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V02-35 [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2014, 01:58
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In most industries the rising cost of support services actually passes a great financial burden to customers; in the legal profession, for example, a recent change in procedure of court reporting forced many attorneys to hire additional support, which in turn raised their fees.

A. forced many attorneys to hire additional support, which in turn raised their fees
B. has forced many attorneys in hiring additional support, which in turn has raised their fees
C. forced many attorneys in hiring additional support, and the result was a rise in their fees
D. has forced many attorneys to hire additional support, in turn raising their fees
E. has forced many attorneys on hiring additional support, in turn causing a rise in their fees
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Re V02-35 [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2014, 01:58
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In most industries the rising cost of support services actually passes a great financial burden to customers; in the legal profession, for example, a recent change in procedure of court reporting forced many attorneys to hire additional support, which in turn raised their fees.

A. forced many attorneys to hire additional support, which in turn raised their fees
B. has forced many attorneys in hiring additional support, which in turn has raised their fees
C. forced many attorneys in hiring additional support, and the result was a rise in their fees
D. has forced many attorneys to hire additional support, in turn raising their fees
E. has forced many attorneys on hiring additional support, in turn causing a rise in their fees


There are two issues in the question.

Issue 1: Use of “which” vs present participle “-ing”: “Which” is used to refer to a noun, whereas present participle “-ing” is used to refer to a clause.

Issue 2: “Force (someone) to (do something)” is the correct usage here. The usages “force…in” and “force…on” convey meanings that are not suitable here.

A. Wrong because of issue 1: The relative pronoun “which” must have a noun as antecedent - here “which” wrongly refers to the noun “assistants”.

B. Wrong because of issue 1: Same as A.

Wrong because of issue 2: “Force…in” is a wrong idiom here bearing a different meaning.

C. Wrong because of issue 2: same as above.

The part “....and the result was a raise in their fees” is wordy.

D. Correct. Both the issues have been correctly addressed.

E. Wrong. “Force…on” is a wrong idiom here bearing a different meaning. The part “in turn causing a raise in their fees” is wordy - a present participle modifier is used to indicate an effect and hence use of “causing” is redundant.


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Re: V02-35 [#permalink] New post   18 Jun 2016, 04:58
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I think this is a high-quality question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate. in the question , The sentence after for example :

'a current climb in the cost of court reporting has forced many attorneys to raise their hourly rates.'
is an example which is showing the effect of current climb in the cost of court reporting. since its an example it must show a phenomena which has happened.the impact has happened.
A current climb forces attornies to raise will mean when climb in cost happens attorneys are forced to raise hourly rate.
option A meaning as deduced by me -
the climb in cost happened and hence attornies are forced to raise hourly rates.How is it wrong
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Re: V02-35 [#permalink] New post   18 Jun 2016, 11:48
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gbansal1990 wrote:
I think this is a high-quality question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate. in the question , The sentence after for example :

'a current climb in the cost of court reporting has forced many attorneys to raise their hourly rates.'
is an example which is showing the effect of current climb in the cost of court reporting. since its an example it must show a phenomena which has happened.the impact has happened.
A current climb forces attornies to raise will mean when climb in cost happens attorneys are forced to raise hourly rate.
option A meaning as deduced by me -
the climb in cost happened and hence attornies are forced to raise hourly rates.How is it wrong


The important word here is "current". The climb is current, i.e. in the present; therefore effect of the "climb" can either be in present or in future. Thus " forces", "is forcing" or "will force" are three possible verbs that can be used to describe the effect of the current climb. Usage of past perfect implies that the many attorneys were "forced" in the past (though the effect is still there- hence present perfect). This is not the correct form since current climb could NOT have forced the attorneys in the past.
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Re: V02-35 [#permalink] New post   13 Jan 2021, 22:37
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In most industries the rising cost of support services actually passes a greater financial burden to customers; in the legal profession, for example, a current climb in the cost of court reporting has forced many attorneys to raise their hourly rates.

