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by neha.patni » Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:44 am
Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

(A) so depressed have sales figures been as a result that
(B) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
(C) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
(D) the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
(E) the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result,

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by clock60 » Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:12 am
vote for E

but on the other hand so .. that , and the result can be redundant.
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by ptandon » Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:13 am
Tricky one. I go for D, but not very sure about it.
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by nitsiso » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:44 pm
I would go with E even though " as a result" looks redundant. All other choices are very ambiguous.
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by ansumania » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:54 pm
pl. let me know how to select between B and E . I am totally lost .....
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by adi_800 » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:46 am
Has to be A...
Many options change meaning by changing the placement of as a result...
Many options make the sales figure specific by including THE in the options when the is not present in the original version..

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by diebeatsthegmat » Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:40 am
neha.patni wrote:Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

(A) so depressed have sales figures been as a result that
(B) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
(C) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
(D) the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
(E) the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result,

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by FightWithGMAT » Sat Jul 31, 2010 2:36 pm
neha.patni wrote:Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

(A) so depressed have sales figures been as a result that
(B) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
(C) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
(D) the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
(E) the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result,

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good one though!!!!

It should be E

logical flow of the sentence is because of depressed sales figures, government takes some initiatives

Not a reverse relation for sure
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:10 am
I would pick D.

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by kvcpk » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:31 am
IMO A

E cannot be the answer because, "as a result" is used as non essential modifier. But it is essesntial in this context.
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by selango » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:50 am
IMO A.The meaning is clear..
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by nikhilkatira » Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:13 am
neha.patni wrote:Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

(A) so depressed have sales figures been as a result that
(B) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
(C) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
(D) the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
(E) the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result,

OA Later


" so depressed have sales figures been " is this usage right ??
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