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MGMAT que: problem

by confuse mind » Mon May 21, 2012 9:38 pm
Despite an expensive publicity campaign, ticket sales for the new play were poor enough that it closed only after two weeks.


poor enough that it closed only after two weeks

poor enough that it was closed after only two weeks

so poor that it closed only after two weeks

so poor that it closed after only two weeks

so poor that only after two weeks it closed


Problems:
1. All the choices contain the pronoun 'it', which I feel does not have an unambiguous antecedent
2. Secondly, it should be in passive - play does not close itself, it is closed by someone.
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by avik.ch » Mon May 21, 2012 9:53 pm
Are you sure this is a MGMAT problem? None of the choices seems correct.
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by ice_rush » Mon May 21, 2012 10:24 pm
(D) seems fine.
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by lunarpower » Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:37 am
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confuse mind wrote:1. All the choices contain the pronoun 'it', which I feel does not have an unambiguous antecedent
it's clear from context that "it" refers to the play.

yes, there's another singular noun in the sentence, but that's not a problem if the context makes it clear which noun is the actual antecedent. (in other words, the presence of a singular pronoun doesn't require you to obliterate every other singular noun in the whole sentence; it only requires you to have a sentence in which the antecedent is clear.)
2. Secondly, it should be in passive - play does not close itself, it is closed by someone.
right, but "close" can also be used in this sort of way. for instance, it's ok to say that a grocery store closes at 10:00 p.m.
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by jimmyjimmy » Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:02 am
betwn C and D , IMO C

have observed to put words like "only" as early as possible,.,.
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by sandeep_thaparianz » Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:36 am
Confused between b and d. What is the OA
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by ice_rush » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:53 pm
(D) should be correct.
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by Gaurav 2013-fall » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:59 pm
I marked C since it sounded better than D. Please post the OA.
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by kenny_kar » Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:52 pm
Looks like the OA is D.
See this:
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/des ... 11002.html
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by lunarpower » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:38 pm
Gaurav 2013-fall wrote:I marked C since it sounded better than D. Please post the OA.
two things very, very wrong here:

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if you are not a native speaker of english, you won't be able to judge "what sounds good".

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what "sounds good" is irrelevant; this is a test of written english, not a test of spoken english.

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in any case, the different between "after only X amount of time" and "only after X amount of time" is huge.
* in the first of these, "only" is placed directly in front of the time interval -- signaling that the time interval is unusually short, or shorter than expected.
* in the second, "only" is placed in front of "AFTER time x" -- thus indicating that something happens only after this much time has elapsed, i.e., implying that the time interval is unusually or unexpectedly long.

for instance:
James quit studying for the gmat after only 10 minutes
--> implies that 10 minutes is an awfully short time to study for the test.
but...
julie hung up the phone only after 10 minutes of hearing it ring and ring.
--> implies that 10 minutes is an awfully long time to listen to an unanswered call ring before hanging up.
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by mv12 » Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:32 am
D should be the key.
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