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by Anindya Madhudor » Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:39 am
The legislature seems to talk at great length about reform but to do almost nothing to achieve that.

(A) to do almost nothing to achieve that
(B) to do almost nothing achieving such
(C) to do almost nothing to achieve it
(D) doing almost nothing in achieving any
(E) doing almost nothing to achieve that
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by aman88 » Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:58 am
IMO C
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by Chitturi » Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:20 am
it refers to reforms.

parallel construction,

The legislation seems 1. To talk about at great length about reforms
2. To do nothing almost nothing about it( reforms )
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by The Iceman » Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:24 pm
Anindya Madhudor wrote:The legislature seems to talk at great length about reform but to do almost nothing to achieve that.

(A) to do almost nothing to achieve that
(B) to do almost nothing achieving such
(C) to do almost nothing to achieve it
(D) doing almost nothing in achieving any
(E) doing almost nothing to achieve that
C looks the best among these options.

seems to talk... but [seems] to do nothing...
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by viveksingh222 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:26 am
Anindya Madhudor wrote:The legislature seems to talk at great length about reform but to do almost nothing to achieve that.

(A) to do almost nothing to achieve that
(B) to do almost nothing achieving such
(C) to do almost nothing to achieve it
(D) doing almost nothing in achieving any
(E) doing almost nothing to achieve that
IMO E

To do here is not logically correct.
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by aman88 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:29 pm
Ok...What is the OA? Please share.

And someone please explain this question. Experts please help us out here.

Thanks.
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by Sapana » Tue Dec 25, 2012 7:09 pm
option C seems quite plausible. Any Experts?
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by The Iceman » Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:46 pm
The legislature seems [to talk ...blah blah blah...but to do ...blah blah blah blah...]

The legislature seems [to talk ...blah blah blah...but doing ...blah blah blah blah...]

In the above two sentences, the second construction has issues with parallelism. Eliminate D and E.

B is a nonsensical construction ending the sentence awkwardly with "achieving such". Achieiving such what?

A has a major reference issue. The option uses 'that' to refer to "reform", whereas we should refer this singular noun with 'it'.

C corrects all the mistakes discussed above and is hence the right choice.
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