gmat set 11

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by clammiestqasar » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:21 am
The market for recycled commodities like aluminium and other metals remain strong despite economic changes in the recycling industry

a.commodities like aluminium and other metals remain
b. commodities like those of aluminium and other metals are remaining
c. commodities such as aluminium and other metals remains
d. commodities,such as aluminium and other metals,remain
e.commodities,like the commodities ofaluminium and other metals,remains
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by niksworth » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:31 am
IMO C

A - Subject verb agreement error - market...remain
B - Tense and subject verb agreement error in are remaining
D - Subject verb agreement error - market...remain
E - Wordy

OA please

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by sirisha.g » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:34 am
IMO C. firstly such as should be used so eliminate A,B,E. secondly use singular verb remains since subject "market" is singular

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by clammiestqasar » Fri Aug 27, 2010 11:30 pm
Even i thought C is the correct option but OA is E.

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by ankurmit » Fri Aug 27, 2010 11:53 pm
C and E both seeme correct but I think intention of GMAC is to compare two type of comodities.

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by niksworth » Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:20 am
clammiestqasar wrote:Even i thought C is the correct option but OA is E.
What is the source of this question?

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by clammiestqasar » Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:34 am
I have a set of 31 odd gmat papers.This question is from that lot.

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