Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may
Why E is wrong whereas C is correct? Anyone helps me out? Thanks
Responding to the public's fascination
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E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may
"likelihood" implies "maybe"
By using "maybe" with "likelihood" is redundant.
"likelihood" implies "maybe"
By using "maybe" with "likelihood" is redundant.
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Quite confusing, why do you think Oa is reliable. this is one of the set Q i think...oa is controversial....gmatpanda wrote:Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may
Why E is wrong whereas C is correct? Anyone helps me out? Thanks
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maihuna wrote:Quite confusing, why do you think Oa is reliable. this is one of the set Q i think...oa is controversial....gmatpanda wrote:Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may
Why E is wrong whereas C is correct? Anyone helps me out? Thanks
I agree with Maihuna!
E seems to sound better than C
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check the grammar error before check meaning logic
there is not clear grammar error
check meaning logic
doing phrase must refers logically to the word immediately preceding comma. A and B is out because "scale' can not responding
in E, "likelihood of comet" is meaningless. we cut off "that ....clause" which refer to "comet" and see this meaninglessness
in D, "for rating" is not correct on gmat land. gmat prefer "to rate"
there is not clear grammar error
check meaning logic
doing phrase must refers logically to the word immediately preceding comma. A and B is out because "scale' can not responding
in E, "likelihood of comet" is meaningless. we cut off "that ....clause" which refer to "comet" and see this meaninglessness
in D, "for rating" is not correct on gmat land. gmat prefer "to rate"
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E is wrong, because "likelihood" and "may" give the same meaning. But I don't really understand how C is correct. Where is the verb for WILL BE? Do you think "will be to collid" is correct?gmatpanda wrote:Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may
Why E is wrong whereas C is correct? Anyone helps me out? Thanks
Thats why I chose D as its not bad when comparing other answer choices. Any thoughts guys?
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Theory and Application#01:gmatpanda wrote:Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may
Why E is wrong whereas C is correct? Anyone helps me out? Thanks
Responding to XX, YY---> Responding to XX modifies YY. So, the options A and B are out for using scale in place of YY.
Theory#02:
That refers to the immediate preceding noun.
Example:
I have a book that is on GMAT math.
I have a formula that solves many hard GMAT problems.
=> here the formula itself solves the problems. Does it make sense?
Rather I should say:
I have a formula that I use to solve hard GMAT problems.
=> This eliminates the option E because it means that the scale itself is rating.
Theory#03:
-->for rating is less preferred than "to rate".
---> "Rate how likely something will happen" is preferred to "rate the likelihood that something will happen".
---> Rate the likelihood of something is more commonly used than "rate the likelihood that something will happen".
=> For these reasons D is NOT correct.
Answer is C.
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Ron says Dtomada wrote:One more vote for 'D'.
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A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may
PROBLEM: "Responding to..." is a participial phrase modifying a noun, so the noun has to come right after the comma. The astronomers responded, not the scale.
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
PROBLEM: Same as above.
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
PROBLEM: You can't say "likely...will be to". It's gibberish. Your ear would recognize that if there weren't all those words in between, confusing things. Try a short example. You should always be able to replace "likely" with "probably".
My program determines how likely you will be to love me.
My program determines how probably you will be to love me...MAKES NO SENSE!
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may
PROBLEM: You can't have a likelihood of something that may happen. It's the likelihood that something WILL happen.
PROBLEM: "Responding to..." is a participial phrase modifying a noun, so the noun has to come right after the comma. The astronomers responded, not the scale.
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
PROBLEM: Same as above.
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
PROBLEM: You can't say "likely...will be to". It's gibberish. Your ear would recognize that if there weren't all those words in between, confusing things. Try a short example. You should always be able to replace "likely" with "probably".
My program determines how likely you will be to love me.
My program determines how probably you will be to love me...MAKES NO SENSE!
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may
PROBLEM: You can't have a likelihood of something that may happen. It's the likelihood that something WILL happen.
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I was wondering if there is a problem with the meaning of choices A, B and E since a scale cannot rate on its own (a scale is an inanimate object). An astronomer has to use the scale to rate. Am I right or wrong in thinking that way?Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may
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I would not apply this line of reasoning.TheGraduate wrote:I was wondering if there is a problem with the meaning of choices A, B and E since a scale cannot rate on its own (a scale is an inanimate object). An astronomer has to use the scale to rate. Am I right or wrong in thinking that way?
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An OA in GMATPrep:
an intensive series of experiments investigating changes in working conditions.
Here, it is considered correct to say that EXPERIMENTS are INVESTIGATING.
Similarly, the GMAT might consider it acceptable to say that a SCALE RATES the likelihood.
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However, isn't there is a difference between "...developed a scale rating the likelihood" and "scale rates the likelihood" since the scale itself seems to rate the likelihood in the latter?GMATGuruNY wrote:I would not apply this line of reasoning.TheGraduate wrote:I was wondering if there is a problem with the meaning of choices A, B and E since a scale cannot rate on its own (a scale is an inanimate object). An astronomer has to use the scale to rate. Am I right or wrong in thinking that way?
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An OA in GMATPrep:
an intensive series of experiments investigating changes in working conditions.
Here, it is considered correct to say that EXPERIMENTS are INVESTIGATING.
Similarly, the GMAT might consider it acceptable to say that a SCALE RATES the likelihood.