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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 1:48 am    Post subject: Princeton Verbal1 Q33 Reply with quote
Both D and E seem right to me....

can anyone please guide...
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Correct idiom should be regarded as
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
you mean the answer should be C ??

i think C is not grammatically correct.

But why is "Considered" wrong??
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A, E: incorrect idiom, correct idiom is regarded as
B: conisdered to be is wordy. on gmat consider must be used without to be
C: Idiom is correct but use of 'being' makes it wordy.
D: correct and concise

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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
sandeep_chhabra wrote:
you mean the answer should be C ??

i think C is not grammatically correct.

But why is "Considered" wrong??


pure idiom Q

regarded X as Y is the correct idiom

considered X Y is the correct idiom

regarded that, regarded to be, considered to be are wrong

being is almost always wrong on the GMAT
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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
pretty clear now..
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