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To understand how the rocks formed in the middle Miocene period we have to look forward and backward through the distinctive layered patterns of the sediment.

A. to look forward and backward
B. to look forward and backwards
C. to look forwards and backward
D. to look fore and aft
E. to look before and back
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Re: To understand how the rocks formed in the middle Miocene period we hav [#permalink] New post   22 Aug 2021, 09:36
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Re: To understand how the rocks formed in the middle Miocene period we hav [#permalink] New post   20 Feb 2022, 11:54
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Livelifeloud20 wrote:
GMATNinja Please guide on this why A is incorrect ?


We use backward for adj & backwards for adv. Here we need adverb.
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Re: To understand how the rocks formed in the middle Miocene period we hav [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2022, 04:01
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To understand how the rocks formed in the middle Miocene period we have to look forward and backward through the distinctive layered patterns of the sediment.

A. to look forward and backward
B. to look forward and backwards
C. to look forwards and backward
D. to look fore and aft
E. to look before and back


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To understand how the rocks formed in the middle Miocene period we hav [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2022, 04:03
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Re: To understand how the rocks formed in the middle Miocene period we hav [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2022, 04:37
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Hello AnujL,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, this is an idiom question.

The intended meaning of this sentence is that to understand how the rocks formed in the middle Miocene period we have to examine the evidence of events that happened at different points in time, evidence that takes the form of layered patterns of the sediment.

In the context of metaphorically looking at events from different points in time, we can idiomatically and metaphorically say to "look forward and backwards".

However, a question such as this one is unlikely to appear on the GMAT; as you can see, this question is from an unknown source.

We would advise not spending too much time on this one.

We hope this helps.
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