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by nidhis.1408 » Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:11 pm
According to anthropologists, the use of human language covers a wide spectrum from practical communication between people engaged in the same task to establishing hierarchy within a social group.
a.practical communication between people engaged in the same task to establishing hierarchy
b.communicating practically between people engaging in the same task to the establishment of hierarchy
c.practical communication between people engaged in the same task to the establishing of hierarchy
d.communicating practically between people engaging in the same task to hierarchy established
e.practical communication between people engaged in the same task to the establishment of hierarchy


I find this a little confusing. Can somebody give a good explanation for the answer
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by karthikgmat » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:31 pm
IMO B . Maintains correct structure.
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by HSPA » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:19 pm
communicating and establishment are not parallel.
E it shall be..

By the way .. why it is not 'among people'.. isn't between people wrong as people is plural >2 or >=2
just a bit curious and confused.
karthikgmat wrote:IMO B . Maintains correct structure.
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by GmatKiss » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:23 pm
According to anthropologists, the use of human language covers a wide spectrum from practical communication between people engaged in the same task to establishing hierarchy within a social group.
a.practical communication between people engaged in the same task to establishing hierarchy
b.communicating practically between people engaging in the same task to the establishment of hierarchy
c.practical communication between people engaged in the same task to the establishing of hierarchy
d.communicating practically between people engaging in the same task to hierarchy established
e.practical communication between people engaged in the same task to the establishment of hierarchy

IMO: E
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by HSPA » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:33 pm
pratical communication and hierarchy establishment are parallel

Analogy: will power = power of will...
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nidhis.1408 wrote:According to anthropologists, the use of human language covers a wide spectrum from practical communication between people engaged in the same task to establishing hierarchy within a social group.
a.practical communication between people engaged in the same task to establishing hierarchy
b.communicating practically between people engaging in the same task to the establishment of hierarchy
c.practical communication between people engaged in the same task to the establishing of hierarchy
d.communicating practically between people engaging in the same task to hierarchy established
e.practical communication between people engaged in the same task to the establishment of hierarchy

IMO: E


I find this a little confusing. Can somebody give a good explanation for the answer
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by mankey » Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:51 am
IMO: E

What is the OA?

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by avik.ch » Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:05 pm
The correct idioms is : from X to Y ( both X and Y should be noun or a noun phrase)

A - practical communication - noun, here practical( adj) is modifying communication(noun)
establishing - verb .
not parallel structure

B - communicating - verb,
"the establishment of" - noun ( its a complex gerund)
not parallel structure

C - "the establishing of" - is wrong . it should be "the establishment of" - complex gerund

D - this is parallel but it is verb + verb, so this is not acceptable as I explained above


E - "practical communication " - noun
"establishment of hierarchy" - noun, complex gerund
Both parallel structure

I hope this helps !!
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by Polka » Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:18 pm
IMO: E, for sure.
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by jumsumtak » Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:11 am
avik.ch wrote:The correct idioms is : from X to Y ( both X and Y should be noun or a noun phrase)

A - practical communication - noun, here practical( adj) is modifying communication(noun)
establishing - verb .
not parallel structure

B - communicating - verb,
"the establishment of" - noun ( its a complex gerund)
not parallel structure

C - "the establishing of" - is wrong . it should be "the establishment of" - complex gerund

D - this is parallel but it is verb + verb, so this is not acceptable as I explained above


E - "practical communication " - noun
"establishment of hierarchy" - noun, complex gerund
Both parallel structure

I hope this helps !!
I don't think "the establishment of" is a complex gerund..

anyways, my doubt is, if there was an option which had: communicating practically between people engaging in the same task to establishing hierarchy

would this have been correct, if yes, would it have been preferred over E?
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