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cooldude · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:22 am Post subject: 310 307 301 297 293

293. Federal incentives now encourage investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and no demand for new construction.
(A) investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and
(B) capital investment in commercial office buildings, even though vacancy rates in existing structures are exceptionally high and there is
(C) capital to be invested in commercial office buildings even though there are exceptionally high vacancy rates in existing structures with
(D) investing capital in commercial office buildings even though the vacancy rates are exceptionally high in existing structures with
(E) capital investment in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high, and although there is

B IS THE OA BUT WATS WRONG with d?is thr anydifferece in .investing capital and capital investment here?

297. Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college, compared with Canada’s thirty-five percent and Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany’s fifteen percent.
(A) Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college, compared with Canada’s thirty-five percent and Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany’s fifteen percent.
(B) Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college; in Canada it is thirty-five percent and in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany it is fifteen percent.
(C) In the United States, Fifty-two percent of high school graduates go on to college, compared with thirty-five percent in Canada and fifteen percent in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany.
(D) The percentage of high school graduates in the United States who go on to college is fifty-two, compared with Canada’s thirty-five percent, Great Britain’s fifteen, Japan’s fifteen, and West Germany’s fifteen.
(E) The percentage of United States high school graduates going on to college is fifty-two that in Canada is thirty-five, and that in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany is fifteen.

y not b or d?oa is c

310. For some reason the new consultant treats his clients like idiots, talking to them like they were mentally deficient and incapable of understanding more than the simplest ideas.
(A) like idiots, talking to them like they
(B) as if they were idiots, talking to them like they
(C) like idiots, talking to them as if they
(D) as idiots, talking to them like they
(E) like idiots who

y not b?oa is c;how c differs from a?

307. For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.
(A) even if
(B) despite being
(C) even if they are
(D) although they may be
(E) even if remaining

oa is c;but they refers to consumers!!?

301. Following the nutrition board’s advice on salt consumption would mean a virtual end of the use of salt in cooking, an avoidance of obviously salty foods, and reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium.
(A) reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium
(B) reducing the reliance on processed foods containing often hidden but significant amounts of sodium
(C) a reduction of the reliance on processed foods, containing as they do often hidden sodium in significant amounts
(D) a reduced reliance on the significant amounts of hidden sodium often contained in processed foods
(E) a reduced reliance on processed foods that contain significant but often hidden amounts of sodium

wats wrong wth c? Sad

prachipareekh · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:13 am Post subject:

293. D - incorrect -- use of with is incorrect, must be and instead of with.
with seems to incorrectly modify existing structures

prachipareekh · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:32 am Post subject:

297.

B - incorrect - it referring to what? not clear...also it violates parallelism.

D - incorrect - violating parallelism -- further who is referring to what? United states or the percentage

C - correct - use of in maintains parallelism

If still not clear let me know...

800guy · Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:25 am Post subject: Re: 310 307 301 297 293

prachipareekh · Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:34 pm Post subject:

IMO E - parallelism maintained -- a virtual end .. an avoidance.. a reduced reliance

A,B - incorrect - violating parallelism

C - incorrect - awkward as stated by 800 guy.

D - incorrect - changes the meaning - reduced reliance on hidden amounts of sodium

magical cook · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:20 pm Post subject: 1000 SC #293

Hi,

D) is wrong just because if uses "with" to connect no demand? in SC, with no demand, or with no use,,,etc is always wrong??

293. Federal incentives now encourage investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and no demand for new construction.
(A) investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and
(B) capital investment in commercial office buildings, even though vacancy rates in existing structures are exceptionally high and there is
(C) capital to be invested in commercial office buildings even though there are exceptionally high vacancy rates in existing structures with
(D) investing capital in commercial office buildings even though the vacancy rates are exceptionally high in existing structures with
(E) capital investment in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high, and although there is