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by atulmangal » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:07 am
Although improved efficiency in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting consumption.

A. in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting
B. in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and lowering prices, which boost
C. of converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, which boosts
D. of harvested trees being converted into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand, because it will increase supply and lower prices, thereby boosting
E. when harvested trees are converted into wood products may reduce harvest rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and lowering prices, which boost

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by HSPA » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:49 am
improved efficiecny "boosts" consumption ... B and E are out
D is using being converted ... so opt out

btw A and C

A > C in vs of... I chosed 'in'
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by MAAJ » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:10 am
IMO A

...will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting

The use of "which" in answer B is incorrect, it must refer to a noun.

...demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and lowering prices, which boost
atulmangal wrote:Although improved efficiency in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting consumption.

A. in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting
B. in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and lowering prices, which boost
C. of converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, which boosts
D. of harvested trees being converted into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand, because it will increase supply and lower prices, thereby boosting
E. when harvested trees are converted into wood products may reduce harvest rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and lowering prices, which boost

[spoiler]B/w A and B[/spoiler]....some discussion...
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by nafiul9090 » Tue May 24, 2011 5:26 pm
MAAJ wrote:IMO A

...will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting

The use of "which" in answer B is incorrect, it must refer to a noun.

...demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and lowering prices, which boost
atulmangal wrote:Although improved efficiency in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting consumption.

A. in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting
B. in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and lowering prices, which boost
C. of converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, which boosts
D. of harvested trees being converted into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand, because it will increase supply and lower prices, thereby boosting
E. when harvested trees are converted into wood products may reduce harvest rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and lowering prices, which boost

[spoiler]B/w A and B[/spoiler]....some discussion...
hello bro

aren't supply and prices noun in Option B?

i think increasing supply and lowering demand are more logical to boost consumption

correct me if i am wrong

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by only800 » Wed May 25, 2011 8:22 am
Sentence starts with "Although" that means there is a contrast between 1st clause(before comma) and second clause (After comma)
Option B says---> "demand will be stimulated by increasing supply and lowering prices", which does not show clear relation to the cause (improved efficiency) in 1st clause.

Option A clearly establishes that contrast between 1st clause and 2nd clause, by saying that "it (improved efficiency) will stimulate the demand by..."

Therefore I will Go with A.
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by aspirant2011 » Wed May 25, 2011 9:24 am
I would go with A because who will increase the demand?????? and for this we need a subject and in A "it" is acting as that subject........
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by atulmangal » Wed May 25, 2011 9:38 am
Hey guys, i posted this question 2 months back and now i don't remember from where i pick this Q, but on internet everywhere the ans given is Op B, while all the experts believe that the answer has to be Op A...and i also agree with them....

Moreover can someone suggest, is the use of WHICH in Op B is correct or not???

I think, in op B, which refers to...."increasing supply and lowering prices"....so what should we think....that which is referring to a compound subject and hence taking the plural verb "boost"....???? please place your opinion...thanks
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by Frankenstein » Wed May 25, 2011 10:09 am
atulmangal wrote:
I think, in op B, which refers to...."increasing supply and lowering prices"....so what should we think....that which is referring to a compound subject and hence taking the plural verb "boost"....???? please place your opinion...thanks
Hi,
'which' in B can refer to either "increasing supply and lowering prices" or "lowering prices", both being plural subjects and it is in passive voice too. So, A definitely seems better.

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by champmag » Thu May 26, 2011 2:13 am
+1 for A.
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Thu May 26, 2011 2:59 am
B can be eliminated for another reason.

The sentence follows Although X,Y structure where X and Y should be parallel.

so, since X begins with improved efficiency, Y must also begin with someting similar which can be obtained by using pronoun 'it' or synonym for improved efficiency.

Thus this structure is supported by only three options, A, C and D.

B is automatically eliminated.

However, I was stuck between A and C as I was confused with the antecedent of which in option C.

IMO, antecedent of which in C appears to be ' increasing supply and lowering prices' and not only 'lowering prices' because both of them are parallel.

The place where I was stuck was,

whether to consider 'increasing supply and lowering prices' as a clause, which would require singular boosts, or to treat them as plural which requires plural boost due to conjuction coordinator AND.

I think it has to treated as a clause and thus the given option as it is appears fine.

Can someone please help me, where I am going wrong?

Is it that the idiom 'efficieny of' is incorrect????
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by divineacclivity » Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:48 am
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