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by soumyopriyosaha » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:50 am
Because of the efforts of Amory Lovins and other advocates of the "soft" path of solar energy, the economics of nuclear power are being more closely examined now than ever before.

(A) being more closely examined now than ever before.
(B) being attacked more vigorously than ever before.
(C) open to closer examination than they ever were before.
(D) more closely examined than before.
(E) more examined than they ever were before now.
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:11 am
soumyopriyosaha wrote:Because of the efforts of Amory Lovins and other advocates of the "soft" path of solar energy, the economics of nuclear power are being more closely examined now than ever before.

(A) being more closely examined now than ever before.
(B) being attacked more vigorously than ever before.
(C) open to closer examination than they ever were before.
(D) more closely examined than before.
(E) more examined than they ever were before now.
I'm going to say D.

A) "being" is almost always incorrect on the GMAT. It's passive.
B) "attacked" changes the meaning of the sentence.
C) this changes the meaning of the original sentence, which says that people are examining the economics more now. C suggests that the economics are "open to examination." This could mean that it's open to examination, but no one is examining it.
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E. "before now" The word "now" is superfluous. We don't need it - "before" implies "before now"
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by akahuja143 » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:12 am
My pick would be D.. being is rarely right and D is concise
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:14 am
I think this would be one of the rare times that being is correct. I think its A. With D there is no context for the comparison.
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:17 am
soumyopriyosaha wrote:Because of the efforts of Amory Lovins and other advocates of the "soft" path of solar energy, the economics of nuclear power are being more closely examined now than ever before.

(A) being more closely examined now than ever before.
(B) being attacked more vigorously than ever before.
(C) open to closer examination than they ever were before.
(D) more closely examined than before.
(E) more examined than they ever were before now.
I'm going with "none of the above"; what's the source?

If I were forced to choose, I'd go with (A), but as pointed out, the GMAT hates the word "being".

The problem with (D) is that it removes the extra emphasis of "now than ever before", changing the meaning of the sentence. Unless the original sentence is nonsensical, the correct answer should never change the meaning. I also just don't like the way (D) sounds; I really want more than just "than before" at the end.
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:18 am
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soumyopriyosaha wrote:Because of the efforts of Amory Lovins and other advocates of the "soft" path of solar energy, the economics of nuclear power are being more closely examined now than ever before.

(A) being more closely examined now than ever before.
(B) being attacked more vigorously than ever before.
(C) open to closer examination than they ever were before.
(D) more closely examined than before.
(E) more examined than they ever were before now.
I'm going with "none of the above"; what's the source?

If I were forced to choose, I'd go with (A), but as pointed out, the GMAT hates the word "being".

The problem with (D) is that it removes the extra emphasis of "now than ever before", changing the meaning of the sentence. Unless the original sentence is nonsensical, the correct answer should never change the meaning. I also just don't like the way (D) sounds; I really want more than just "than before" at the end.
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by becnil » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:00 pm
Something added to the D to emphasize "than ever before" would have been nice !!
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by soumyopriyosaha » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:01 am
OA is A.
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