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by [email protected] » Fri Nov 11, 2016 7:49 am
Unlike amateur clammers, who usually dig clams by hand during the summer, professional clammers work year-round, using all-weather instruments such as the hydraulic dredge or a 20-foot-long implement known as a bull rake

A. work year-round, using all-weather instruments such as the hydraulic dredge or a 20-foot-long implement known as a bull rake

B. work year-round by using all-weather instruments like hydraulic dredge or 20-foot-long implements known as a bull rake

C. working year-round and using all-weather instruments such as a hydraulic dredge or a 20-foot-long implement known as a bull rake

D. working year-round use all-weather instruments like hydraulic dredges or 20-foot-long implements known as a bull rake

E. work year-round using all-weather instruments, for example, a hydraulic dredge or 20-foot-long implements known as a bull rake
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by [email protected] » Fri Nov 11, 2016 7:50 am
Hi Experts,

I am confused between A and E. Please help.

OA A
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by melguy » Fri Nov 11, 2016 8:18 am
[email protected] wrote:Unlike amateur clammers, who usually dig clams by hand during the summer, professional clammers work year-round, using all-weather instruments such as the hydraulic dredge or a 20-foot-long implement known as a bull rake

A. work year-round, using all-weather instruments such as the hydraulic dredge or a 20-foot-long implement known as a bull rake

B. work year-round by using all-weather instruments like hydraulic dredge or 20-foot-long implements known as a bull rake

C. working year-round and using all-weather instruments such as a hydraulic dredge or a 20-foot-long implement known as a bull rake

D. working year-round use all-weather instruments like hydraulic dredges or 20-foot-long implements known as a bull rake

E. work year-round using all-weather instruments, for example, a hydraulic dredge or 20-foot-long implements known as a bull rake
On the gmat when giving example we must use such as.
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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Nov 13, 2016 5:07 am
[email protected] wrote:Hi Experts,

I am confused between A and E. Please help.
E: Professional clammers work year-round using all-weather instruments, for example, a hydraulic dredge.

The construction here is COMMA + for example.
In this construction, the example must PRECEDE for example.
To illustrate:
Over his lifetime, John has taken many tests.
He recently took the GMAT, for example.
Here, the example is the GMAT, the noun preceding COMMA + for example.

In E, the example is the noun following COMMA + for example: a hydraulic dredge.
This construction is not viable.

A caveat:
Typically, COMMA + for example serves to support a PRECEDING SENTENCE.
In my two sentences about John, COMMA + for example refers to the GMAT -- an example that supports the preceding sentence (John has taken many tests).
On the GMAT, each SC must be self-contained; there are no preceding sentences.
For this reason, I would be skeptical of any answer choice that employs COMMA + for example.
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by [email protected] » Mon Nov 14, 2016 10:39 am
Hi Mitch,

Can you please elaborate this:

On the GMAT, each SC must be self-contained; there are no preceding sentences.
For this reason, I would be skeptical of any answer choice that employs COMMA + for example.
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by MartyMurray » Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:36 pm
In E, rake should actually be the plural form, rakes.

E. work year-round using all-weather instruments, for example, a hydraulic dredge or 20-foot-long implements known as a bull rakes
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