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by maihuna » Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:33 am
Scientists claim that the discovery of the first authenticated mammal bones in amber
could provide important clues of determining, in addition to how, when mammals
colonized the islands of the West Indies.
A. of determining, in addition to how, when mammals colonized the islands of the
West Indies
B. in the determination of how and when the islands of the West Indies were
colonized by mammals
C. to determine how mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies and when
they did
D. for determining when the islands of the West Indies were colonized by mammals
and how they were
E. for determining how and when mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies
[spoiler]Answer:A/E[/spoiler]
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by umaa » Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:42 am
maihuna wrote:Scientists claim that the discovery of the first authenticated mammal bones in amber
could provide important clues of determining, in addition to how, when mammals
colonized the islands of the West Indies.
A. of determining, in addition to how, when mammals colonized the islands of the
West Indies
B. in the determination of how and when the islands of the West Indies were
colonized by mammals
C. to determine how mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies and when
they did
D. for determining when the islands of the West Indies were colonized by mammals
and how they were
E. for determining how and when mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies
[spoiler]Answer:A/E[/spoiler]
IMO E.

A - In addition to how, when - wierd; of determining - wrong
B - In the determination of; passive voice is unnecessary here
C - Even though it has used "to determine" correctly, THEY doesn't have a clear antecedent.
D - Same as above.
E - This should be the correct answer in my opinion.

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by heshamelaziry » Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:04 pm
One more vote for E-Obvious.
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by tanviet » Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:26 pm
very hard

I think the idiom is "clue of something" not "clue of doing or in noun"

"to do" is prefered than "for doing"

so, IMO C
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by iDisappear » Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:00 pm
IMO E
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by Does The GMAT beat back? » Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:30 pm
I haven't hit the chapter of Voice in MGMAT SC yet, but by concision alone, E looks to be the best option.

A: "in addition to how" awkward/wordy
B: "in the determination" (maybe; 2nd choice)
C: "and when they did" fragmented/awkward
D: "and how they were" fragmented/awkward
E: concise, grammatically correct

E

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by gmatmachoman » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:32 am
maihuna wrote:Scientists claim that the discovery of the first authenticated mammal bones in amber
could provide important clues of determining, in addition to how, when mammals
colonized the islands of the West Indies.
A. of determining, in addition to how, when mammals colonized the islands of the
West Indies
B. in the determination of how and when the islands of the West Indies were
colonized by mammals
C. to determine how mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies and when
they did
D. for determining when the islands of the West Indies were colonized by mammals
and how they were
E. for determining how and when mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies
[spoiler]Answer:A/E[/spoiler]
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by arora007 » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:04 am
E , idiom 'provide.....for'
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by crackinggmat » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:00 pm
E it should be
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by selango » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:09 pm
IMO E as the idiom provide....for is correct.
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by reply2spg » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:40 am
Can you explain why you choose B?

I choose E. However, you choose B and I am sure that you thought much about the same. Please share your thoughts with us.

Same thing goes with 'duongthang'. Could you guys please share your thoughts?
gmatmachoman wrote:
maihuna wrote:Scientists claim that the discovery of the first authenticated mammal bones in amber
could provide important clues of determining, in addition to how, when mammals
colonized the islands of the West Indies.
A. of determining, in addition to how, when mammals colonized the islands of the
West Indies
B. in the determination of how and when the islands of the West Indies were
colonized by mammals
C. to determine how mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies and when
they did
D. for determining when the islands of the West Indies were colonized by mammals
and how they were
E. for determining how and when mammals colonized the islands of the West Indies
[spoiler]Answer:A/E[/spoiler]
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by ptandon » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:55 am
B or E. What's the OA?
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by outreach » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:39 pm
i narrowed down to D and E because of idiom "provide...for"
D "by mammals" i think is passive. even in B same problem is there
another problem in D is that "they" does not have clear reference
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by crack30 » Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:46 pm
why not C?
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by venmic » Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:18 am
crack30 wrote:why not C?

I needed to understand Y not C
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