A. has forced many attorneys to raise their hourly rates.
B. has made many attorneys raise their hourly rates.
C. has meant that many attorneys are being forced to raise their hourly rates.
D. forces many attorneys to raise their hourly rates.
E. is meaning that many attorneys are raising their hourly rates by force.

  1. The present perfect tense has forced does not take into account the fact that the rising costs are a current trend.
  2. Has made incorrectly uses the past tense; the phrase is also both informal and imprecise.
  3. Has meant incorrectly uses the past tense. Has meant and are being forced use inconsistent verb tenses, and are unnecessary phrases.
  4. The word 'forces' is correctly used.
  5. By force is a misplaced modifier that confuses the meaning of the sentence; is meaning is an imprecise phrase.

Answer: D




THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG!!!

Reference - Q280 OG Verbal Review 2021
:please:

The correct answer is using present perfect "HAS REDUCED" with the word "CURRENT economic downturn"

bb Bunuel generis Please do not misguide students by posting anything that is NOT true... :please: :please:
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Re: V02-35 [#permalink] New post   21 Feb 2022, 06:55
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Bunuel wrote:
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In most industries the rising cost of support services actually passes a greater financial burden to customers; in the legal profession, for example, a current climb in the cost of court reporting has forced many attorneys to raise their hourly rates.

A. has forced many attorneys to raise their hourly rates.
B. has made many attorneys raise their hourly rates.
C. has meant that many attorneys are being forced to raise their hourly rates.
D. forces many attorneys to raise their hourly rates.
E. is meaning that many attorneys are raising their hourly rates by force.

  1. The present perfect tense has forced does not take into account the fact that the rising costs are a current trend.
  2. Has made incorrectly uses the past tense; the phrase is also both informal and imprecise.
  3. Has meant incorrectly uses the past tense. Has meant and are being forced use inconsistent verb tenses, and are unnecessary phrases.
  4. The word 'forces' is correctly used.
  5. By force is a misplaced modifier that confuses the meaning of the sentence; is meaning is an imprecise phrase.

Answer: D




THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG!!!

Reference - Q280 OG Verbal Review 2021
:please:

The correct answer is using present perfect "HAS REDUCED" with the word "CURRENT economic downturn"

bb Bunuel generis Please do not misguide students by posting anything that is NOT true... :please: :please:


The task in the GMAT tests is to find the "most effective sentence" or the best answer of the given choics. In the above mentioned official guide question, there is no option in which a simple present is used. Therefore it cannot be concluded that present perfect "has reduced" is better than simple present "reduces". It is still not known what the OA would be, if there were an option with simple present "reduces", given the rest of the construction were identical to OA.

Now coming back to the GMATclub tests question V02-35, I would consider simple present a more logical choice than present perfect because of the following reason:
The climb is current, i.e. in the present; therefore effect of the "climb" can either be in present or in future. Usage of past perfect implies that the many attorneys were "forced" in the past, though the effect is still there (hence present perfect: present perfect is used when the event has already happened, but its effect is still present). On the other hand simple present "forces" implies that the attorneys are forced nowadays. Therefore simple present "forces" would be more logical than present perfect "has forced", since the former is more "present" than the latter.

At the same time, it would not be sensible to eliminate an answer on the basis of a construction that appears in the OA of an official guide question. Hence the subject question will shortly be reviewed and revised by the experts in the light of the above mentioned official guide OA.
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Re: V02-35 [#permalink] New post   25 Feb 2022, 03:42
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In most industries the rising cost of support services actually passes a great financial burden to customers; in the legal profession, for example, a recent change in procedure of court reporting forced many attorneys to hire additional support, which in turn raised their fees.

A. forced many attorneys to hire additional support, which in turn raised their fees
B. has forced many attorneys in hiring additional support, which in turn has raised their fees
C. forced many attorneys in hiring additional support, and the result was a rise in their fees
D. has forced many attorneys to hire additional support, in turn raising their fees
E. has forced many attorneys on hiring additional support, in turn causing a rise in their fees


The question has been revised and edited. Thank you sayantanc2k !!!
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