1000 SC ques# 134

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ketan8: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 2; Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 7:47 pm

by ketan8 » Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:15 am

As rare as something becomes, be it a baseball card or a musical recording or a postage stamp, the more avidly it is sought by collectors.

(A) As rare as something becomes, be it
(B) As rare as something becomes, whether it is
(C) As something becomes rarer and rarer, like
(D) The rarer something becomes, like
(E) The rarer something becomes, whether it is

I dont have the OA for this. Plz provide me answers with explainations.

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vinayakdl: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 131; Joined: Wed May 06, 2009 1:01 pm; Location: Chicago; Thanked: 7 times

by vinayakdl » Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:11 am

IMO Answer: E

"As rare as" is unidiomatic hence A and B out
use of "like" here is inappropriate because we are not comparing anything at best giving examples hence C and D out

also in E use of Whether is appropriate ...

Vinayak

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by nitya34 » Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:59 am

ABC were clearly OUT

Idiom issue
the rarer....the more...
https://www.beatthegmat.com/sc-t13407.html

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goelmohit2002: Legendary Member; Posts: 1799; Joined: Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:03 amFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 36 times

Re: 1000 SC ques# 134

by goelmohit2002 » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:55 am

ketan8 wrote:As rare as something becomes, be it a baseball card or a musical recording or a postage stamp, the more avidly it is sought by collectors.

(A) As rare as something becomes, be it
(B) As rare as something becomes, whether it is
(C) As something becomes rarer and rarer, like
(D) The rarer something becomes, like
(E) The rarer something becomes, whether it is

I dont have the OA for this. Plz provide me answers with explainations.

Thanks!!

I also vote for "E".

A,B out as
As rare as is used to show similarity between two things....

something like

Talent today is as rare as it was in the past.

C, D can be kicked out as
like is wrong since like is used to show similarity between two nouns....which are not the case here.

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by rahulg83 » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:44 am

OA is E

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by hetavdave » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:07 pm

IMO - E
A,B and C are clearly out.

(D) The rarer something becomes, like
(E) The rarer something becomes, whether it is

In D, like is incorrect. Like is used to compare.

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by goelmohit2002 » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:13 pm

rahulg83 wrote:OA is E

Question posted by Ketan and OA by Rahul....

Rahul are you proxing Ketan ?

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jitsy: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 51; Joined: Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:49 pmFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 11 times

by jitsy » Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:28 am

Guys,

Just had a question on this

As you all correctly said, 'like' is used to compare 2 nouns, isn't 'whether' used when you have only 2 options e.g., "I did not know whether he'll go."

In that case isn't the usage "The rarer something becomes, whether it is a baseball card or a musical recording or a postage stamp..." incorrect?

Please help.

Didnt know which is a greater sin to commit here so went with option D.

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Jim@Grockit: GMAT Instructor; Posts: 641; Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:07 pmFollowed by: 45 members; Location: Madison, WI; Thanked: 162 times; GMAT Score:760

by Jim@Grockit » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:58 am

jitsy wrote:Guys,

Just had a question on this

As you all correctly said, 'like' is used to compare 2 nouns, isn't 'whether' used when you have only 2 options e.g., "I did not know whether he'll go."

In that case isn't the usage "The rarer something becomes, whether it is a baseball card or a musical recording or a postage stamp..." incorrect?

Please help.

Didnt know which is a greater sin to commit here so went with option D.

The conjunction "whether" is not limited to two things. The archaic pronoun meaning "which of two" is limited to two things, but you won't see it on the GMAT.

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jitsy: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 51; Joined: Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:49 pmFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 11 times

by jitsy » Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:14 am

Thanks Jim!! Appreciate your response.

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