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by shipra » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:49 pm
90. The number of mountain gorillas is declining with such rapidity that the population is one-half in the twenty years between a count made by George Schaller in 1960 and the one made by Dian Fossey in 1980.
(A) with such rapidity that the population is one-half
(B) with such rapidity that the population was one-half
(C) so rapidly the population divided in half
(D) so rapidly that the population was halved
(E) in such rapidity that the population is halved
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Re: help pls...

by sachin_kapoor » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:07 am
shipra wrote:90. The number of mountain gorillas is declining with such rapidity that the population is one-half in the twenty years between a count made by George Schaller in 1960 and the one made by Dian Fossey in 1980.
(A) with such rapidity that the population is one-half
(B) with such rapidity that the population was one-half
(C) so rapidly the population divided in half
(D) so rapidly that the population was halved
(E) in such rapidity that the population is halved
"with such rapidity" is wordy and awkward..so A and B are eliminated..
C is missing pronoun
as the data is taken between two years 1960 and 1980 the clause population was halved is the right tense

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by sulabh » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:49 am
It is D.
so X that Y is the correct idiom here.
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by reachac » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:25 am
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by gmatinjuly » Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:56 am
XX7: so rapidly is apt ( A/b/e)
So rapidly that ….idion correct

D correct

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by babuxavier » Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:32 am
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