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by aditya8062 » Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:15 am
The Adirondack mountains, unlike other mountain ranges that lie on fault lines, are in the shape of a dome, largely in due course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust about a billion years ago.

A. in due course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust

B. because of a deep uplifting of the crust of the Earth, which occurred

C. because of a deep uplift under the crust of the Earth, occurring

D. due to the course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust

E. being caused by a deep uplift under the crust of the Earth, occurring
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by hemant_rajput » Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:12 am
aditya8062 wrote:The Adirondack mountains, unlike other mountain ranges that lie on fault lines, are in the shape of a dome, largely in due course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust about a billion years ago.

A. in due course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust

B. because of a deep uplifting of the crust of the Earth, which occurred

C. because of a deep uplift under the crust of the Earth, occurring

D. due to the course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust

E. being caused by a deep uplift under the crust of the Earth, occurring

hi Aditya,

Can you please re-check your first option? I find discrepancy in the original statement and the option A you have provided.
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by Nachiket » Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:17 am
aditya8062 wrote:The Adirondack mountains, unlike other mountain ranges that lie on fault lines, are in the shape of a dome, largely in due course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust about a billion years ago.

A. in due course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust

B. because of a deep uplifting of the crust of the Earth, which occurred

C. because of a deep uplift under the crust of the Earth, occurring

D. due to the course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust

E. being caused by a deep uplift under the crust of the Earth, occurring
The fight is between C and D.

The Adirondack mountains ...are in the shape of a dome , "because of" should be used to describe this verb and therefore C
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by Lifetron » Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:15 pm
Nachiket wrote:
aditya8062 wrote:The Adirondack mountains, unlike other mountain ranges that lie on fault lines, are in the shape of a dome, largely in due course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust about a billion years ago.

A. in due course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust

B. because of a deep uplifting of the crust of the Earth, which occurred

C. because of a deep uplift under the crust of the Earth, occurring

D. due to the course from a deep uplift under the Earth's crust

E. being caused by a deep uplift under the crust of the Earth, occurring
The fight is between C and D.

The Adirondack mountains ...are in the shape of a dome , "because of" should be used to describe this verb and therefore C
I chose D. In C, I thought 'occuring' can't be used for a past event. Substituting 'due to' with 'caused by', in D, didn't sound wrong to me.

Any thoughts on this ? Am I wrong ?
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by aditya8062 » Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:24 pm
Substituting 'due to' with 'caused by', in D, didn't sound wrong to me.
well it is indeed wrong

In C, I thought 'occuring' can't be used for a past event
this is not correct .though i had rejected C for some other reason. in C usage of two modifiers back to back seems awkward !!
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by Nachiket » Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:49 pm
aditya8062 wrote:
Substituting 'due to' with 'caused by', in D, didn't sound wrong to me.
well it is indeed wrong

In C, I thought 'occuring' can't be used for a past event
this is not correct .though i had rejected C for some other reason. in C usage of two modifiers back to back seems awkward !!
Whats the OA ?
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by haindavi » Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:23 pm
Elimination:
A: largely in due sounds awkward and changes the meaning of the sentence.
B: it says tht the crust itself gets lifted, whereas under the crust d
Shld get lifted
E,C: occurring- tense change .....which shows tht its happening , which is not true.

So I choose D.
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by srcc25anu » Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:28 pm
I chose C. It sounded better than D to me although occuring at the end does not sound very perfect.

what's the OA?
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by aditya8062 » Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:01 pm
the OA is C
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by veenu08 » Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:01 am
Can anyone please explain the question in detail.
Help appreciated!!

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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:23 am
aditya8062 wrote:the OA is C
Ignore this SC.

In C, occurring cannot serve to modify uplift, a noun in the preceding prepositional phrase.
On the GMAT, a COMMA+ VERBing modifer such as occurring must serve to modify the SUBJECT AND VERB of the preceding clause.
Here is C, with the intervening modifiers omitted:
The Adirondack mountains are in the shape of a dome, occurring about a billion years ago.
The implication of this structure is that occurring about a billion years ago refers to the ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS.
Not the intended meaning.

One more thing:
Because COMMA+VERBing serves to modify -- at least in part -- the preceding verb, it takes on the TENSE of the preceding verb.
In C, the preceding verb is are.
Since are is in the present tense, occurring must also be taking place in the present.
The result is a contradiction in terms: that something is occurring -- RIGHT NOW -- about a billion years ago.
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