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by GmatKiss » Sat Aug 27, 2011 6:59 pm
Heightened land erosion, caused by human activity, has many negative effects including the following: algae blooms, coral reef destruction, imbalance of the fish population, and the introduction of harmful chemicals to the ocean's environment.

A) including the following: algae blooms, coral reef destruction, imbalance of the fish population, and the introduction of harmful chemicals to the ocean's environment.
B) including: algae blooms, coral reef destruction, imbalance of the fish population, and harmful chemicals entering the ocean's environment.
C) including: algae blooms, coral reef destruction, imbalance of the fish population, and the introduction of harmful chemicals to the ocean's environment.
D) including the following: algae blooms, coral reef destruction, imbalance of the fish population, and harmful chemicals entering the ocean's environment.
E) including the following: algae blooms, coral reef destruction, certain fish populations rising, certain fish populations falling, and the introduction of harmful chemicals to the ocean's environment.

OA after discussion! Please accompany your choices with explanation.
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by crick » Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:53 pm
I will go with C here.

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by aspirant2011 » Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:19 pm
crick wrote:I will go with C here.

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Hi Crick,

Why is including the following wrong in option A????

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by HSPA » Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:47 pm
'including the following' followed by semi colon may be having some redundancy..

I am not sure on this.. but looks like some 'redundant' topic followed by parallelism
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by crick » Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:24 pm
aspirant2011 wrote:
crick wrote:I will go with C here.

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Hi Crick,

Why is including the following wrong in option A????
The punctuation : => represents "namely" or "that is/are". "including the following" shows redundancy.

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by smackmartine » Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:33 pm
I would go with A, because according to the MGMT guide, whatever comes before colon should be able to stand alone as a sentence. I am waiting for some expert to comment. In the mean time if someone can post the OA , that will be great.
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:05 am
crick wrote:
aspirant2011 wrote:
crick wrote:I will go with C here.

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Hi Crick,

Why is including the following wrong in option A????
The punctuation : => represents "namely" or "that is/are". "including the following" shows redundancy.

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Thanks a lot crick

@smackmartine: Crick is correct because I have read the same thing on forum sometime earlier and I am able to remember that

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by smackmartine » Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:16 am
If that so, I will remember it. However, I am still looking for an expert to pitch in , and clarify my doubts wrt to MGMT guide.Thanks anyways!!
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by mankey » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:36 pm
Down to A & C. Will go with C, since include the following followed by a semicolon looks redudant.

Some expert please help on this.

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