Unlike other Mayan cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
a. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities
b. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
c. the commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
d. Cancun seemed to be using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
e. Cancun seems to have used its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
[spoiler]OA: E[/spoiler]
Edited by Gmat_perfect due to wrong in the correct option.
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IMO E:
A, B, C out : wrong comparison with cities
tough fight between D and E
D : wrong
(i) wrong tense
seemed to be using : past tense,
(ii) in becoming' in E
vs 'to become' in D
'to become' is better.
(iii) which can not refer back to Cancun in D
A, B, C out : wrong comparison with cities
tough fight between D and E
D : wrong
(i) wrong tense
seemed to be using : past tense,
(ii) in becoming' in E
vs 'to become' in D
'to become' is better.
(iii) which can not refer back to Cancun in D
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Actually both the choice are looking ambiguous with the sentencesumanr84 wrote:Is it Cancun's or Cancun in option D and E ??
If it is Cancun's (plural) , then you cannot use its .
If it is Cancun(singular), then you can't compare it with the cities(plural).
So ignoring this issue, I selected E.
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Cancun's is Plural or Possessive ?? It's not Cancuns (plural) but Cancun's(possessive) - help me clarify this first..
Also, we have seems to have in E, meaning we are taking Cancun's as singular right.
Also, we have seems to have in E, meaning we are taking Cancun's as singular right.
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straight away A, B and C are out. D is out because of idiom. 'Using in' is wrong. 'Used to' is correct
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
gmat_perfect wrote:Unlike other Mayan cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
a. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities
b. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
c. the commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
d. Cancun seemed to be using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
e. Cancun seems to have used its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
[spoiler]OA: E[/spoiler]
Edited by Gmat_perfect due to wrong in the correct option.
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In my opinion this is a wrong SC question.
First of all, we have to compare Mayan cities with Cancun cities.
(A), (B) & (C) We compare the Mayan cities with Cancun's commercial power
(D) and (E) We compare the Mayan cities with Cancun.
Am I wrong?
Thanks.
First of all, we have to compare Mayan cities with Cancun cities.
(A), (B) & (C) We compare the Mayan cities with Cancun's commercial power
(D) and (E) We compare the Mayan cities with Cancun.
Am I wrong?
Thanks.
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Hi Lavinia,lavinia wrote:In my opinion this is a wrong SC question.
First of all, we have to compare Mayan cities with Cancun cities.
(A), (B) & (C) We compare the Mayan cities with Cancun's commercial power
(D) and (E) We compare the Mayan cities with Cancun.
Am I wrong?
Thanks.
Start of the sentence says "Unlike Other Mayan Cities". From this I understand that Cancun is also a Mayan City.
But, unlike others it has XYZ.
So the comparison looks fine. We are comparing cities of Mayan with Cancun(A city of Mayan)
Hope this helps!!
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I see. So, we can eliminate right away A,B, and C because of the wrong comparision.
In this situation, E is correct because "to become" expresses correctly the purpose of the " Cancun seems to have used its strategic position", instead of "in becoming", which is wordy.
Thanks kvcpk!
In this situation, E is correct because "to become" expresses correctly the purpose of the " Cancun seems to have used its strategic position", instead of "in becoming", which is wordy.
Thanks kvcpk!
kvcpk wrote:Hi Lavinia,lavinia wrote:In my opinion this is a wrong SC question.
First of all, we have to compare Mayan cities with Cancun cities.
(A), (B) & (C) We compare the Mayan cities with Cancun's commercial power
(D) and (E) We compare the Mayan cities with Cancun.
Am I wrong?
Thanks.
Start of the sentence says "Unlike Other Mayan Cities". From this I understand that Cancun is also a Mayan City.
But, unlike others it has XYZ.
So the comparison looks fine. We are comparing cities of Mayan with Cancun(A city of Mayan)
Hope this helps!!
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In above sentence, the marker 'Unlike' signals a comparison to follow. Something is being compared with Mayan cities. It definitely cannot be commercial power, so Option A, B, C are incorrect. Between Option D & E, the modifier starting with relative pronoun 'which' uses verb 'was' to refer to 'highlands. i.e. a SV error. Moreover it states a continuous event whereas the context of sentence implies an event that happened in past.gmat_perfect wrote:Unlike other Mayan cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
a. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities
b. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
c. the commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
d. Cancun seemed to be using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
e. Cancun seems to have used its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
[spoiler]OA: E[/spoiler]
Edited by Gmat_perfect due to wrong in the correct option.
I hope that should clarify your doubts.
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Which can refer to preceding NOUN or NOUN PHRASE...here in Op D, i think WHICH is referring to "foot of the highlands" which is singular so saying this that Op D is incorrect because there is a sub-verb agreement error in this op is wrong....what's exactly wrong with Op D????RACHVIK wrote:In above sentence, the marker 'Unlike' signals a comparison to follow. Something is being compared with Mayan cities. It definitely cannot be commercial power, so Option A, B, C are incorrect. Between Option D & E, the modifier starting with relative pronoun 'which' uses verb 'was' to refer to 'highlands. i.e. a SV error. Moreover it states a continuous event whereas the context of sentence implies an event that happened in past.gmat_perfect wrote:Unlike other Mayan cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
a. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities
b. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
c. the commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
d. Cancun seemed to be using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
e. Cancun seems to have used its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
[spoiler]OA: E[/spoiler]
Edited by Gmat_perfect due to wrong in the correct option.
I hope that should clarify your doubts.
Secondly, how these parts "seemed to be using" and "seems to have used" is creating a difference in the intended meaning. I understand that in Op E use of infinitive is better as it showing intention. but, what actually Op D means??? is there any other error apart from meaning in Op D
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Hi Atul,atulmangal wrote:Which can refer to preceding NOUN or NOUN PHRASE...here in Op D, i think WHICH is referring to "foot of the highlands" which is singular so saying this that Op D is incorrect because there is a sub-verb agreement error in this op is wrong....what's exactly wrong with Op D????RACHVIK wrote:In above sentence, the marker 'Unlike' signals a comparison to follow. Something is being compared with Mayan cities. It definitely cannot be commercial power, so Option A, B, C are incorrect. Between Option D & E, the modifier starting with relative pronoun 'which' uses verb 'was' to refer to 'highlands. i.e. a SV error. Moreover it states a continuous event whereas the context of sentence implies an event that happened in past.gmat_perfect wrote:Unlike other Mayan cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
a. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities
b. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
c. the commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.
d. Cancun seemed to be using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
e. Cancun seems to have used its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
[spoiler]OA: E[/spoiler]
Edited by Gmat_perfect due to wrong in the correct option.
I hope that should clarify your doubts.
Secondly, how these parts "seemed to be using" and "seems to have used" is creating a difference in the intended meaning. I understand that in Op E use of infinitive is better as it showing intention. but, what actually Op D means??? is there any other error apart from meaning in Op D
If you see D option carefully then in the latter part it says "in becoming xxxxx" and this seems to wrongly point to foot of highlands rather to Cancun therefore D is wrong
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We have to compare cities with cities. Therefore we can directly eliminate options A to C
Option D has tense issue. We are talking about something which occurred in past.
Option E is the best choice
IMO E
Option D has tense issue. We are talking about something which occurred in past.
Option E is the best choice
IMO E
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Imo E. comparison has to be between the two cities.
A, B and C compare Mayan cities with Concun's commercial power, so they are wrong.
D tense has a problem/ also, using... in becoming, is not a good construct.
E is the best choice.
A, B and C compare Mayan cities with Concun's commercial power, so they are wrong.
D tense has a problem/ also, using... in becoming, is not a good construct.
E is the best choice.