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by magical cook » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:23 pm
Hi,

I chose C) but the answer is E). Could you explain why C) is wrong? :cry:

300. Following the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger, investigators concluded that many key people employed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its contractors work an excessive amount of overtime that has the potential of causing errors in judgment.
(A) overtime that has the potential of causing
(B) overtime that has the potential to cause
(C) overtime that potentially can cause
(D) overtime, a practice that has the potential for causing
(E) overtime, a practice that can, potentially, cause
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by aim-wsc » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:44 pm
one of the worsts in 1000 doc. :(

potential of causing
potential for causing discard
its practise of overtime that causes error in judgement.
not overtime alone.
so discard A B C


that remain E.
in fact E doesnt make best sentence still i t has to be... :?
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by barron » Wed May 21, 2008 2:59 am
which is the subject here?

an 'amount of over time'?
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by tar.goyal » Wed May 21, 2008 4:07 am
The answer should be E.
It should be the 'practice of overtime and not just overtime' that can potentially cause errors in judgement.
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by Rashmi1804 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:07 am
Can anybody throw some light on the use of "has potential" and "potentially" ??
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by scorpion_phoenix » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:42 pm
Sometimes it is best to rewrite the sentence when it is as long as this one.

Therefore consider the following:

Investigators concluded that many people work an excessive amount of overtime that has the potential of causing errors in judgment.

Without any analysis the revised sentence just sounds horrible.
Just like the original sentence, options (A), (B), and (C) present ambiguity; it is unclear what ‘that’ is referring to.

Furthermore, (D) must be eliminated because of verb tense. ‘Causing’ does not parallel ‘work’.
By process of elimination one is left with the answer (E).

Now try substituting the answer (E) with the underlined part of the new sentence up above.
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by tanviet » Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:29 am
"can" and "potentially" do not create redundance in E?, pls, explain
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by Musiq » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:31 am
duongthang wrote:"can" and "potentially" do not create redundance in E?, pls, explain
Thats a great question....I am waiting to see if anyone has an answer on this.

I dont have one, save that, the rest of the options are bad based on grammar wheras redundancy is a style-based rule and not necessarily a grammar based rule.
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by hitesh888 » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:11 pm
Option - E is wrong

Refer to Q-159, OG-10
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While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for home-owners. whose equity--in many cases representing a life's savings--can plunge or even disappear.
(A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose
(B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
(C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their
(D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their
(E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose
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Explanation - "... can potentially is redundant in B and E. ..."
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Its an OG-10 Solution.
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:46 am
The same question is posted at

https://www.beatthegmat.com/correctidion-t45377.html\

and is well explained with excerpts from experts comments.
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by pramendrapandeya » Thu May 15, 2014 8:49 am
Can and potential use of both make sentence redundant :)since both denotes potential!!!
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