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by komal » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:11 am
32. Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
E. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices.

OA A
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by fibbonnaci » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:42 am
A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. [correct!]

B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. [ seats are countable. 'less' is used only for uncountable objects]

C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. [ use of past perfect' had' is not required. implies that the stadiums had fewer seats only in the past]

D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. [same error as in B]

E. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices. [same error as in B]
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by VikingWarrior » Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:42 am
I think A might be incorrect because of referral:
The league was lobbying for stadiums with lesser seats
The league was lobbying with lesser seats
stadiums with lesser seats

However that had correctly refers to the immediately preceding noun- stadium
My answer is C
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by sammmu » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:39 pm
Here the issue is that had and with, however that had doesnt refer to the past perfect, it took the past participle of have/has.
However the construction is a bit odd and wordy "" that had"" compare to ""with""

I would prefer the option A.

Also please explain the referral VikingWarrior
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by Giorgio » Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:39 am
fibbonnaci wrote:A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. [correct!]

B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. [ seats are countable. 'less' is used only for uncountable objects]

C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. [ use of past perfect' had' is not required. implies that the stadiums had fewer seats only in the past]

D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. [same error as in B]

E. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices. [same error as in B]
I would choose C !

in A , WITH is unclear
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by gmatmachoman » Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:26 am
komal wrote:32. Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
E. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices.
Contenders over here would be A & C becox of usage of "fewer & lower" ( Countable & Uncountable)

But C has a issue. Usage of past perfect tense..."had fewer seats" is not suitable.

SO pick A
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by Giorgio » Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:57 am
gmatmachoman wrote:
komal wrote:32. Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
E. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices.
Contenders over here would be A & C becox of usage of "fewer & lower" ( Countable & Uncountable)

But C has a issue. Usage of past perfect tense..."had fewer seats" is not suitable.

SO pick A
HAD is not past perfect , it just just past form of VERB TO HAVE
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by prinit » Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:11 am
komal wrote:32. Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
E. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices.
My pick is A.
IMO had is not required here. so C,D,E are out. fewer is appropriate for countable nouns. So A is correct
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by gmat800_ » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:45 am
IMO A

OA??
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by Phirozz » Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:24 am
komal wrote:32. Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
E. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices.
IMO A whats the OA ?
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by reply2spg » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:08 am
It is A
komal wrote:32. Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. - Correct - stadiums with is correct
B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. - Incorrect - less is for uncountable, since we can count seats we need few
C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. - - Incorrect - This changes the meaning. It says stadium had seats to reduce supply and increase prices. This is wrong
D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. - - Incorrect - same as B
E. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices. - - Incorrect - Same as B
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by Giorgio » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:57 pm
I Still think that C is a correct answer!

We need some expert's opinion here
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by mohit11 » Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:45 pm
komal wrote:32. Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

fibbonnaci's explaination is sound.

Cynics CHARGE and not CHARGED ..hence there is only 1 action in the past tense. Hence had is not required. Next since seats are countable, we should use fewer and not less.

A is our Winner and the correct answer.
A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
E. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices.
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by Giorgio » Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:50 pm
GOSH!

Guys are you kidding me ? Where do you see a PAST PERFECT here?
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by mj41 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:55 am
If it said "had had" it would be past perfect tense
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