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by vivek.kapoor83 » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:08 am
The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it directly with an ichana (dream) experience.
(A) contact with it directly with
(B) direct contact with it by way of
(C) contact with the latter directly through
(D) direct contact with the latter by means of
(E) contact directly with the mystical level due to
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by parallel_chase » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:16 am
Once you read all the options, you would easily know that "it" is ambiguous

Eliminate A and B

We need direct and not directly

in other words we need an adjective instead of an adverb

Eliminate C & E

Hence D.

In D - by the means of - though correct but awkward.

OA?
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by iamcste » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:31 am
Vivek,

Could you be kind enought to underline the sentences

Everyone desires to save effort. However, creating more effort for others is no good.

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by raunekk » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:34 am
as parallel chase has mentioned ... the contact is direct(thus we need an adjective)


imo:D...

but D is still awkward as often i have seen "by means of" considered wordy in gmat!!


is this question from 1000Sc??? if yes ..better ignore it!!!
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:19 am
imcast : i ll do that from next time.
Raunek ; ya, it is from 1000sc.i also picked D.but wasnt sure of reasoning. i also picked D, as explained by chase.
but just wanted to know...here...contact is working as Noun ....m i rite.
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by ronniecoleman » Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:51 am
IMO D

The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it directly with an ichana (dream) experience.
(A) contact with it directly with
it referent ?

(B) direct contact with it by way of
it referent ?
(C) contact with the latter directly through

changes the meaning << placement of directly is important
(D) direct contact with the latter by means of

Correct
(E) contact directly with the mystical level due to

awkward..
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by ronniecoleman » Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:57 am
parallel_chase wrote:Once you read all the options, you would easily know that "it" is ambiguous

Eliminate A and B

We need direct and not directly

in other words we need an adjective instead of an adverb

Eliminate C & E

Hence D.

In D - by the means of - though correct but awkward.

OA?
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one quick question:

i have a direct contact with you. adjective
i contracted him directly.. adverb

i am going right ???

help appreciated !!
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by parallel_chase » Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:13 pm
ronniecoleman wrote:
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one quick question:

i have a direct contact with you. adjective
i contracted him directly.. adverb

i am going right ???

help appreciated !!
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by russland » Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:10 pm
As written in this post, c) should be correct.
However, during my test, I didn't even consider c) because it stated contact with the last directly through.

So, incorrectly copied answer-choices cause a lot of confusion.

I personally had to choose between b and d.

The OA is d.
vivek.kapoor83 wrote: The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it directly with an ichana (dream) experience.
(A) contact with it directly with
(B) direct contact with it by way of
(C) contact with the latter directly through
(D) direct contact with the latter by means of
(E) contact directly with the mystical level due to
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by tanviet » Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:21 pm
alway check grammar before check meaning logic, or you die

lest check grammar

"it" is ambiguous. A, B out

"due to" to say about reason, not vehicle. E out

lets check meaning logic

"directly" modify "have" . This is not logic. C out
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