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by geet » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:57 pm
Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobilePhones are increasingly common, many people now using their mobile phones to make calls across a wide region at night and on weekends, when numerousWireless companies provide unlimited airtime for a relatively small monthly fee.

A. Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as
Mobile phones are increasingly common, many people.
B. As the cost of wireless service plummeted in the last year and as mobile
Phones became increasingly common, many people.
C. In the last year, with the cost of wireless service plummeting, and mobile
Phones have become increasingly common, there are many people.
D. With the cost of wireless service plummeting in the last year and mobile
Phones becoming increasingly common, many people are
E. While the cost of wireless service has plummeted in the last year and
Mobile phones are increasingly common, many people are.
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by pandeyvineet24 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:51 pm
IMO D

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by umaa » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:07 pm
IMO E.

A and B are wrong. Because, "many people now using.." is wrong. It should be "Many people ARE now using"

C - Ambiguous

D - "With the cost of wireless service plummeting in the last year and WITH mobile Phones becoming increasingly common" - Parallelism; With the cost of .... AND WITH mobile phones...

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by Sher1 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:41 pm
E is wrong because "while" introduces contrast which is not correct in the context of the sentence.

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by madhur_ahuja » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:41 pm
IMO D

E is wrong because it is showing contrast with the use of while. There is no contrast in the sentence.

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by ashaydesai » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:42 pm
IMO D

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by umaa » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:14 pm
You are right. E is wrong. D is correct.

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by Domnu » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:14 pm
I agree with D. E can't be the answer because of "while."
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by geet » Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:12 am
OA given is E

here while is rightly used because of contrast ----> "as costs have plummeted last year but still people made calls on night or weekends when companies provide unlimited airtime for a relatively small monthly fee".

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by edwardyong » Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:38 pm
I believe the OA is D

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by harshavardhanc » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:51 am
moreover, I think 'are increasingly common' in E is incorrect.The adverb 'increasingly' correctly modifies the verb 'becoming' in D. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Oh....IMO D :)
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by pink_08 » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:48 pm
In D)

D. With the cost of wireless service plummeting in the last year and mobile
Phones becoming increasingly common, many people are


Should n't participle "plummeting" be in the past tense, bcos of last year ???

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by vibhutirs » Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:12 am
It should be D

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by allfta » Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:53 pm
hh. cute answers.

It is definitely E