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MGMAT SC - Prospect of Inflation

by karthikchandru » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:02 pm
Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.

(a) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far


(b) still remain concerned about the prospects of inflation; there are as yet few signs that increasing energy prices are currently driving up the cost of other goods


(c) remain concerned about the prospect for inflation, even though as yet few signs of higher energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods so far


(d) still remain concerned about inflation, even though there are currently few signs that increasing energy prices drive up the cost of other goods


(e) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, despite the dearth of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods

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by Birottam Dutta » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:07 pm
Firstly, prospect of inflation is the correct idiom so on the basis of that, C and D are eliminated.

B is not conveying the intended message of the sentence and is awkward. Also B has "as yet" as well as "currently" which I feel are the same so one is redundant.

A has one problem that "so far" should be placed immediately after "there are few signs" otherwise it is ambiguous as to what it is modifying, I.e., it may be modifying driving up as well so it is not clear.

E is absolutely clear in meaning and grammatically correct.

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by 1947 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:14 pm
karthikchandru wrote:Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.

(a) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far


(b) still remain concerned about the prospects of inflation; there are as yet few signs that increasing energy prices are currently driving up the cost of other goods....still remain is redundant


(c) remain concerned about the prospect for inflation, even though as yet few signs of higher energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods so far


(d) still remain concerned about inflation, even though there are currently few signs that increasing energy prices drive up the cost of other goods redundant still remain


(e) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, despite the dearth of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods

OA after some inputs.
will go for E...not sure between A,E and C
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by karthikpandian19 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:38 pm
Between A & E, one should be right one.

@birottam,

Can "despite" come in between a sentence?

Becoz i had read somewhere that "despite" always comes at the beginning and "inspite of" comes in between of the sentences.

Also, "thus far that..." seems to be wordy and awkward in E

Clarify???

IMO A
Birottam Dutta wrote:Firstly, prospect of inflation is the correct idiom so on the basis of that, C and D are eliminated.

B is not conveying the intended message of the sentence and is awkward. Also B has "as yet" as well as "currently" which I feel are the same so one is redundant.

A has one problem that "so far" should be placed immediately after "there are few signs" otherwise it is ambiguous as to what it is modifying, I.e., it may be modifying driving up as well so it is not clear.

E is absolutely clear in meaning and grammatically correct.

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by karthikchandru » Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:56 pm
OA is E
I was confused between A and E. Birottam has a point here about "A". "So far" has to be placed close to "there are few signs".
However, I am still not convinced why E is the right answer. In fact, E is the only choice which has "dearth of signs" instead of "few signs". Isn't "dearth of" too strong here?
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by 1947 » Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:28 pm
agree that the placement of 'so far' is too far from the word it is modifying i.e. signs.
but is this not a subtle error ? How can we figure such an error look prominent so that it comes up quickly.
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by Birottam Dutta » Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:36 am
@karthik:

She had difficulty communicating in French despite all her years of study. This is a perfectly correct sentence.

Actually, inspite of and despite are interchangeable and even in spite of could fit equally well into the previous sentence.

So, I think despite can come in between the sentence.
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by agautam7879 » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:25 am
what is the source of the question because i believe that the answer should be A because despite is a preposition and can not join two clauses
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by karthikpandian19 » Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:37 pm
"Despite" is an conjunction for connecting clauses


The source is mentioned in the SUBJECT of the thread "MGMAT"
agautam7879 wrote:what is the source of the question because i believe that the answer should be A because despite is a preposition and can not join two clauses
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by karthikgmat » Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:07 am
nice question. even though E is a large sentence. It gives all details clear.
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