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31 May 2019, 02:05
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Actually, taking another look here, I am quite convinced that D does not work! So maybe we didn't need to worry about which way your question went. 
As the first posters discussed, why would the lawyer suspect the police FIRST of one thing and THEN of another? It seems clear that the police did those things in sequence, not that the suspicions came in sequence.
Additionally, many of the little differences among the choices don't really have clear justifications. I'm going to call this one a fake and suggest we throw it out. If anyone has evidence that this is really from an official GMAT product, I'd like to compare to the original and see what went wrong.
As the first posters discussed, why would the lawyer suspect the police FIRST of one thing and THEN of another? It seems clear that the police did those things in sequence, not that the suspicions came in sequence.
Additionally, many of the little differences among the choices don't really have clear justifications. I'm going to call this one a fake and suggest we throw it out. If anyone has evidence that this is really from an official GMAT product, I'd like to compare to the original and see what went wrong.
04 Jun 2019, 07:04
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Answer: D
There are 2 issues that need to be tackled on this question.
The first is a very obvious parallelism between "of having" requiring the "of using" combination.
The second is a modifier issue with “to find evidence supporting” vs “evidence that would support” vs “would be supportive of” followed by their murder charges.
Using these two errors, now let’s break down the answer options.
Error 1
A, B, C have the error: used vs of using as is required for parallelism. Eliminate these options.
D & E fix that error. Retain both options.
Error 2
A& B use: to find evidence supporting, this modifies the entire clause and hence is wrong.
C & D use: evidence that would support, this is the correct choice as it correctly modifies their murder charges.
E. uses: would be supportive of, this changes the meaning and cannot be considered.
Hence after multiple eliminations, the correct answer arrived at is D.
There are 2 issues that need to be tackled on this question.
The first is a very obvious parallelism between "of having" requiring the "of using" combination.
The second is a modifier issue with “to find evidence supporting” vs “evidence that would support” vs “would be supportive of” followed by their murder charges.
Using these two errors, now let’s break down the answer options.
Error 1
A, B, C have the error: used vs of using as is required for parallelism. Eliminate these options.
D & E fix that error. Retain both options.
Error 2
A& B use: to find evidence supporting, this modifies the entire clause and hence is wrong.
C & D use: evidence that would support, this is the correct choice as it correctly modifies their murder charges.
E. uses: would be supportive of, this changes the meaning and cannot be considered.
Hence after multiple eliminations, the correct answer arrived at is D.
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03 Jun 2020, 20:49
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Hey experts, my issue here is: the 'then' right before the underlined portion is an action that the police has done; hence we should use a verb that is done by the police itself... ' used' .
The 'of having' .... and then 'of using' seem like 2 separate events for the lawyer, however, shouldn't it be just one event, i.e. the lawyer suspected the police of having and of using......
It's the 'then' that confused me. Do let me know if my thinking is correct.
The 'of having' .... and then 'of using' seem like 2 separate events for the lawyer, however, shouldn't it be just one event, i.e. the lawyer suspected the police of having and of using......
It's the 'then' that confused me. Do let me know if my thinking is correct.
