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by shankar.ashwin » Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:00 pm
Research has shown that in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates applying for jobs in major urban areas, the knowledge of one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficient or they fail to display such skills under the pressure of a real-world job interview.

(A) in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates applying for jobs in major urban areas, the knowledge of one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficient or they

(B) in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates who apply for jobs in major urban areas, they know about one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficiently or

(C) in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates who apply for jobs in major urban areas, one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficiently known or they can

(D) up to 60 percent of recent college graduates applying for jobs in major urban areas who know insufficient amounts of one or more essential interviewing skills or who

(E) up to 60 percent of recent college graduates who apply for jobs in major urban areas know insufficient amounts about one or more essential interviewing skills or
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by abcgmat » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:42 am
Research has shown that in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates applying for jobs in major urban areas, the knowledge of one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficient or they fail to display such skills under the pressure of a real-world job interview.

(A) in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates applying for jobs in major urban areas, the knowledge of one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficient or they

(B) in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates who apply for jobs in major urban areas, they know about one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficiently or

(C) in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates who apply for jobs in major urban areas, one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficiently known or they can

(D) up to 60 percent of recent college graduates applying for jobs in major urban areas who know insufficient amounts of one or more essential interviewing skills or who

(E) up to 60 percent of recent college graduates who apply for jobs in major urban areas know insufficient amounts about one or more essential interviewing skills or

'in up to' is not appropriate. This leaves D and E.
D is not a complete sentece . This leaves E
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by sam2304 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:53 am
Is it A ?

It has more clear meaning than any other options. But am also little skeptical about the usage of 'in up to'.
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by sl750 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:55 am
IMO A
B, changes the intended meaning. Also usage of insufficiently is wrong here. skills is a noun
C, or they can.. wrong, suggests that there is a possibility that the students fail to display blah blah blah
D insufficient amount is wrong, we are only dealing with a couple of skills, not a quantity or quality of skill sets
E Same as D
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by sam2304 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:01 am
@sl750 - What about the usage of 'in up to' - is it right ?
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by GmatKiss » Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:12 am
IMO: A
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by aspirant2011 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:41 am
shankar.ashwin wrote:Research has shown that in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates applying for jobs in major urban areas, the knowledge of one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficient or they fail to display such skills under the pressure of a real-world job interview.

(A) in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates applying for jobs in major urban areas, the knowledge of one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficient or they

(B) in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates who apply for jobs in major urban areas, they know about one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficiently or

(C) in up to 60 percent of recent college graduates who apply for jobs in major urban areas, one or more essential interviewing skills is insufficiently known or they can

(D) up to 60 percent of recent college graduates applying for jobs in major urban areas who know insufficient amounts of one or more essential interviewing skills or who

(E) up to 60 percent of recent college graduates who apply for jobs in major urban areas know insufficient amounts about one or more essential interviewing skills or
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by shankar.ashwin » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:19 am
OA is E

First, compare "up to" and "in up to." The former is preferable. We don't talk about qualities being "in" people. While deleting the word "in" makes the sentence as written even more ungrammatical, it is incorrect to start with. Because "up to" must be correct, we should focus our efforts on the final two choices.

The central error of (D) is that it is not a complete sentence. The subject is "up to 60 percent of recent college graduates." Everything that follows is a modifier. Compare that to choice (E), in which those college graduates "know" insufficient amounts of something. (E) isn't the most graceful sentence that ever appeared in a GMAT practice question, but it is grammatically acceptable, and the others have clear errors. Occasionally you'll be forced to select the mediocre over the bad.

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by anks17 » Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:57 pm
@shankarashwin:-

E seemed right but we cannot use "amount" for interviewing skills, we can count them so "amount" is grammatically wrong.Share your thoughts. A does not all the errors highlighted above in rest of the options.
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