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Re: Possible long-term consequences of the “greenhouse effect,” the gradua
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Hi GMATNinjaIn E, are we not paralleling Simple Gerund with Action Noun? My understanding was - according to mgmatAction Noun || Complex Gerund - OKAction Noun || Simple Gerund - NOT OK Admittedly, my knowledge is rather limited. Apologies for tagging/asking sketchy question. Regards RzS
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28 Oct 2017, 12:44
In option A,B,C the term may is redundant since the term Possible is already used in the sentence. We are left with Options D and E. Option D consists of include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising which is wrong. Option E is the correct answer choice.
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chetan2u mikemcgarry - Can you please help me eliminate A,B,C,D without the reason such as wordy,awkward and :May: does not go with possible. I am not able to eliminate the options and do not want to rely on the edge of :May is not acceptable/or goes with possible:
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Possible long-term consequences of the “greenhouse effect,” the gradual warming of the Earth’s climate, may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level. A. may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level
B. may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level
C. may include polar ice caps that are melting and sea levels that are risingD. include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising melting is a verb: we need a nounE. include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea levelA, B and C are incorrect. 'May' is redundant when we have 'possible.' E is the only correct one. POE.
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Though I know that A, B and C should be out for redundancy ie Possible and may
But choice E is not parallel " melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in Sea level"
and according to me parallelism should be given more weightage, so B is a better answer?
Originally posted by kunalkhanna on 09 May 2018, 05:49.
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I agree with choice E.
But here I have one doubt with redundancy of possible and may. Is it always true with all auxiliary verbs such as could, may, might etc. that show possibility in sentence?
It might be possible that they had stuck up in traffic. Is it correct sentence? Answer to this will clear my doubt for life long.
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MacFauz wrote: Complex Gerund phrases (melting of ) are parallel to action nouns (a rise). True. A "the" would have made the sentence better framed but the best answer choice out of the five is E. Hello. Can you please clear up a confusion I'm facing. My understanding is that gerunds are of two types: simple and complex. A complex gerund will always be preceded by an article, such as "a" or "the". The rules I have read state that complex gerunds can only be parallel to action nouns. In this question I have understood how "a rise in" is an action noun. BUT How is "melting of the polar..." a complex gerund. Should it not say "the melting of polar..." and so correctly become parallel to the action noun that follows. Appreciate your help!
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HassanE. include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level Pl do not mistake rise as an action verb; it is merely a linking verb. We say the sun rises in the east. However, who does the action of 'rising'? Does the sun exert itself to rise? Therefore, it is a natural phenomenon. On the contrary, if somebody raises something, it becomes an action verb. For example, we can say Gmatclub has raised the standard of GMAT performance by the candidates largely. As you doubt, melting of the ice caps is not a complex gerund; it is just a simple gerund. However, the problem with melting is that it both an action verb and a linking verb. When we say that the melody of Asha's voice melts in the ears, it is a linking verb. When we say 'the factory melts metals into profiles' it is an action verb. In the context, melting is the gerund of a linking verb and the 'rise; the noun of a linking verb is enough to go parallelly.
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daagh is "may" redundant here? teaserbae
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bishal Yes. May and possible together. are redundant.
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solidcolor wrote: Possible long-term consequences of the “greenhouse effect,” the gradual warming of the Earth’s climate, may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level.
(A) may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level
(B) may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level
(C) may include polar ice caps that are melting and sea levels that are rising
(D) include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising
(E) include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level This is a tricky one :P The beginning of the sentence tells "Possible long-term consequences of the", using "may" is redundant because they mean the same thing. So A, B and C are out
Between D and E, D is not parallel.E is the answer!
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solidcolor wrote: Possible long-term consequences of the “greenhouse effect,” the gradual warming of the Earth’s climate, may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level.
(A) may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level
(B) may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level
(C) may include polar ice caps that are melting and sea levels that are rising
(D) include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising
(E) include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level This is an easy one... 'possible' and 'may' means same. so eliminate A, B & C based on redundancy. 'melting' is used in noun form which should be parallel to a noun (rise). so eliminate D. Ans: E
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Possible and may can't exist in the same sentence. Hence, E! Be careful. I almost picked A or B
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