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GMAT PREP Stars - Pulsars

by rosh26 » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:11 pm
OA is D

I thought answer was C

Can someone explain?
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Re: GMAT PREP Stars - Pulsars

by duke » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:51 pm
rosh26 wrote:OA is D

I thought answer was C

Can someone explain?
Would be better if not posting the OA. Narrowed down to D and E. "The first sighted" and "While" in E are not quite strong enough to be correct answer...
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by sudharsong » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:59 pm
it must be C
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by sudharsong » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:00 pm
it must be C
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by reachac » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:32 pm
IMO D,

the use of while in E is not correct.
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by aj5105 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:30 am
Could you please tell me what's wrong with C ?
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by aj5105 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:34 am
D -- to be sighted was observed -- is this right?
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by rosh26 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:44 am
Yes, D is right...

Can the experts explain this one?? It seems that there's a lot of confusion....
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by niraj_a » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:15 pm
D is correct

C is wrong because this option makes the sentence sound like the discovery, not the star, was observed by Jocelyn. It's a modifier issue.
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by humblescarabee » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:18 pm
I think that tne issue with C is about the use of the past perfect. The past perfect refers to an event that is anterior to a past event. In the sentence, there is no post event to the discovery that is mentionned and that justifies the use of past perfect
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