Sentence Correction

I think its E.
based on clarity of the sentence.

Answer is (E). 'already' should be followed by a verb

Nobody has given any concrete reason for B to be incorrect. I lacks a few words but I believe that is ellipses. Can anyone please help

Regards,
Vishal

vishal.pathak wrote:Nobody has given any concrete reason for B to be incorrect. I lacks a few words but I believe that is ellipses. Can anyone please help

Regards,
Vishal

The problem with ellipsis is that you should only use it when it is absolutely clear what is being left out. Since B is a conditional statement in form (they should do X if not Y), it is very (very!) important to know what Y is.

Jim@Grockit wrote:

vishal.pathak wrote:Nobody has given any concrete reason for B to be incorrect. I lacks a few words but I believe that is ellipses. Can anyone please help

Regards,
Vishal

The problem with ellipsis is that you should only use it when it is absolutely clear what is being left out. Since B is a conditional statement in form (they should do X if not Y), it is very (very!) important to know what Y is.

Hi Jim,

I get the idea of using ellipsis only when necessary but the other side of the coin is that an option with ellipsis will certainly be less wordy than some other gramatically correct option. So in the test, should we pick an option which has ellipses and conveys the correct meaning or should we pick the other option which is less concise but is gramatically correct.

Regards,
Vishal

Neither principle is true all the time -- the issue is whether it is clear what exactly is left out in the ellipsis. If it is clear, ellipsis gives you a less wordy correct sentence. If it is not clear, it needs to be spelled out.

Pranav calls Priya more than Neera. The ellipsis is leaving out too much, as this could be either Pranav calls Priya more than Neera does OR Pranav calls Priya more than he calls Neera.

rakeshvitta wrote:Can someone explain why E? when there is redundant information in the sentence?

We are taught in Chapter 1 of MGMAT Strategy Guide to look out first for grammar, then meaning, then concision.

In this case, E stamps out ambiguity. Even though it seems longer, it is not redundant. It is essential to clarify meaning.

Having the "they have not already released it" specifies for certain what "they have not already".

manu_136 wrote:

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.

Look at it this way.

The act of letting go aka "releasing" the results is instantaneous. All it takes not to hold the results back is to make an announcement to "release it".

However, PREPARING to release the result or SPREADING the news that the results are being released may take a while. This is not what the question is referring to. The question is referring to the act of releasing which takes fairly quick.

Hope this explanation is clear.

Got my answer. Thanks Jim

(D)

E is the winner

Jim@Grockit wrote:

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.

I, also, fell for D!

I suppose it is then safe to say if we find more than one answer to be acceptable, the simplest one is probably the correct answer.

A and C straight away out, Among B,D and E, E is the best. Good question.

Caught between D and E initially but Will stick with E .

Took 1 min to solve and 15 secs in that just wasted deciding between D and E.

what about ellipses
Can we not say that the "released it" is understood in the options which are incorrect?