "being" is used as a passive continuous tense verb.

We hope this helps.

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