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by reply2spg » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:17 pm
Source - Platinum Gmat

One of the most important choices facing the new administration at this moment is if they should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy.

A) this moment is if they should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
B) this present moment is whether it should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
C) this moment is whether it should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
D) this moment is whether they should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
E) this present moment is whether it should continue the advancement of contractionary fiscal policy

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by beatthegmatinsept » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:24 pm
reply2spg wrote:Source - Platinum Gmat

One of the most important choices facing the new administration at this moment is if they should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy.

A) this moment is if they should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
B) this present moment is whether it should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
C) this moment is whether it should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
D) this moment is whether they should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
E) this present moment is whether it should continue the advancement of contractionary fiscal policy

OA LAter
Stuck between C and E. I do think that the usage of both 'present' and 'moment' may be redundant.
Final pick C.
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by reply2spg » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:26 pm
I was stuck between B and C. Idiom 'continue X to Y' is correct and not 'continue X of Y'. So E can be easily eliminated.

You are correct OA is C
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reply2spg wrote:Source - Platinum Gmat

One of the most important choices facing the new administration at this moment is if they should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy.

A) this moment is if they should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
B) this present moment is whether it should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
C) this moment is whether it should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
D) this moment is whether they should continue to advance contractionary fiscal policy
E) this present moment is whether it should continue the advancement of contractionary fiscal policy

OA LAter
Stuck between C and E. I do think that the usage of both 'present' and 'moment' may be redundant.
Final pick C.
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by beatthegmatinsept » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:30 pm
Good to know.. I didnt remember that about idioms.. I eliminated B for redundancy (same reason as E).

Good question btw.. where is this from?
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by reply2spg » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:30 pm
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beatthegmatinsept wrote:Good to know.. I didnt remember that about idioms.. I eliminated B for redundancy (same reason as E).

Good question btw.. where is this from?
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