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by golden99 » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:28 am
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lamania wrote: 1) I can't understand why "those" in B and C is redundant? I'm thinking "those" refers to the "corporate contributions" given by the large companies. Is it not?
In B and C, the referent for those seems to be contributions, implying the following:
contributions given by large companies.
A contribution = SOMETHING GIVEN.
Thus, it is redundant to say that SOMETHING GIVEN was GIVEN by large companies.
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Can you please also explain why E is correct? I thought the " 's " is unnecessary, because it would mean corporate contributions from Petercom's? What am I missing here?

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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:11 am
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Can you please also explain why E is correct? I thought the " 's " is unnecessary, because it would mean corporate contributions from Petercom's? What am I missing here?
OA: Few of the corporate contributions to the earthquake relief fund, apart from Peterocom's [contributions], departed significantly from the usual amounts.
The word in bracket iz omitted but implied.
Conveyed meaning:
Few of the corporate contributions departed significantly from the usual amounts.
Peterocom's contributions are an EXCEPTION: they DID depart significantly from the usual amounts.
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by sana.noor » Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:01 am
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though, there is no verb after as but its presence is understood..right?
The cost of running nuclear plants is about the same as [the cost] for other types of power plants.
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aflaam wrote:Nice discussion,
Is D, in second question, also incorrect because it has no verb after as?
This line of reasoning is not valid.
The OA to SC107 in the OG13:
The cost of running nuclear plants is about the same as for other types of power plants.
Here, no verb follows as.
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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Nov 03, 2017 4:30 am
sana.noor wrote:Mitch!
though, there is no verb after as but its presence is understood..right?
This line of reasoning is valid.
The cost of running nuclear plants is about the same as [is the cost] for other types of power plants.
The bracketed verb in blue is omitted but implied.
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