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Cheaper than coal or oi

by Anial » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:20 pm
Most energy analysts now agree that the costs of building and maintaining nuclear reactors are too high for nuclear power to likely prove cheaper than coal or oil in the long run.
(A) too high for nuclear power to likely
(B) high enough for nuclear power to be unlikely to
(C) high enough that it is unlikely nuclear power will
(D) so high that nuclear power is unlikely to
(E) so high as to be unlikely that nuclear power will

1000 sc Oa A is D.
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by reply2spg » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:45 pm
It must be D, Is 1000 SC says A?
Anial wrote:Most energy analysts now agree that the costs of building and maintaining nuclear reactors are too high for nuclear power to likely prove cheaper than coal or oil in the long run.
(A) too high for nuclear power to likely
(B) high enough for nuclear power to be unlikely to
(C) high enough that it is unlikely nuclear power will
(D) so high that nuclear power is unlikely to
(E) so high as to be unlikely that nuclear power will

1000 sc Oa A is D.

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by gauravgundal » Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:05 pm
If OA is A,then it is wrong .
Because word 'likely' cannot be used between to and verb prove.

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by akhpad » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:01 am
I am unable to select between B and D.
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by sumanr84 » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:16 am
Anial wrote:Most energy analysts now agree that the costs of building and maintaining nuclear reactors are too high for nuclear power to likely prove cheaper than coal or oil in the long run.
(A) too high for nuclear power to likely - Split infinitive Error
(B) high enough for nuclear power to be unlikely to - 'to be unlikely to' awkward
(C) high enough that it is unlikely nuclear power will - unlikely nuclear, I think it needs a THAT in b/w
(D) so high that nuclear power is unlikely to - concise and correct
(E) so high as to be unlikely that nuclear power will - 'so high as to be' - awkward
IMO : D
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by mj41 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:05 am
I think there is something wrong with this sentence; how can you compare nuclear power to coal and oil

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by subgeeth » Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:06 am
I am confused between D and E can any one explain what is wrong in E and what makes D even more precise

I thought the usage of will which implies future is correct here
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by grockit_andrea » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:20 am
E says that the "costs... are so high as to be unlikely...", which makes it sound like the costs are unlikely. But that's incorrect; what's unlikely is that nuclear power will be cheaper than coal or oil. D is concise and clear, making sure that each adjective is correctly placed; costs are "so high," and nuclear power is "unlikely to prove cheaper." E's construction is confusing and overly wordy.
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by subgeeth » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:38 am
Thanks I understood now
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by Haaress » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:02 am
Andrea , I seem to shy away from the idiom "so as ...to" not only because GMAT seems to have flip flopped on its correctness but also because the MGMAT SC has coded as a "SUSPECT".

Would it be a good strategy to disqualify a sentence just based on the usage of the above idiom.

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by grockit_andrea » Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:56 am
Haaress wrote:Andrea , I seem to shy away from the idiom "so as ...to" not only because GMAT seems to have flip flopped on its correctness but also because the MGMAT SC has coded as a "SUSPECT".

Would it be a good strategy to disqualify a sentence just based on the usage of the above idiom.

Thanks in advance.
I don't like to recommend using bright-line rules to eliminate answer choices; I think the best strategy is to approach things on a case-by-case basis, because many phrases are awkward or incorrect in one context but correct in another. "So high as to be" is awkward in choice E here, but to me that has more to do with the "be" than with the rest of the phrase.
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