With cloning technology, researchers are approaching what

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With cloning technology, researchers are approaching what has long been the ultimate goal of modern botany:  achieving an exactness of quality and appearance in hothouse plants as once thought to be  limited to manufactured items. 
 
(A) achieving an exactness of quality and appearance in hothouse plants as once thought to be 
(B) achieving hothouse plants with an exactness of quality and appearance as were once thought of as 
(C) achieving in hothouse plants an exactness of quality and appearance that was once thought to be 
(D) achievement of hothouse plants whose exactness of quality and appearance are the same as what were once thought to be
(E) achievement of hothouse plants at an exactness of quality and appearance once thought of as

MA · Answer

Go with C. the second clause is independent, so it should be complete.

(C) achieving in hothouse plants an exactness of quality and appearance that was once thought to be

banerjeea_98 · Answer

shud be "A"......MA , u have the rule reversed. Anything preceding : shud be an IC and anything succeeding shud be DC. Moreover, "C" is illogical...one can't be  achieving in hothouse plants

saurabhmalpani · Answer

Could you please elaborate on the rule stated above. 

The Ans A is clear. All other choices are inappropriate.


D/E are out because of "achievement of" sounds as if the plans have achieved something.

Between A/B/C

C: achieving in is absurd.

B: "as were once thought of as " I don't what what is means but is wrong fo sure

A: best of out the lot!

dobb · Answer

(C) seems to be rite as MA ritely pointed out.

OA please?

ywilfred · Answer

With cloning technology, researchers are approaching what has long been the ultimate goal of modern botany: achieving an exactness of quality and appearance in hothouse plants as once thought to be limited to manufactured items.

(A) achieving an exactness of quality and appearance in hothouse plants as once thought to be
- as once thought to be is not idiomatic

(B) achieving hothouse plants with an exactness of quality and appearance as were once thought of as
- same problem as A

(C) achieving in hothouse plants an exactness of quality and appearance that was once thought to be
- I'll take C. achieve the quality in a certain prodcut (hothouse plant) and 'that was once thought to be' is the correct way to phrase the sentence

(D) achievement of hothouse plants whose exactness of quality and appearance are the same as what were once thought to be
- achievement of hothouse plants changes the meaning

(E) achievement of hothouse plants at an exactness of quality and appearance once thought of as
- achievement of hothouse plants changes the meaning


C it is

rthothad · Answer

I will go with C
'as once thought to be ' in A is not idiomatic

saurabhmalpani · Answer

why am I oscillating between C/A. I guess this is what happens when one is out of touch.

well after I re-read the question on my 2nd thoughts that C is better than A. Let's disect this question:

A) achieving an exactness of quality and appearance  in  hothouse plants as once thought to be 


It reads as if plants were limited to bla bla ...

(C) achieving in hothouse plants an exactness of quality and appearance that was once thought to be 

IN doesn't sound too good to ear but the clause introduce by THAT seems to convey the correct meaning.

So i guess C is better but still wuuld wait for OA.

banerjeea_98 · Answer

In "C"..."that" shud refer to "appearance"....if that's true that how can "C" make sense....

saurabhmalpani · Answer

banerjee we fell into the classic trap!

have you done the "Antique MARKET" Question from OG?
I don't have the OG handy else wud have told you the question number,

her "THAT" doesn't refer to appearance but it refers the exactness.

I HTH 

Saurabh Malpani

Supercat · Answer

I really got to quit posting so much, but this is kind of addicitive and I have some free time... The correct answer will be (C). There is nothing wrong with "achieving in". Here's what's going on: verb : achieving object of verb : an exactness ... achieving an exactness ... where is this "achieving" happening? -- in hothouse plants (a prepositional phrase acting as an adverb) ... achieving (in hothouse plants) an exactness ... tell us more about that exactness : OK ... that was once though to be limited to manufactured items. And so (C) is correct... achieving in hothouse plants an exactness of quality and appearance that was once thought to be ... I hope it's clear that that as used above in (C) makes good sense. The usage in (A) of as instead of that was is -- the magic word again -- unidiomatic. Meow :twisted:

MA · Answer

supercat(:twisted:), you are super. therefore, pls do keep on posting so much. 8-)

MA · Answer

thanx banerjee. i thought : is semicolon. i will note it.

GMATT73 · Answer

MA had it right all along. OA is C!

With cloning technology, researchers are approaching what

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