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by papgust » Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:34 am
It should be C

"the construction .. leaded" is awkward to the core. It should be 'led' and not 'leaded'. Eliminate.
"the construction .. rose the speed" is nonsensical. The construction itself didn't speed up. Eliminate.
"the construction.. increased the rise in speed" is redundant and wordy. Increase and rise imply same meaning. Eliminate
"the construction.. increased the speed" in E is same as B which is awkward.
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by komal » Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:35 am
(A) 'leaded' n 'raise' are incorrect in this context

(B) 'rose the speed' is incorrect

(C) 'rise' in the speed is incorrect

(D) 'increased the rise in speed' is nonsensical

(E) is correct
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by gauravgundal » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:55 am
IMO C


The meaning of the sentence is that the construction caused something to happen.
so the answer choices B,D and E are wrong because each answer choices changes the meaning of the sentence.

a.In 1825, the construction of the Erie Canal leaded to a raise in the speed I think there is no word as such "leaded" lead = led(past and past participle)
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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:06 am
IMO E

for the basic reason that speed cant be risen ... its increased

A - different tenses. ELIMINATE

B- rose the speed ? why do we required this tense form ? ELIMINATE .Its unidiomatic

C- Wordy

D- Increased the rise of ? Wow ! never heard this before . ELIMINATE

E- correct. concise . u increase the speed of something.

Hope this helps :)
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by gauravgundal » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:30 am
I think the OA is E
but still I am not clear about it .
Let see what expert has to say about this.
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by girish3131 » Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:20 am
IMO C
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by soumyopriyosaha » Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:25 am
IMO E.
Clear and concise. All other choices are awkward.
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by gmat800_ » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:48 am
IMO E
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by harshavardhanc » Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:26 am
gauravgundal wrote:IMO C


The meaning of the sentence is that the construction caused something to happen.
so the answer choices B,D and E are wrong because each answer choices changes the meaning of the sentence.

a.In 1825, the construction of the Erie Canal leaded to a raise in the speed I think there is no word as such "leaded" lead = led(past and past participle)
echo Gaurav's reasoning. IMO C .
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:37 pm
First, this is clearly not an official question - there is no word "leaded" in the English language (well, I guess there's "leaded gasoline", but that has a completely different meaning) and the GMAT does not test us on our ability to differentiate between real and imaginary words.

That said, if we have to make a choice, the only possible answer is C.

E is nonsensical; the canal is what increased the speed of transport, not the construction of the canal.
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by gauravgundal » Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:31 pm
Thanks Stuart...
Thanks alot.
ya,I forgot the phrase leaded gasoline....

I mean I haven't seen 'leaded' use as a verb in any sentence.
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by akahuja143 » Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:14 pm
my answer is C
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