dcoolguy wrote:
As a matter of fact, way also means - state, I have attached a photo. According to google, third or fourth meaning of way is state.
Can you please look into this.
Many usages that are considered acceptable outside the GMAT (at least in certain contexts) will be considered errors on the GMAT.
For example:
Outside the GMAT,
which often serves to refer to an entire clause.
Generally, this sort of usage is not permissible on the GMAT.
The family was in a poor way.
This wording seems far too colloquial for the GMAT.
Note also that this wording is the very last example cited in your screenshot, suggesting that it is less preferred.
The OAs cited in my earlier post seem to indicate the following:
On the GMAT,
way should refer not to a state but to a method or process.
An additional point:
in this way appears in an INCORRECT answer.
Rather than try to justify its usage, we should strive to understand why the GMAT might consider it less preferable than
thus, the adverb used in the OA.
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