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by ceeka9388 » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:54 pm
24. An international group of more than 2,000 scientists project an average global warming that will be between 1.8 and 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the year 2000.
A. project an average global warming that will be between 1.8 and
B. project an average global warming to be from 1.8 to
C. project global warming that will average between 1.8 and
D. projects global warming to average from 1.8 to
E. projects an average global warming of between 1.8 and

Can someone help me figure out the better answer b/w D and E..............

OA IS E
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by cans » Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:26 pm
group is singular, thus projects should be used.
a,b,c eliminated
for 1.8 ,6.3 between-and should be used.
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by phanideepak » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:14 pm
Are you sure that there is 'of between' is there in the answer choices???
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by ceeka9388 » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:37 pm
I suspect 'of between' can someone clarify on that ?
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by Frankenstein » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:53 pm
ceeka9388 wrote:I suspect 'of between' can someone clarify on that ?
Hi,
I think the usage is OK, just as we say a value of greater than 10.
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by vikram4689 » Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:32 pm
IMO E

I think D changes the meaning as if scientists are projecting(as in projecting a satellite) something for it to range from A to B
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by [email protected] » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:30 pm
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An international group of more than 2,000 scientists project an average global warming that will be between 1.8 and 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the year 2000.
(A) project an average global warming that will be between 1.8 and
(B) project an average global warming to be from 1.8 to
(C) project global warming that will average between 1.8 and
(D) projects global warming to average from 1.8 to
(E) projects an average global warming of between 1.8 and

The subject of the sentence is 'group', so the correct verb is 'projects' ... this eliminates A, B, and C.

Also, the average is a fixed number. It is not a range.

Imagine someone average GMAT score is 730 (in multiple attempts).

We can say: His average score is between 720 and 740. CORRECT

But we can't say: His average score is from 720 to 740. INCORRECT

Same deal here: So D is wrong.

Correct: E
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