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Demand for vs demand in

by champmag » Sun May 08, 2011 11:31 pm
Because of less availability and greater demand for scientific research, platinum remains consistently expensive, like gold.

1.)Because of less availability and greater demand for scientific research, platinum remains consistently expensive, like gold.
2.)Because of less availability and increased demand for scientific research, platinum remains consistently expensive, like that of gold.
3.)Because of decreased availability and increased demand in scientific research, platinum remains expensive, like gold.
4.)Because of decreased availability and increased demand for scientific research, platinum remains expensive, like gold.
5.)Because of decreased availability and greater demand in scientific research, platinum remains at a consistently high price, like that of gold.
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by cracktheverbal » Mon May 09, 2011 12:09 am
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon May 09, 2011 12:11 am
1, 2 and 4 - demand for

3 and 5 - demand in.

Demand in v/s Demand for.

I think both of them are correct and its usage has to be picked from context.

In this case, I would pick demand in as this correctly describes the usage of platinum in Scientific research.

Thus, IMO C.
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by HSPA » Mon May 09, 2011 12:56 am
Decread availability of platinum is correct [ 3/4/5]

5] Is out because decreased and greater are not parallel

Now as requested in the headline fight is btw 3 and 4. Both 'demand in' and 'demand for' are meaningful entities.

Let us re-write as: Platinum is used more extensivly in scientific research.
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon May 09, 2011 3:34 am
champmag wrote:Because of less availability and greater demand for scientific research, platinum remains consistently expensive, like gold.

1.)Because of less availability and greater demand for scientific research, platinum remains consistently expensive, like gold.
2.)Because of less availability and increased demand for scientific research, platinum remains consistently expensive, like that of gold.
3.)Because of decreased availability and increased demand in scientific research, platinum remains expensive, like gold.
4.)Because of decreased availability and increased demand for scientific research, platinum remains expensive, like gold.
5.)Because of decreased availability and greater demand in scientific research, platinum remains at a consistently high price, like that of gold.
Look for easy reasons to eliminate answers.

In A, B and E, remains and consistently are redundant. Eliminate A, B and E.

In D, demand FOR scientific research incorrectly implies that there is a desire FOR scientific research. The intended meaning of the sentence is that there is a desire for PLATINUM. Eliminate D.

The correct answer is C.

To clarify:
A demand for X means that people want X.
A demand in X means that X is an area in which people want something.
X is in demand means that X is popular.
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