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by arora007 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:17 am
manu_136 wrote:Hi everyone,

I have eliminated the answer choice E in my initial screening as I thought the part "released it" towards the end is redundant.

Also, I fell for D. Is there anything grammatically incorrect about D or is it just one of those sentences we hear a lot but not considered correct as a part of the GMAT?

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D is wrong because of the verb form as well. The continuous form of verbs (in this case, "be releasing") suggests and action that takes a while to finish.

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by manu_136 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:25 am
Manoj read what dana has written...

D is wrong because of the verb form as well. The continuous form of verbs (in this case, "be releasing") suggests and action that takes a while to finish.
I did and I don't see why it is incorrect. How can we make an assumption that the process of releasing the result is an instant operation? It could be an hour-long or a day-long process.
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by arora007 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:34 am
well.. i read somewhere what DanaJ had written... it would be absurd to assume something like this...
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by cnseetharaman » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:46 am
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Manoj read what dana has written...

D is wrong because of the verb form as well. The continuous form of verbs (in this case, "be releasing") suggests and action that takes a while to finish.
I did and I don't see why it is incorrect. How can we make an assumption that the process of releasing the result is an instant operation? It could be an hour-long or a day-long process.
D. be releasing the result tomorrow morning, if they have not already.
E. release the result tomorrow morning, if they have not already released it.

I think it this way..

Always keep things simple. 'Be releasing' in option D is more complex than "release' in option E. Moreover the message about what 'already' indicates is clear in option E.
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by sayanchakravarty » Sun May 29, 2011 12:58 am
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by [email protected] » Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:28 pm
whose answer is reliable? too many answers.....Is that the correct answer is E?
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by eubschoolasp » Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:02 am
DanaJ wrote:Good job guys! You nailed it! E is indeed the correct answer. Here's my explanation adapted from the official Beat The GMAT Practice Questions one:

A, C and D can all be crossed off because we don't know what they "have not already" done. They have not already done what? They must have done something, but what is that something? That's why we definitely need the verb here. Some other reasons to eliminate C and D:

C features the present perfect form "have released" which indicates a past action. This is definitely wrong here because we have "tomorrow", which clearly points to a future action

D is wrong because of the verb form as well. The continuous form of verbs (in this case, "be releasing") suggests and action that takes a while to finish. When you say "I'm reading a book", it means it's taking you a bit of time to do that. If you say "I open my eyes to see the sunrise", opening your eyes takes just a split second. In our particular case, releasing the information does not take ages to complete: you click "send" on the "press release" button and that's it! :)

E is the correct answer here because it uses both the correct verb form and the verb after the comma, as many of you pointed out. I particularly liked FightWithGMAT's explanation, so kudos to you!
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As much as i'm trying to believe the reasoning for not choosing D, i really can't find any fault with it. I mean, wouldn't it be really presumptive of us to consider that this action is a quick one? And then by placing 'if not already' after the sentence, don't you think it becomes clear as to what already? I couldn't convince myself to not consider D. If anything, although being grammatically correct, placing 'released it' at the end of E only makes it redundant. And i remember one of the tips to avoid redundancy. Your take?
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by vikram4689 » Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:56 am
I think we have one simple way to solve this:
IN if..then.. constructions both parts are clauses, so only E
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by cmmancin » Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:33 am
E is my selection.
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by MM_Ed » Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:52 pm
E for sure.
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by rakeshvitta » Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:26 am
Can someone explain why E? when there is redundant information in the sentence?
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by emf_jay » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:12 am
nice Q..
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by astvansh » Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:05 am
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by chinguyen1210 » Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:17 pm
Option E
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:50 pm
DanaJ wrote:Source: Beat The GMAT Practice Questions

Election officials should release the result tomorrow morning, if they have not already.

A. release the result tomorrow morning, if they have not already.
B. release the result tomorrow morning, if not already.
C. have released the result tomorrow morning, if they have not already.
D. be releasing the result tomorrow morning, if they have not already.
E. release the result tomorrow morning, if they have not already released it.

OA after some discussion.
D adds extra words, but I do want to point out that this progressive-aspect construction is totally acceptable in English. The GMAT still hates extra words, though.
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