a question from gmat verbal.............

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a question from gmat verbal.............

by pzazz12 » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:38 am
Upon appearing first as a tiny speck in the night sky, some comets can eventually grow quite large in appearance.

(A) Upon appearing
(B) Appearing
(C) The appearance of
(D) When appearing
(E) To appear



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by Tani » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:17 pm
B does it. The others are awkward. C would make no sense... "the appearance of first". D changes the meaning.
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