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After adequate deliberation, the council can see scarcely any valid reason for its reviewing the request.

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b)cannot see scarcely any valid reason for its
c)can see any valid reason scarcely for its
d)can see scarcely any valid reason for it's
e)can scarcely see any valid reason for it's

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After adequate deliberation, the council can see scarcely any valid reason for its reviewing the request.

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b)cannot see scarcely any valid reason for its
c)can see any valid reason scarcely for its
d)can see scarcely any valid reason for it's
e)can scarcely see any valid reason for it's

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I think it's between A and E. "its" in A is better than "it's" in E, but "scarcely" is better placed in E than in A. I think this is not a GMAT quality question.
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After adequate deliberation, the council can see scarcely 23 May 2005, 13:31
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E)..."reviewing" is treated as a verb and not as a noun in this case. so A), B) and C) are out. b/w E) and D) i choose E).
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A.

D and E, I think are wrong because of "it's". The usage of "its" is correct. The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have no apostrophe. B - changes the meaning; C - scarcely used wrongly
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E)..."reviewing" is treated as a verb and not as a noun in this case. so A), B) and C) are out. b/w E) and D) i choose E).
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Chris, if "reviewing" is treated as a verb, it will be" for it is reviewing...?", Isn't it sounds so weird?
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it's is a contactual form of "it is" and hence not suited in this sentence. A seems good enough.
What if there was another option like this one "can scarcely see any valid reason for its", would it be better than the original, or do both convey the same meaning? I know for sure "can see any valid reason scarcely" is definetely wrong because it changes the meaning.
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I think place Adv. in front of verb is more common in English.

eg. "I hardly see" is better than "I see hardly".
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E)..."reviewing" is treated as a verb and not as a noun in this case. so A), B) and C) are out. b/w E) and D) i choose E).

Chris, if "reviewing" is treated as a verb, it will be" for it is reviewing...?", Isn't it sounds so weird?
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but isnt "it is" = "it`s" ? i thought that "reviewing" to be a noun an "of" must be placed after it ? "its reviewing of the request" ?
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After adequate deliberation, the council can see scarcely any valid reason for its reviewing the request.

a)
b)cannot see scarcely any valid reason for its
c)can see any valid reason scarcely for its
d)can see scarcely any valid reason for it's
e)can scarcely see any valid reason for it's

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this is already discussed and deemed to be a bad question:
https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=15250

Doloris:- I suggest that you refrain from using Barron's for your prep. There is a lot of better material which you can use for practice!



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