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by doclkk » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:51 am
Although energy prices have tripled in the United States over the last two years, research indicates few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making fuel efficiency a priority when shopping for cars.

A. few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making
B. few people having significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made
C. that there are few people who have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor having made
D. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do and are not making
E. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made

OA: E

This is something I still get tripped up over. When do you use, "that"

So, should it be, I asserted that, ...

She stated that

Research indicates few ...

I didn't like any of them, and I didn't like E because I thought it should be ..."or have made"

My understanding is that in this context the latter have is "understood" but I don't buy it.

Help?
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by M09 » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:44 am
My understanding here is that in most the the GMAT SC Q's when you get something such as Research indicates it is followed by a that to refer back to their finding etc..

Also,reduced ....or...made are parallel.
Option E is short 'n succinct.

Experts any comments??
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by Matmasi » Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:26 am
I'm not an expert, ma I will tell you my view.
Given the construction "indicate + that.." we can eliminate A and B.

So remain:

C. that there are few people who have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor having made
"Nor having made" has no sense, why change the time of the verb?

D. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do and are not making
The same here, why should we change the time of the verb? "reduced" and "are not making" don't agree.

E. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made
this is the only answer where the time of the verbs agree, "reduced" and "made". So it's the only answer that can be right.

Hope this helps. Good luck.
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by vineetbatra » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:31 pm
All reporting verbs need a that eg. indicate, reported, told, (say is an exception)
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by tryingtocrack » Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:51 pm
As explained by other users ..indicates that ...is the right construction . Other thing i noticed was the construction X or Y
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by akahuja143 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:12 pm
IMO E

I agree with MO9 on Gmat words like study,research , hypothesis are always followed by That.
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by gmat.cracker24 » Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:29 am
I agree with explanations for E...
took me 1.19 does this question needed that much
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by tanviet » Sat May 05, 2012 10:51 pm
I think that "few" and "Nor" in A is wrong but do not know why, pls help explain this point in choice A.
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by patanjali.purpose » Sun May 06, 2012 1:00 am
doclkk wrote:Although energy prices have tripled in the United States over the last two years, research indicates few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making fuel efficiency a priority when shopping for cars.

A.few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making
I think that "few" and "Nor" in A is wrong but do not know why, pls help explain this point in choice A.
Yes A is wrong;
1) but use of FEW is not wrong - FEW suggests we are talking a small number of people (WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE....FEW PEOPLE);
2) WE have a complete clause after NOR but tht is connected with the preceeding clause with just a comma
3) use of TO HAVE REDUCED suggests efforts to reduce IS ALREADY OVER - that means PEOPLE ARE NOT MAKING ANY MORE SUCH ATTEMPTS (thats not the intended meaning).
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by tanviet » Thu May 10, 2012 6:13 am
Although energy prices have tripled in the United States over the last two years, research indicates few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making fuel efficiency a priority when shopping for cars.

the above choice A is wrong for many errors.

I think that "nor" in A is wrong, but do not understand why. pls, explain
Normally, "nor" is used when there is a negative word such as "not" at the begining. in this case, how we can use "nor", pls help.

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by ihatemaths » Fri May 18, 2012 8:37 pm
in E before made there is nothing how does that make sense to use only"or made" when we have to us "have made" .
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by Gaurav 2013-fall » Sat May 19, 2012 2:07 am
doclkk wrote:Although energy prices have tripled in the United States over the last two years, research indicates few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making fuel efficiency a priority when shopping for cars.

A. few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making
B. few people having significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made
C. that there are few people who have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor having made
D. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do and are not making
E. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made

OA: E

This is something I still get tripped up over. When do you use, "that"

So, should it be, I asserted that, ...

She stated that

Research indicates few ...

I didn't like any of them, and I didn't like E because I thought it should be ..."or have made"

My understanding is that in this context the latter have is "understood" but I don't buy it.

Help?

My take on not using have in option E. If not necessary, avoid repeating have or has to make the sentence concise. Sorry I dont have an example right now but sometimes it becomes necessary to use 'have' to make sense.
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by Lifetron » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:10 pm
NOR is wrong because it is not preceded by NEITHER or NOR can come alone to make a correct sentence ?
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