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by sandeep_thaparianz » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:42 am
Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops, sugar beet and walnut in the region, but
in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.
"¢ Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops, sugar beet and walnut in the region, but
in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.
"¢ Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region, but
in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.
"¢ Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region, but
more effective pest-control methods that were introduced in the 1880s saved the citrus
industry.
"¢ In the 1880s, pests destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the
region and more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.
"¢ In the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry from what was
destroying grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region.

OA is B
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by thestartupguy » Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:44 am
sandeep_thaparianz wrote:Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops, sugar beet and walnut in the region, but
in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.
"¢ Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops, sugar beet and walnut in the region, but
in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.
"¢ Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region, but
in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.
"¢ Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region, but
more effective pest-control methods that were introduced in the 1880s saved the citrus
industry.
"¢ In the 1880s, pests destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the
region and more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.
"¢ In the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry from what was
destroying grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region.

OA is B
[spoiler]Question is y C is wrong?[/spoiler]
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:01 am
sandeep_thaparianz wrote:
OA is B
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C changes the meaning a bit. In the original and in B, we know that more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry in the 1880s.

C says that those methods were introduced in the 1880s.
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by pallav.gmat » Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:23 am
I choose B over A as 'walnut crops' makes more sense than just 'walnut'.
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:27 pm
pallav.gmat wrote:I choose B over A as 'walnut crops' makes more sense than just 'walnut'.
Right. By putting crops with walnut in the middle of the list, it makes it sounds like only walnuts are considered crop. By including it at the end of the list, it makes it clear that everything listed is a crop.
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by spartacus1412 » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:38 am
Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region, but
in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.


Doesn't this convey the meaning that only walnuts are crops and the rest are not.

the correct sentence should have been crops of grape,celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut

Please suggest
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:38 am
spartacus1412 wrote:Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region, but
in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.


Doesn't this convey the meaning that only walnuts are crops and the rest are not.

the correct sentence should have been crops of grape,celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut

Please suggest
Grape, celery chili pepper, sugar beet, and walnut are all used as adjectives to describe crops.
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