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by GmatKiss » Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:26 pm
The supply of oil being finite has become an economical and political consideration of the first magnitude for all modern industrial nations.
(A) The supply of oil being finite has become an economical
(B) The finite supply of oil has become an economical
(C) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economical
(D) The supply of oil being finite has become an economic
(E) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economic

IMO:[spoiler]D , Why is it wrong?[/spoiler]
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by gmatblood » Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:39 pm
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by patanjali.purpose » Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:49 pm
GmatKiss wrote:The supply of oil being finite has become an economical and political consideration of the first magnitude for all modern industrial nations.
(A) The supply of oil being finite has become an economical
(B) The finite supply of oil has become an economical
(C) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economical
(D) The supply of oil being finite has become an economic (use of 'being finite' as a modifier does not emphasize how the finiteness of oil supply is changing the economic and political perspective. In other words, it changes the meaning of original sentence)
(E) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economic

IMO:[spoiler]D , Why is it wrong?[/spoiler]
IMO E
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by GmatKiss » Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:55 pm
patanjali.purpose wrote:
GmatKiss wrote:The supply of oil being finite has become an economical and political consideration of the first magnitude for all modern industrial nations.
(A) The supply of oil being finite has become an economical
(B) The finite supply of oil has become an economical
(C) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economical
(D) The supply of oil being finite has become an economic (use of 'being finite' as a modifier does not emphasize how the finiteness of oil supply is changing the economic and political perspective. In other words, it changes the meaning of original sentence)
(E) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economic

IMO:[spoiler]D , Why is it wrong?[/spoiler]
IMO E
Thanks, and by the way i have not seen many sentences stating with 'That'
Can someone help us with a few examples?

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by mankey » Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:28 am
Can some expert please respond to this question? Will really appreciate help with some explanation.

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by Chaitanya_1986 » Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:39 am
First think what 2 use Economic or econnomical.....this eliminates A, B & C

Now from D E

D is wrong because of being one side Also, importatntly THAT mustbe used in this sentence

Reason:- The first part is given reason or explanation so THAT should beused

OA is E
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by saketk » Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:12 pm
GmatKiss wrote:The supply of oil being finite has become an economical and political consideration of the first magnitude for all modern industrial nations.
(A) The supply of oil being finite has become an economical
(B) The finite supply of oil has become an economical
(C) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economical
(D) The supply of oil being finite has become an economic
(E) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economic

IMO:[spoiler]D , Why is it wrong?[/spoiler]
I fell for B, but after reading the stem again I understood why option E is correct.

It is the Cause and Effect type of question. Cause-- "supply of Oil is Finite"
Effect -- the latter part.
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by navami » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:51 am
E
This time no looking back!!!
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