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The weak dollar, the volatile stock market the lacklustre Updated on: 09 Oct 2012, 01:42
Originally posted by getgyan on 08 Oct 2012, 22:30.
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The weak dollar, the volatile stock market the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the Federal Reserve being accommodative— all these and more have people rushing for gold.

A. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the Federal Reserve being accommodative — all these and more have people rushing for gold.
B. the lacklustre nature of the economy, the yawning of the budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more has people rushing for gold.
C. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all this and more has people rushing for gold.
D. the lacklustre economy, the budget deficit yawn, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more had people rushing for gold.
E. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more have people rushing for gold.
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E for parallelism and subject verb agreement
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The weak dollar, the volatile stock market the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the Federal Reserve being accommodative— all these and more have people rushing for gold.

A. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the Federal Reserve being accommodative — all these and more have people rushing for gold.
B. the lacklustre nature of the economy, the yawning of the budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more has people rushing for gold. - we need a plural verb
C. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all this and more has people rushing for gold. - we need plural forms
D. the lacklustre economy, the budget deficit yawn, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more had people rushing for gold. - present tense is what we need here
E. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more have people rushing for gold. - correct

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between A, E - the noun phrase in A is not parallel to the list or items, this issue is fixed in E.

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The weak dollar, the volatile stock market the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the Federal Reserve being accommodative— all these and more have people rushing for gold.

A. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the Federal Reserve being accommodative — all these and more have people rushing for gold.
here "Federal Reserve" is not parallel to "lacklusture and yawning"
B. the lacklustre nature of the economy, the yawning of the budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more has people rushing for gold.
the lacklusture nature of..., the yawning of..., the accomodative .... are not parallel.
C. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all this and more has people rushing for gold.
All the phrases are parallel, but verb "has" and "this" are incorrect. there should be "these" and "have"
D. the lacklustre economy, the budget deficit yawn, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more had people rushing for gold.
No parallelism. Also the verb form "had" is incorrect.
E. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more have people rushing for gold.
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Clearly, in E there is parallelism in all the phrases.
Also the verb "have" is in correct form
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"these" is correctly referring to the list.
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hey what is the source of this question. On GMAT, if you have a list, there *MUST* be and before the final element. NO EXCEPTIONS! None of these list seem to have an "AND" before the last element!
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hey what is the source of this question. On GMAT, if you have a list, there *MUST* be and before the final element. NO EXCEPTIONS! None of these list seem to have an "AND" before the last element!
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Good observation. :)
I think "and" is not there because the list is not complete. Look after dash, "all these and more" suggests that the list does not end there.
Your thoughts?

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hey what is the source of this question. On GMAT, if you have a list, there *MUST* be and before the final element. NO EXCEPTIONS! None of these list seem to have an "AND" before the last element!

Good observation. :)
I think "and" is not there because the list is not complete. Look after dash, "all these and more" suggests that the list does not end there.
Your thoughts?

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yes you are right, we have to read it that way and E is right answer! nice
BTW wats the source of these questions mate?
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A. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the Federal Reserve being accommodative — all these and more have people rushing for gold.
B. the lacklustre nature of the economy, the yawning of the budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more has people rushing for gold.
C. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all this and more has people rushing for gold.
D. the lacklustre economy, the budget deficit yawn, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more had people rushing for gold.
E. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more have people rushing for gold.
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The weak dollar, the volatile stock market the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the Federal Reserve being accommodative— all these and more have people rushing for gold.

A. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the Federal Reserve being accommodative — all these and more have people rushing for gold.
B. the lacklustre nature of the economy, the yawning of the budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more has people rushing for gold.
C. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all this and more has people rushing for gold.
D. the lacklustre economy, the budget deficit yawn, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more had people rushing for gold.
E. the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more have people rushing for gold.
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The weak dollar, the volatile stock market the lacklustre economy, the yawning budget deficit, the accommodative Federal Reserve — all these and more have people rushing for gold.

Answer must be (E) for the errors highlighted in the other options marked in red...
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