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Re: The globalization of financial-services companies has been a boon to [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2020, 23:46
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The globalization of financial-services companies has been a boon to money launders, because of allowing money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred to a branch in a more regulated one.

(A) of allowing money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred

(B) of allowing the transfer of money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction

(C) it allows that money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction is transferred

(D) it allows the transfer of money have been placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction

(E) it allows money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred


This question is based on Idiomatic Usage.

The conjunction ‘because of’ should be followed by a noun rather than a participle. On that basis, we can eliminate Options A and B.

Option C is awkwardly worded. It also has the incorrect form of the verb. The clause after the verb ‘allows’ should contain a verb in the present subjunctive if the verb ‘allow’ is used in the sense of ‘permission’. So, the verb should have been ‘be transferred’. As ‘allow’ is used in the sentence, it conveys the meaning of acknowledging or making a concession. Therefore, Option C can be eliminated.

Option D is wordy. The verb ‘have been placed’ is unnecessary in this sentence. So, Option D can also be eliminated.

Option E has the appropriate idiomatic usage – allows….to be. It also has the appropriate construction – because + subject + verb. When the preposition ‘of’ is not used after the conjunction ‘because’, the conjunction should be followed by a subject and verb. Therefore, E is the most appropriate option.

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Re: The globalization of financial-services companies has been a boon to [#permalink] New post   15 Jan 2022, 17:43
GMATNinja, can you please explain why C is not correct?
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Re: The globalization of financial-services companies has been a boon to [#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2022, 08:09
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GMATNinja, can you please explain why C is not correct?


Hello tkorzhan1995,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the primary error in Option C is that the phrase "that money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction is transferred" produces an incoherent meaning.

We hope this helps.
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tkorzhan1995 wrote:
GMATNinja, can you please explain why C is not correct?

Meaning! "Allow," on its own, often means "permit." But the phrase "allows that" conveys something more like "grant that" or "concede." For example:

    Tim allows that he's been a negligent father, but he's also incredibly fun, as shown by his tendency to juggle gas-powered torches over the baby's crib.

Here, Tim isn't giving permission for anything. Rather, he's conceding a point: namely, that he's been a bad dad.

But that interpretation makes no sense in (C). The globalization of financial services isn't conceding that money in a bank might be transferred. Rather, the globalization of financial services is permitting the money to be transferred. This is precisely the meaning we get in (E) with the phrase "allow... to be."

I hope that helps!
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Re: The globalization of financial-services companies has been a boon to [#permalink] New post   05 Apr 2022, 05:18
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Hi experts,

Why not C over E?

As GMAT Ninja said in this post, the meaning conveyed by the (C) version is nonsensical.

Read literally, the (C) version conveys that "it," or "The globalization of financial-services companies," "allows that," meaning "concedes that," "money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred to a branch in a more regulated one," as if "The globalization of financial-services companies" can concede that something is true.
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Re: The globalization of financial-services companies has been a boon to [#permalink] New post   12 Aug 2022, 00:57
can anyone please explain why 'C' is wrong apart from it being awkward? Being a non-native speaker, I do not want to bank on intuition or sounding awkward as a reason to eliminate an answer choice.
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can anyone please explain why 'C' is wrong apart from it being awkward? Being a non-native speaker, I do not want to bank on intuition or sounding awkward as a reason to eliminate an answer choice.

Try checking out this post, and let us know if that doesn't help!
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