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by heymayank08 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:21 am
International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.
(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially successful

plzz explain the answer!
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by GmatKiss » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:53 pm
IMO: No option is correct, i could breakdown to D, but it seems ambiguous.

What is option E?
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by shekhar.kataria » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:44 am
Request you to please put atleast GMAT Questions if not from authenticated sources. Please check the Question has only 4 options.

A:- Two sentences cannot be join by a simple",", you need a conjunction connector.

B:- such as is used for presenting examples. ( I am sure not sure but could be a reason to eliminate when you have other better option available)

C: like is used ambiguously

D:- correct "a fact modifies the whole clause before it."

heymayank08 wrote:International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.
(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially successful

plzz explain the answer!
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by killer1387 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:28 am
Found the full version of the stated question at :
https://gmatclub.com/forum/international ... 94480.html

International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of
the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.
(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially
successful
(E) as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates

OA-E
P.S.: Do post the full version[spoiler] and important part at least include the correct option among the options.[/spoiler]
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by heymayank08 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:49 am
oh..extremely sorry for not putting up the right answer choice. :)

but can somebody pls explain why the choice D is incorrect??
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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:06 pm
killer1387 wrote:
International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of
the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.
(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially
successful
(E) as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
A and B each have a comma splice: two complete sentences linked together by a comma. If a comma can be replaced with a period, eliminate the answer choice. Eliminate A and B.

In C, like + subject + verb (like the financial success...DEMONSTRATES) is always wrong. Like is used to compare NOUNS, not actions. Eliminate C.

In D, it is not crystal clear what fact is demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic games. Also, the Games themselves were not financially SUCCESSFUL; the Games were a financial SUCCESS. The PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GAMES were financially SUCCESSFUL. Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.
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