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by aspirant2011 » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:26 am
Everyone participating in the early sociological study committed a crucial methodological error by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their data.

(A) by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their
(B) by failing fully to consider alternative ways of classifying their
(C) they failed to consider alternative ways to classify their
(D) by not fully considering alternative ways to classify the
(E) by not considering fully alternative ways of classifying his or her

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by earnest10 » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:37 am
aspirant2011 wrote:Everyone participating in the early sociological study committed a crucial methodological error by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their data.

(A) by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their ... A is the best option here...
(B) by failing fully to consider alternative ways of classifying their ...... B is out ... failing fully .. implies totally failed.
(C) they failed to consider alternative ways to classify their ... there is no conjuction to join the two clauses
(D) by not fully considering alternative ways to classify the .... "not" is a working verb
(E) by not considering fully alternative ways of classifying his or her same as above


A is my choice ..... let me know if I missed anything.
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by tetura84 » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:18 am
Everyone = singular
A B C out.
D is out because it changes the meaning, whose data?
IMO E
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by clock60 » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:39 am
between D and E
finally D
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by MAAJ » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:05 pm
(E) by not considering fully alternative ways of classifying his or her

Everyone (singular)
Fully (adverb) modifies alternative (adjective)
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by singh181 » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:00 pm
I prefer D to E.
(D) by not fully considering alternative ways to classify the
(E) by not considering fully alternative ways of classifying his or her

"fully" is an adverb. "fully" is modifying "considering" in the original sentence and (d) and "alternative" in (e). So, according me E is a meaning change.

Also, intent of the sentence talks about objective or goal, so "to classify" is better than "of classifying".
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by MAAJ » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:22 pm
How's "fully" modifying considering?

now that I look back...

ways to classify
ways of classifying

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singh181 wrote:I prefer D to E.
(D) by not fully considering alternative ways to classify the
(E) by not considering fully alternative ways of classifying his or her

"fully" is an adverb. "fully" is modifying "considering" in the original sentence and (d) and "alternative" in (e). So, according me E is a meaning change.

Also, intent of the sentence talks about objective or goal, so "to classify" is better than "of classifying".
"There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results."
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by HSPA » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:52 pm
D it shall be

wht is this " fully alternate ways" E is bad and is there a need to consider his or her

by calling alternate ways as full .. E is hurting itself
everyone who particpated made an error in judging the data - shall be sufficent
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by AIM GMAT » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:49 pm
Totally agree with singh181 , also a point to add that data has not to be someone's , the data is proper term to be used here , its not anyones belonging according to the meaning of sentence .Correct me if i m wrong .

IMO D.
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by ankurmit » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:35 am
IMO D
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:56 am
thanks a lot singh181 for your explanation............yup the answer is D...........
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