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by schumi_gmat » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:04 pm
A Swiss government panel recommended that the country sell about half its gold reserves and this raised fears of other countries that do the same and inundate the market.
A. reserves and this raised fears of other countries that
B. reserves, which, as a result, raised fears of other countries that
C. reserves; as a result, they feared that other countries would
D. reserves, with fears raised that other countries would
E. reserves, raising fears that other countries would

OA E
I selected E over C because C was wordy beccause of "as a result"
IS my explanation correct?
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by raunekk » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:22 pm
imo:E

C changes the meaning

also cant make out wat " they" is refering to,,
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by rohangupta83 » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:47 am
imo E

concise as well.
true 'C' changes the meaning
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:55 am
E for me too. They have no refrent here. If it is saying to panel, then as panel opinion is unianimous, singular pronoun should be used not plural
So.IMO E.
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by jayjk78 » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:58 am
E
A. Pronoun ref error "This"
B Wrong usage of "which"
C. Same as A " They"
D. Raised is in past tense. But sentence is in present
E. Correct
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by amitabhprasad » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:58 pm
One of the reason I selected "E" was the clause
"raising fears that other countries would"
this is an adverbial clause modifying entire preceding clause
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by nervesofsteel » Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:18 am
E should be the answer...

E shows the cause and effect relationship....
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:55 am
jayjk78 wrote: D. Raised is in past tense. But sentence is in present
Can someone please tell why D is wrong....to me the sentence looks to be in past tense....IMO recommended is simple past.
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by gmat740 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:59 am
D. reserves, with fears raised that other countries would
look at the sentence construction.

Which one is correct

Raised fears or fears raised :D
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:02 am
gmat740 wrote:
D. reserves, with fears raised that other countries would
look at the sentence construction.

Which one is correct

Raised fears or fears raised :D
:-) yes got it. Thanks.
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