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by pzazz12 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:16 am
Among the many reasons for his defeat in the election was his arrogant assumption that his constituents were incapable of understanding economic conditions, and his unwarranted attack on his chief opponent.

A. was his arrogant assumption that his constituents were incapable of understanding economic conditions
B. were his arrogant assumption that his constituents were incapable of understanding economic conditions
C. were his arrogant assumptions that his constituents were incapable of understanding economical conditions
D. were his arrogant assumption that his constituents would be incapable of understanding economics
E. was the arrogant assumption that his constituents was incapable of understanding economic conditions
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by pesfunk » Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:41 am
IMO B
pzazz12 wrote:Among the many reasons for his defeat in the election was his arrogant assumption that his constituents were incapable of understanding economic conditions, and his unwarranted attack on his chief opponent.

A. was his arrogant assumption that his constituents were incapable of understanding economic conditions
B. were his arrogant assumption that his constituents were incapable of understanding economic conditions
C. were his arrogant assumptions that his constituents were incapable of understanding economical conditions
D. were his arrogant assumption that his constituents would be incapable of understanding economics
E. was the arrogant assumption that his constituents was incapable of understanding economic conditions
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by Shawshank » Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:58 am
Good question.

IMO -- A
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by pesfunk » Sat Oct 23, 2010 6:02 am
Still a little confused between A and B...could someone please explain ? :( :(
Shawshank wrote:Good question.

IMO -- A
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by Shawshank » Sat Oct 23, 2010 6:23 am
pesfunk wrote:Still a little confused between A and B...could someone please explain ? :( :(
Shawshank wrote:Good question.

IMO -- A
Sorry buddy,,, i think you are right ...A is incorrect..

B seems to be a better option...
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by mohit11 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:46 am
pesfunk wrote:Still a little confused between A and B...could someone please explain ? :( :(
Shawshank wrote:Good question.

IMO -- A
Here's the sentence structure -

Among the many reasons for A was/were A and B --> A and B is a compound plural subject therefore, we should use the plural verb were

A - Subject verb error
C - assumptions is incorrect because there is only one assumption mentioned
D - would be is incorrect usage here because the sentence talks about something that has already taken place. Further as pointed above -economic and economical have different meanings
E - Subject verb error


Thus B is the correct answer
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:30 pm
mohit11 wrote:
pesfunk wrote:Still a little confused between A and B...could someone please explain ? :( :(
Shawshank wrote:Good question.

IMO -- A
Here's the sentence structure -

Among the many reasons for A was/were A and B --> A and B is a compound plural subject therefore, we should use the plural verb were

A - Subject verb error
C - assumptions is incorrect because there is only one assumption mentioned
D - would be is incorrect usage here because the sentence talks about something that has already taken place. Further as pointed above -economic and economical have different meanings
E - Subject verb error


Thus B is the correct answer
One strategy for dealing with inverted sentence structures on the GMAT is to invert it again -- read "A and B was/were among the many reasons . . ."
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by GMATMadeEasy » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:03 am
What is OA ? it should D .

would be is the correct verb I believe.
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by GMATMadeEasy » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:06 am
D could be wrong for the reasons of "economics " but verb would is right here because he imagined this in the past so will becomes would .

Expert comment please.
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by niksworth » Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:28 am
GMATMadeEasy wrote:What is OA ? it should D .

would be is the correct verb I believe.
Nope. would be indicates future tense.

E.g. Three days from now, I would be on my way to Sicily.

D leads to a crazy meaning that - his constituents' present knowledge notwithstanding, they would be incapable of understanding economics in future.
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by ankurmit » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:30 pm
I Am confused between A and B

Can anyone explain .

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by hasija » Sun May 22, 2011 5:53 am
IMO B, Sentence is pointing to two reasons among many,hence were is applicable as the correct choice instead of was..
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by aspirant2011 » Sun May 22, 2011 9:42 am
hasija wrote:IMO B, Sentence is pointing to two reasons among many,hence were is applicable as the correct choice instead of was..
Hi Hasija,

I don't think so that sentence is pointing to two reasons as the second part is an IC because it's starting with a comma + and, it would have been two reasons if the second part didn't have the comma preceding and because in order to connect two parts simple conjuction and without a comma is used................if the sentence would have used "and" without comma preceding then the word assumptions would have been used in the sentence because now there would have been two reasons............I hope this clears........
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by champmag » Sun May 22, 2011 11:32 pm
Good question.

+1 for A.
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