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by geet » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:50 pm
The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.

A. to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs
B. to be the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing
C. is the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, and it weighs
D. is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs
E. is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, weighing
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by raghavsarathy » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:16 pm
IMO - D

I found "is the world's first.." to be much better than "to be the world's.."

Also "world's smallest network digital calendar" is more precise than "small network digital calender in the world".

"as long as.." should be parallel with "weighs". "weighing" will not maintain the parallelism.
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by ajlcalbanese1 » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:38 pm
I was between D and E, ened up picking D, even though where it says as long as put some doubt on me.

E was a good one but weighing was the turn off it is in the wrong tense.. :)
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by [email protected] » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:26 am
Can u please tell me why "claims to be" is wrong?
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by ajlcalbanese1 » Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:29 am
It's better to avoid when possible the use of to be in GMAT answers, also, claims to be is not the right grammar, it just a american expression, and it is normally penalized by the test makers.

As you read the books you will find that authors strongly advise you to avoid the use of to be as well as other terms on the GMAT.
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by pandeyvineet24 » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:24 pm
Was between A and D.

IMO D.

in A, "it" does not have a clear antecedent, even though "claims to ." is the correct idiom.
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by mehravikas » Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:46 pm
IMO - D
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by geet » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:16 pm
sorry guyz i forgot to post OA
its D :D
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