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by ani781 » Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:48 am
I some how find a similarity between these :

With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Fahrenheit, Jupiter's moon Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom.
A. Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with
B. Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, its
C. Europa has long been considered as far too cold to support life and has
D. Europa, long considered as far too cold to support life, and its
E. Europa, long considered to be far too cold to support life, and to have



---- AND -----

Sound can travel through water for enormous distances, prevented from dissipating its acoustic energy as a result of boundaries in the ocean created by water layers of different temperatures and densities.
A. prevented from dissipating its acoustic energy as a result of
B. prevented from having its acoustic energy dissipated by
C. its acoustic energy prevented from dissipating by
D. its acoustic energy prevented from being dissipated as a result of
E. preventing its acoustic energy from dissipating by


OA : B and C respectively.
What is the key for these answer choices? Both seem to be fairly similar.
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by vinay1983 » Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:57 am
ani781 wrote:I some how find a similarity between these :

With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Fahrenheit, Jupiter's moon Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom.
A. Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with
B. Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, its
C. Europa has long been considered as far too cold to support life and has
D. Europa, long considered as far too cold to support life, and its
E. Europa, long considered to be far too cold to support life, and to have



---- AND -----

Sound can travel through water for enormous distances, prevented from dissipating its acoustic energy as a result of boundaries in the ocean created by water layers of different temperatures and densities.
A. prevented from dissipating its acoustic energy as a result of
B. prevented from having its acoustic energy dissipated by
C. its acoustic energy prevented from dissipating by
D. its acoustic energy prevented from being dissipated as a result of
E. preventing its acoustic energy from dissipating by


OA : B and C respectively.
What is the key for these answer choices? Both seem to be fairly similar.
I think it is a case of pronoun agreement or pronoun reference. B and C for me
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by theCodeToGMAT » Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:09 am
Sentence 1:
{A} - INCORRECT; "with" is incorrect...
{B} - CORRECT; "its..." Absolute phrase
{C} - INCORRECT; "considered as" .. "as" is redundant..
{D} - INCORRECT; awkward sentence .. "verb" is missing
{E} - INCORRECT; awkward sentence .. "verb" is missing; "to be" is redundant. non-idomatic


Sentence 2
{A} - INCORRECT; "as a result of" creates wrong meaning
{B} - INCORRECT; "prevented" is an adjective and is not parallel to "can"' also "having" gives a meaning that sound is preventing
{C} - CORRECT; "its..." is absolute phrase..
{D} - INCORRECT; "being" is not needed; "as a result of" is creating wrong meaning
{E} - INCORRECT; meaning issue...

The catch here is .. don't assume that if the part of sentence start from possessive pronoun then it's wrong..
More examples of Absolute Phrase:
- He tiptoed across the room, his heart pounding like a kettle
- Joan looked nervous, her fears creeping up
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