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by arora007 » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:26 am
In bourgeois culture, where it is considered that running a machine is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician, parents often make great sacrifices to put their children through secondary school and college.

(A) where it is considered that running a machine is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician
(B) where it is considered more noble to be a lawyer or a metaphysician than to run machines
(C) which consider that running machines is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician
(D) which considers it more noble to be a lawyer or a metaphysician than running machines
(E) considering it more noble being a lawyer or a metaphysician than to run a machine

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OA is B , got this one wrong.... but on searching... I liked the reply by Erin.
https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... lture.html

"focus on the parallelism first"

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by paes » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:50 am
what is the source of this question ?

I am not convinced in B : 'where' modifying to culture.
So knowing source is very important here.
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by neha.patni » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:11 am
arora007 wrote:In bourgeois culture, where it is considered that running a machine is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician, parents often make great sacrifices to put their children through secondary school and college.

(A) where it is considered that running a machine is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician
(B) where it is considered more noble to be a lawyer or a metaphysician than to run machines
(C) which consider that running machines is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician
(D) which considers it more noble to be a lawyer or a metaphysician than running machines
(E) considering it more noble being a lawyer or a metaphysician than to run a machine

[spoiler]
OA is B , got this one wrong.... but on searching... I liked the reply by Erin.
https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... lture.html

"focus on the parallelism first"

[/spoiler]

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/GMAT_Sen ... ion_Quiz_9
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IMO B

Idiom problem

A & C - wrong idiom - consider that consider should not be followed by as, that
D & E - which is used wrongly and culture considering i totally wordy and awkward..
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by kvcpk » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:12 am
paes wrote:what is the source of this question ?

I am not convinced in B : 'where' modifying to culture.
So knowing source is very important here.
Copying the quote from Erin for your refeence:
Following strict grammar, you should use where to refer to places, when for periods of time. However, many people use where to refer to introduce adjective clauses and can be replaced by at which or in which.

In this question, however, this grammar point is a red herring; you should focus on the parallelism first.
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by indiantiger » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:38 am
(A) where it is considered that running a machine is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician < I dont think the comparison is right in this one>
(B) where it is considered more noble to be a lawyer or a metaphysician than to run machines
(C) which consider that running machines is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician
(D) which considers it more noble to be a lawyer or a metaphysician than running machines
(E) considering it more noble being a lawyer or a metaphysician than to run a machine

Consider XY is the right idiom no "to be" to be used :)

How is B right?

I chose B first then changed the answer to nothing as I am not satisfied with any answer.
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by crackinggmat » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:02 am
answer is B ....i have seen many questions in gmat prep and og ,in which " where "can refer to society ,so im assuming that where can also refer to culture.

moreover in one of Ron's explanation he also admitted this same.
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by reply2spg » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:31 pm
Ok though you use where for society or for culture, how can you use 'consider' with 'to be'? Consider + to be is wrong idiom
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by kvcpk » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:36 pm
reply2spg wrote:Ok though you use where for society or for culture, how can you use 'consider' with 'to be'? Consider + to be is wrong idiom
Read closely,

B is not saying "Considered to be more noble" - this would be wrong.
It is saying "Considered more noble..."

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by reply2spg » Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:54 am
Got you thanks
kvcpk wrote:
reply2spg wrote:Ok though you use where for society or for culture, how can you use 'consider' with 'to be'? Consider + to be is wrong idiom
Read closely,

B is not saying "Considered to be more noble" - this would be wrong.
It is saying "Considered more noble..."

Hope this helps!!
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