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Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2021, 00:59
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Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to employers’ initial fears.

A) indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to

B) indicate people who work at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, in contradiction of

C) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office tend to work longer hours, contrary to

D) have indicated longer hours of work by people who work at home or outside the office, contrary to

E) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office had tended to work longer hours, contrary to
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Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2021, 01:04
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Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to employers’ initial fears.

• The "cleanest" and preferred way to use the verb indicate in the context of studies is to follow indicate with the word that.

THE OPTIONS
Quote:
A) indicate [that] people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to

• wrong meaning
→ a study could theoretically display or characterize people as "tending to [be the sorts of people who work," but studies usually describe, not characterize.
• wrong diction
→ in the context of studies and data, the word indicate almost always means to show, demonstrate, or prove—in which case indicate is a reporting verb and should be followed by the word that
ELIMINATE A
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B) indicate [that] people who work at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, in contradiction of

• you will never see the phrase "in contradiction of" on GMAT
→ contradicting is possible
→ contrary to, in the other options, is better

• indicate should be indicate that (like option A)

• the meaning problem in option A exists in option B
ELIMINATE B
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C) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office tend to work longer hours, contrary to

• I see no errors
→ indicate is followed by that
→ the inelegant as tending to has been switched to the solid and active verb tend
→ contrary to is idiomatic. And short.
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D) have indicated longer hours of work by people who work at home or outside the office, contrary to

• Nothing is wrong with have indicated. In fact, that construction in this context is common.
The original OE writer is wrong. Full stop. I would not emulate him unless you know why you are doing so.

• Strange meaning. Maybe garbled meaning.
→ Can a study "indicate" longer hours of work by people who work at home?

• Not as strong as C.
→ This phrasing is passive (work BY people) (indicate ... longer hours of work by people . . .) whereas (C)'s construction is in active voice (S/V: people tend)
ELIMINATE D
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E) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office had tended to work longer hours, contrary to

• had tended is not as effective a verb choice as the simple "tend"
→ almost always, had tended (past perfect) is for the earlier of two events that both ended in the past.
→ no reason exists for the verb tense shift
ELIMINATE E

The best answer is C.

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I like explanation a lot more than I like assertion.
I'm seeing a little too much assertion. Just a heads up.

My typically strict standards are relaxed: if you have the correct OA with some explanation, you get kudos.

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Good job, everyone, for continuing to work during a hellish-but-not-permanent time.
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Re: Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2021, 03:08
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My answer is (C). It took me 49 seconds.

(A) "Indicate people as tending to work longer hours" is unusual. We can also say that verb (tend) is preferred over adjective (tending)
(B) See above
(C) Clear and straightforward.
(D) "have indicated" is okay, but "indicate longer hours" is not idiomatic.
(E) The past perfect tense is not justified when the main clause uses simple present tense. We might accept "tended to work longer hours" (simple past) since the studies might have focused on past behaviors. But past perfect ("had tended") cannot be supported.
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Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to employers’ initial fears.

A) indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to

B) indicate people who work at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, in contradiction of

C) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office tend to work longer hours, contrary to

D) have indicated longer hours of work by people who work at home or outside the office, contrary to

E) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office had tended to work longer hours, contrary to


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E has a tense change ( X )
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Re: Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2021, 09:23
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Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to employers’ initial fears.

A) indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to
'studies ... indicate people' does not make sense. Needs a use of 'that'. Also, 'as tending' is the wrong construction.

B) indicate people who work at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, in contradiction of
'studies ... indicate people' does not make sense. Needs a use of 'that'. Also, 'as tending' is the wrong construction.

C) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office tend to work longer hours, contrary to
Correct use of pairing 'indicate that'. 'people ... tend to work ..' is correct.

D) have indicated longer hours of work by people who work at home or outside the office, contrary to
'longer hours of work by people' is awkward construction. C is much better.

E) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office had tended to work longer hours, contrary to
'had tended' is incorrect -- should be 'tend' to match with tenses of 'studies indicate'.
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Re: Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2021, 21:42
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A) indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to - INCORRECT
'That' is missing next to indicate, so the phrase "indicate people as tending to work.." is not correct

B) indicate people who work at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, in contradiction of - INCORRECT
Same as above

C) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office tend to work longer hours, contrary to - CORRECT
Corrects all error and conveys intended message.

D) have indicated longer hours of work by people who work at home or outside the office, contrary to - INCORRECT
longer hours of work by people is incorrect construction and does not convey any meaning.

E) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office had tended to work longer hours, contrary to - INCORRECT
had tended introduces unneccesary tense error.
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Re: Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2021, 23:44
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Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to employers’ initial fears.

A) indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to Incorrect

that require after indicate

B) indicate people who work at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, in contradiction of Incorrect

that require after indicate

C) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office tend to work longer hours, contrary to Correct

D) have indicated longer hours of work by people who work at home or outside the office, contrary to Incorrect

passive form and that require after indicate

E) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office had tended to work longer hours, contrary to Incorrect

tense error - had uses wrong
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Re: Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home [#permalink] New post   30 Jan 2021, 01:38
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Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to employers’ initial fears.

A) indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to
"indicate xxx as" is not idiomatic. should be "indicate people xxx to be xxx" Eliminate.

B) indicate people who work at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, in contradiction of
same issues as (A)
"in contradiction of" should be used to connect two noun phrases e.g. xxx is in contradiction of xxx, and not after a comma.

C) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office tend to work longer hours, contrary to
correct.

D) have indicated longer hours of work by people who work at home or outside the office, contrary to
simple perfect tense "have indicated" is not necessary -- the meaning is not "the studies indicate something and keep indicating"
"the studies indicate something" is good enough to tell what happened.

Also, if simple perfect tense is used, "work" should be "worked" Eliminate.

E) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office had tended to work longer hours, contrary to
past perfect tense "had tended" is not needed. it is used when something happened and continued to have an impact till a past time, which does not fit the intended meaning.
Also, "had tended" should have the same tense as "work". Eliminate

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Studies over the past decade indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to employers’ initial fears.

A) indicate people working at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, contrary to
indicate shall be followed by that to convey meaning correctly. Also people working....as thending does not make any sense

B) indicate people who work at home or outside the office as tending to work longer hours, in contradiction of
indicate shall be followed by that to convey meaning correctly. Also as thending & in contradiction of does not make any sense

C) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office tend to work longer hours, contrary to
No remarks

D) have indicated longer hours of work by people who work at home or outside the office, contrary to
Use of present perfect tense is not appropriate.

E) indicate that people who work at home or outside the office had tended to work longer hours, contrary to
Use of past perfect tense is not appropriate.

IMO C
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