The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated

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The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world's capital market are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village -- almost instantaneously.

A) integrated more closely than never before and

B) closely integrated more than ever before so

C) more closely integrated as never before while

D) more closely integrated than ever before and that

E) more than ever before closely integrated as

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Please explain why A is wrong? What is the use of that in OA

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by ceilidh.erickson » Sun Oct 02, 2016 11:56 am
"Than never before" is not idiomatically correct. The correct idiom would be either "than ever before" or "as never before." (Don't ask me why! Idioms are rarely purely logical).

If A had said "ever" rather than "never," it could be correct.

In D, the parallel structure is "the crash demonstrated that _______ and that _________." We have parallel dependent clauses. It would have been perfectly correct without "that," but it's also perfectly correct with it.


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by Needgmat » Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:22 am
ceilidh.erickson wrote:"Than never before" is not idiomatically correct. The correct idiom would be either "than ever before" or "as never before." (Don't ask me why! Idioms are rarely purely logical).

If A had said "ever" rather than "never," it could be correct.

In D, the parallel structure is "the crash demonstrated that _______ and that _________." We have parallel dependent clauses. It would have been perfectly correct without "that," but it's also perfectly correct with it.


Also, please always post your sources whenever you post a question!
Hi Ceilidh ,

Here , two successive THAT clause is workable. If yes then why?

I have read that it is bet to avoid two successive THAT clause.

Please advise.

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by Needgmat » Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:58 pm
Hi Ceilidh ,

Here , two successive THAT clause is workable. If yes then why?

I have read that it is bet to avoid two successive THAT clause.

Please advise.

Many thanks in advance.
Hi Ceilidh ,

Please share your thoughts on this.

Many thanks in advance.

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by ceilidh.erickson » Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:29 am
Needgmat wrote: Hi Ceilidh ,

Here , two successive THAT clause is workable. If yes then why?

I have read that it is bet to avoid two successive THAT clause.

Please advise.

Many thanks in advance.

Kavin
Because grammar is an inexact science, you'll sometimes get differing opinions - even on the GMAT itself!

As far as I have been taught / to my ear, it is perfectly acceptable to use two THAT clauses in a parallel construction. There is no difference that I can discern between the following two sentences:
I believe that you will do well on the GMAT and that you will be successful in business school.
I believe that you will do well on the GMAT and be successful in business school.


When there is no discernible difference, it's generally preferable to go for the more concise sentence. However, that does not make the other one wrong.

Where did you learn this rule? It's possible that it was applicable to a different context. Or perhaps it was simply a question of style (concision), and not an absolute rule.
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by victory » Thu Dec 29, 2016 4:17 am
why b is wrong?
because we need a comma after "so".

pls. explain.

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by Ali Tariq » Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:53 am
no cause and effect relationship between what appears before so and what appears after so.
Therefore, so is inappropriate.
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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Jan 20, 2017 5:35 am
victory wrote:why b is wrong?
B: The markets are closely integrated more than ever before.
Conveyed meaning:
The markets are integrated MORE FREQUENTLY than they were integrated before.
Not the intended meaning.
The intention of the original sentence is to discuss not how frequently the markets are integrated but how CLOSELY they are integrated, as follows:
The markets are MORE CLOSELY integrated than ever before.
Since B distorts the intended meaning, eliminate B.
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