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by bblast » Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:55 am
68. The company made eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from
materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups.

A. made eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials
like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
B. makes eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials
such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
C. makes eco-friendly products, such as bags, coolers, and kites from materials
like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
D. is making eco-friendly products, like bags, coolers, and kites from materials
such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
E. makes eco-friendly products, which include bags, coolers, and kites out of
materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups

[spoiler]which would u choose b/w B and C and Y ?[/spoiler]
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by Frankenstein » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:07 am
Hi,
B. makes eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials
such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
C. makes eco-friendly products, such as bags, coolers, and kites from materials
like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups

such as = for example
like = similar to
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by sameerballani » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:12 am
bblast wrote:68. The company made eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups.

B. makes eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
C. makes eco-friendly products, such as bags, coolers, and kites from materials
like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups

[spoiler]which would u choose b/w B and C and Y ?[/spoiler]


The examples of material are being told, so we need to use such as rather than like, which means similar to.
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by bblast » Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:23 am
spot on you guys eliminating C.

I somehow felt there was an error with this option as well

makes eco-friendly products, including bags..............

but its indeed correct, "including bags,,,," is correctly used to modify products. Now would this be correct ?



The company made eco-friendly products that include bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as bags discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups.
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by vikram4689 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:52 am
The sentence you mentioned just above would be the best of all of choices above. Though the best option is B i think "including" is modifying the the acts of making of eco-friendly products and hence convoluting the meaning.
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by sameerballani » Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:58 am
bblast wrote: The company made eco-friendly products that include bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as bags discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups.
I feel this is correct.
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by lunarpower » Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:03 am
this problem is bad.
none of the sentences is well written; all of them have errors in punctuation, for instance -- i don't want to explain them because punctuation is not tested on the gmat, but these errors are a sure sign that the author is not to be trusted.

moreover, it's obvious that this problem was written by someone who doesn't even understand the basics of how gmat problems are written.
note that the last three words of all five choices are identical -- this is *NEVER* how real gmat problems work (the underline always starts at the first difference in the choices, and it always ends at the last difference in the choices).

please ignore this problem.
also, from now on, be suspicious of the source from which this problem came. where is it from?
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by bblast » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:21 am
Thanks for the comments Ron. Agree with you that even the correct option does not fit well here.

The problem is from "Aristotle sentence correction grail". It has a set of 100 SC's at the end. Some questions are OK in that they test a few fundamentals and the sentences are long and convoluted(hiding subject etc). However, there are occasional problems,(1 in every 10) such as this one that are dubious.
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by sameerballani » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:26 am
sameerballani wrote:
bblast wrote: The company made eco-friendly products that include bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as bags discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups.
I feel this is correct.
@ Ron
For my better understanding, please explain whats wrong in this sentence
And also whats wrong in option B of original sentence(which i chose as answer)

But still assume if this problem were to be prsesnt on GMAT, then which option is the best option?
I know you believe in not recommending any option among the wrong options, but still which one is d best among the wrong options.

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