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 Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject: Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure |
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Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money, even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce distinguished architecture.
(A) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce
(B) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money will produce
(C) even though there is no certainty that the expenditure of money in large sums produces
(D) even though it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produces
(E) though there is no certainty as to the expenditure of money in large sums producing
Official Answer: X |
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 7:59 am Post subject: |
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C
expenditure is singular, needs produces A&B are out.
I dont see a need for producing, E is out
expenditure of money in large sums is correct as opposed to expenditure of larger sums of money in C. Also it is by no means sounds awkward.
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:37 am Post subject: |
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A,B - subject verb agreement (the expenditure .... produce)
D - wordy 'it is by no mean certian' counld be said more precisely 'it is not certain'
E - ungrammatical and does not make sense |
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:47 am Post subject: |
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OA is D but I am not convinced, what is "it" referring to in D.
There is some discussion on this question here - http://gmatclub.com/forum/t49739 |
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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C is the answer in my opinion as well.
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: Re: Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure |
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| netigen wrote: | Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money, even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce distinguished architecture.
(A) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce
(B) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money will produce
(C) even though there is no certainty that the expenditure of money in large sums produces
(D) even though it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produces
(E) though there is no certainty as to the expenditure of money in large sums producing
Official Answer: X |
i'd go with d. (the original post has 'x' as the official answer - is this a mistake?)
reasoning:
* 'it is by no means certain...' is better than 'there is no certainty...' for two reasons:
- first of all, it preserves the original meaning; remember that you have to preserve the original meaning, unless it's absurd. in particular, the original sentence says that 'it is by no means certain': in other words, it is not necessarily certain. choice d preserves the exact wording of the original on this point, so, a fortiori, it preserves the original meaning. choice c, however, is much more extreme than choice d: it states definitively that there is no certainty. you aren't allowed to change the meaning like that.
- also, 'there' is much more questionable than 'it'. here, the 'it' is an accepted english construction, not unlike the 'it' in sentences such as 'it is likely that he'll fail the exam' (a sentence that, hopefully, none of you would criticize). 'there', though, seems to imply some sort of place where we're looking for certainty and not finding it.
* 'expenditure of large sums of money' is clearer, and flows better, than 'expenditure of money in large sums'.
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