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by paes » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:03 pm
With adjustments for inflation,the relative cost of welfare benefits has been dropping since 1973, resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than in 1973

(a)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than
(b)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement as
(c)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(d)and as a result the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(e)and the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less as a result to implement than

[spoiler]OA later
Please explain C and D.[/spoiler]
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by this_time_i_will » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:30 pm
C uses the ing modfier that makes the sentence shorter than D that uses wrody as a result (c.f. OG-11, Q:138, explanation for option E)
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by hi.itz.mani » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:50 pm
I don't see any grammatical error among A , C AND D with my naive eyes. and hence I will prefer A which is concise and doesn't lack the clarity.
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by ashish2104 » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:29 am
D seems better here rather than using participle phrase in C
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by paes » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:10 am
ashish2104 wrote:D seems better here rather than using participle phrase in C
Just looks better is not sufficient. Give some convincing reason.
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by paes » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:12 am
Try guys.

No good explanation till now.
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by ashish2104 » Sun Aug 29, 2010 6:39 am
paes wrote:
ashish2104 wrote:D seems better here rather than using participle phrase in C
Just looks better is not sufficient. Give some convincing reason.
As per Og when we have option in selecting between 'resulting' and 'as a result of' always use the latter because it conveys proper meaning.

we need 'and' to join two diiferent topics but related to one another. I choose D over C for these two reasons. If there is some grammatical reason, please share.

Paes, you are more of a champ at SC(refering to your classic explanations in other posts) and I am unaware of any specific rule,if any that pertains to this case.
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by BastiG » Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:09 am
paes wrote:With adjustments for inflation,the relative cost of welfare benefits has been dropping since 1973, resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than in 1973

(a)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than
(b)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement as
(c)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(d)and as a result the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(e)and the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less as a result to implement than

[spoiler]OA later
Please explain C and D.[/spoiler]
OA is D.
A explanation why c is wrong:
did should replace the verb but costing isn't really a verb, so C is wrong

But what I don't understand:
I thought that "And" always requires an parallel structure and I can't really see it in D. Can pls somebody comment on that?
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by paes » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:35 am
OA is D. Thanks BastiG.

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BastiG has given the right explanation to discard C.
It was a new learning for me, so I put it on BTG.
what you wrote : "when we have option in selecting between 'resulting' and 'as a result of' always use the latter because it conveys proper meaning" ---> It can be sentence specific, I don't think any such rule exists.
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by gmat_perfect » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:56 am
paes wrote:With adjustments for inflation,the relative cost of welfare benefits has been dropping since 1973, resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than in 1973

(a)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than
(b)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement as
(c)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(d)and as a result the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(e)and the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less as a result to implement than

[spoiler]OA later
Please explain C and D.[/spoiler]
Just memorize one thing:

Comma + Resulting -----NOT correct.

ABC are out.

IN E, the placement of "as a result" is NOT correct. read the sentence with the present position of "as a result". Does it make sense? it changes the intended meaning of the sentence.

Answer is D.
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by paes » Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:15 am
gmat_perfect,

"comma+resulting is not correct".

In above post, Ashish is also saying some similar thing.

But Kaplan itself is not saying any such thing in its explanation.
Where did you get this rule ? Can you point some link.
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by gmat_perfect » Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:44 am
paes wrote:gmat_perfect,

"comma+resulting is not correct".

In above post, Ashish is also saying some similar thing.

But Kaplan itself is not saying any such thing in its explanation.
Where did you get this rule ? Can you point some link.
Search "resulting" in the New York Times. You will find not a single sentence that has resulting with comma.

Again, I have seen this rule from Ron's post. Seeing that post I was searching the net with "resulting". I did not get a sentence that has "comma + resulting". Since then I have memorized that "comma + resulting" is not correct.

There are other errors in those options that used 'comma + resulting'. Okay?

Thanks.
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by paes » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:52 pm
Some examples where "comma+resulting" is correct :

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mgmat-labour ... 38581.html
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by ankurmit » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:58 pm
I think correct explanation is given by BastiG.

costs about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did

A verb is required here ie costs.

as we have "did " we need costs.

C is out as " costing" is not verb
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by kvcpk » Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:29 am
I dont understand why everyone is saying costing cant be a verb.

This link says costing can be a verb.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/costing

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