The growing popularity of at-home movie viewing options seems

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The growing popularity of at-home movie viewing options  seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over  overpriced popcorn, cramped seats, and social obligation.

A) seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over

B) seems indicative of the fact that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over

C) seems to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to

D) seem to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over

E) seem to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to

generis · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC2) • Split #1: The correct idiom is Prefer X to Y Correct: Prefer X to Y Wrong: Prefer X over Y If I were to focus on 20-30 idioms to learn for the GMAT, this one would be on the list. Options A, B, and D botch the idiom. Eliminate A, B, and D. • Split #2: Subject/verb agreement The subject is the growing popularity and it is singular. The correct verb is seems , not seem . Option E incorrectly uses seem . Eliminate E. By POE, the answer is C. Notes I confess that I am utterly mystified by some of the logical analysis I see in a few posts, analysis that is tied to the object of the verb phrase seems to indicate that. What does the growing popularity of at-home movie-viewing options suggest or indicate? That popularity indicates that people prefer Home Thing 1, Home Thing 2, and Home Thing 3 to Theater Thing 1, Theater Thing 2, and Theater Ting 3. And who is Mark C?

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TarunKumar1234 · Answer

The growing popularity of at-home movie viewing options seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over overpriced popcorn, cramped seats, and social obligation.

A) seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over Incorrect

B) seems indicative of the fact that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over Incorrect

C) seems to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to Correct

D) seem to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over Incorrect

E) seem to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to Incorrect

D & E - eliminate, because The growing popularity singular, seem plural

B - idioms error, seems to - correct idioms

A - prefer to correct idioms

Answer C

ramlala · Answer

The growing popularity of at-home movie viewing options  seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over  overpriced popcorn, cramped seats, and social obligation.

A) seems to indicate consumers’  preference  for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops  over 
 preference....over....... wrong usage

B) seems indicative of the fact that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops  over 
 prefer.....over..... error

C)  seems to  indicate that consumers  prefer  home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops  to 
 No Remarks

D)  seem to  indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops  over 
 S-V Agreement error. Also prefer.....over..... error

E)  seem to  indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to
 S-V Agreement error

IMO C

DinoPen · Answer

The growing popularity of at-home movie viewing options  seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over  overpriced popcorn, cramped seats, and social obligation.

A) seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over
 Correct pairing is prefer to... not prefer for. Out.

B) seems indicative of the fact that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over
 Same reasoning as A. prefer ... over is incorrect.

C) seems to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to 
Correct pairing of 'prefer .. to'. 'X Indicate that Y' is subjunctive so correct use of 'prefer' tense. 
 
D) seem to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over 
SV agreement error. Main subject is popularity, which is singular -- does not match 'seem'.

E) seem to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to 
SV agreement error. Main subject is popularity, which is singular -- does not match 'seem'.

carouselambra · Answer

IMO C
 
The growing popularity of at-home movie viewing options seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over overpriced popcorn, cramped seats, and social obligation.

growing popularity seems to 
2:3 split - Eliminate D and E

Now, what does the growing popularity indicate? It indicates something about the preference of consumers.

A) seems to indicate <what?> consumers’ preference  for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over

B) seems  indicative of the fact that  consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over

C) seems to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to
Correct

D) seem to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over

E) seem to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to

Foreheadson · Answer

I think consumers' preference is what

Can I go around idiom thing in this question?

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generis · Answer

Foreheadson , I don't understand the cryptic analysis in the post you quote or your response to that analysis, so I don't know which idiom to which you refer. (And I don't want to give too much away.) Your logic is fine. I don't know what you mean "the idiom thing."

The idiom in the correct answer is fine. I hope that hint helps.

Foreheadson · Answer

Sorry for not being clear. What I meant by the idiom is "prefer to". English is not my first language and I did not know that "prefer X over Y" was an incorrect one.

winterschool · Answer

The growing popularity of at-home movie viewing options seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over overpriced popcorn, cramped seats, and social obligation.

A) seems to indicate consumers’  preference  for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops  over   Incorrect

B)  seems indicative  of the fact that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over  Incorrect

C)  seems to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to   Correct

D)  seem  to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over  Incorrect

E)  seem  to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to  Incorrect

D & E - eliminate, because The growing popularity singular, seem plural

B - idioms error, seems to - correct idioms

A - prefer to correct idioms

Answer C

amit2100 · Answer

Main Sentence: seems (verb - singular) to indicate (that -> not written but present ) consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over overpriced popcorn, cramped seats, and social obligation. Lets dive into sentence crux : The growing popularity ( of netflix and disney +

) seems to indicate that consumer's preference for X, Y and Z over A, B and C. X,Y and Z : things consumer prefer now -> home made snacks, plush couches and laptop A, B and C: things consumer prefer less now -> overpriced popcorn, cramped seats and social obligation. Something inherently -Yes, i think so. Sentence leaves a question unanswered - What happened to customer's preference ? Sentence structure is : (that) Customer's preference of {......} over {..... } -> not clear did it increase / went down ? Or Technically verb is missing in the subordinate clause - joined by an omitted (that). Can sentence be corrected- yes by saying consumer prefer X over Y OR consumer preference of ..... over .... has increased/decreased ... etc. ->>Better than saying consumer's preference of X over Y leaving reder puzzled searching for answer. GMAT sentences are clear and logical in both meaning and grammar. Could not find any other error - hold/reject and find better option! A) seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over Wrong - look for better options. B) seems indicative of the fact that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over "to+Verb" clearly define purpose in A compared to option B. "of the fact' is unnecessarily usage of words. Present tense " Consumer prefer ... " is sufficient to indicate the fact why would we want to use extra words. Eliminate. C) seems to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to Better than A. "that' is introduced to clearly communicate the original idea. I see slight idiom change "prefer to" vs "prefer over" -> i don't have any problems with that. I am not loosing night sleep over usage of prefer to Vs prefer over.

. Definitely better than A. D) seem to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over S-V error introduced. [The growing popularity -> seem) : definite error ; Rest of the sentence seems Ok . I am not loosing night sleep over usage of prefer to Vs prefer over. E) seem to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to S-V error introduced. [The growing popularity -> seem) : definite error ; Rest of the sentence seems Ok . I am not loosing night sleep over usage of prefer to Vs prefer over. So C is our winner for better wording and sentence clarity. Mark C - move on!

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HoneyLemon · Answer

The growing popularity of at-home movie viewing options  seems to indicate consumers’ preference for home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over  overpriced popcorn, cramped seats, and social obligation.

A) seems to indicate  consumers’ preference for  home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops  over

B) seems  indicative of the fact  that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over
 -- Redundant 
 
 C) seems to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to
 
D)  seem  to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops over

E)  seem  to indicate that consumers prefer home-made snacks, plush couches, and laptops to

imo  C 
growing popularity -- Singular so seems will be correct 
prefer to is correct idiom .

moreover indicate is a subjunctive .. 
so .. indicate that X prefer coffee to tea . hence ,  C  is correct choice .

generis · Answer

The official explanation is  here .

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