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Topic: Gas hydrates
PostFri Sep 19, 2008 6:12 am Reply with quote
Gas hydrates, chemical compounds of water and natural gas, are increasingly being studied for their potential to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and significant contributors to global warming.

A. to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and
B. to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and even as
C. as huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and
D. as huge reservoirs of energy, and the possible cause of sea floor instability,
E. as huge reservoirs of energy, as possible causes of sea floor instability, and even as

Please also explain your reasoning.
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PostFri Sep 19, 2008 6:57 am Reply with quote
I think E is the Answer
E maintains parallelism

as huge || as possible cause || as significant

At last point, other options are not making sense.
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PostFri Sep 19, 2008 7:18 am Reply with quote
on first look i would have marked E as the answer - for parallelism.
but according to manhattan sc guide - "potential to" is the correct idiom.

hence IMO B.


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PostFri Sep 19, 2008 8:53 am Reply with quote
damn IDIOMS! aaaarrgghhhhh!
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PostFri Sep 19, 2008 9:36 am Reply with quote
IMO E. What is the OA ?
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PostFri Sep 19, 2008 12:36 pm Reply with quote
Mani_mba wrote:
IMO E. What is the OA ?
Should be E.
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PostSat Sep 20, 2008 3:36 am Reply with quote
Hi guys......i checked on many sites........

Both potential to be .......and potential as ....are correct..........

Verbal instructors please explain which one of the two should we use in this context....... and also pls explain the rest of the sentence.......

annakool1009 wrote:
Gas hydrates, chemical compounds of water and natural gas, are increasingly being studied for their potential to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and significant contributors to global warming.

A. to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and
B. to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and even as
C. as huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and
D. as huge reservoirs of energy, and the possible cause of sea floor instability,
E. as huge reservoirs of energy, as possible causes of sea floor instability, and even as

Please also explain your reasoning.
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PostTue Nov 03, 2009 7:47 pm Reply with quote
Any thoughts. IMO E coz of parallelism.

which idiom is correct

potential to be or

potential as
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PostTue Nov 03, 2009 7:58 pm Reply with quote
mastbombay wrote:
Hi guys......i checked on many sites........

Both potential to be .......and potential as ....are correct..........

Verbal instructors please explain which one of the two should we use in this context....... and also pls explain the rest of the sentence.......
Potential to [verb], potential as [noun]. Both are correct idioms, given the verb "be" with "potential to" or the noun clause "huge source of energy" with "potential as"

Everything boils down to parallelism; (E) is the only answer choice where all three elements of the list are parallel "As huge sources....as possible causes...as significant contributors"

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