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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:54 am
Poor weather in early 14th-century Europe created meager harvests, causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as 15 percent of the population.


causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination as many as


causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and eliminating as much as

resulting in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as much as

and resulted in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

causing mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

plz explain
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by kvcpk » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:04 am
causing the result is redundant.


Pick C
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by saurabhmahajan » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:44 am
IMO C:
Becoz of causing the result is redundant and the use of much for population.

Please correct me if i am wrong.
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by FightWithGMAT » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:52 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:Poor weather in early 14th-century Europe created meager harvests, causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as 15 percent of the population.


causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination as many as


causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and eliminating as much as

resulting in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as much as

and resulted in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

causing mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

plz explain
IMO E

C lacks parallelism
resulting in X and in Y

Whereas E is parallel
Causing X and Y where X and Y both are concrete nouns.
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by adi_800 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:16 am
@Pradeep
Great if you put the range (500-600, 600-700) of all the manhattan questions that you just posted. Users will come to know of what difficulty level questions they are solving...
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by fitzgerald23 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:16 am
IMO E.

I can easily eliminate A & B because of "causing the result"

Throw out D due to meaning. The harvests caused the problems, not the poor weather

That leaves C & E

I think there are three possible problems with C. I believe you use as much as with uncountable terms. Percent is countable meaning you should use "as many as". Im also not sure that meager harvest can result in anything. I think they have to cause something. I also think that parallelism is a problem. resulting in mass starvation...the elimination. I believe you need an "in" before "the elimination".
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by paes » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:23 am
IMO C

much will be used for percent

So B and C remains.

B : wordy 'causing the result '

C wins
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:08 am
fightwith gmat and fitzgerald 23 i have the same feeling like your for option E. i m glad somebody thinks like me but there are 2 problems with option E ( much/many) which i cant see during my test. actuall gmat is this test only to find the error under pressure.

kvcpk and sourabh plz tell me how u know that causing is redundant.

adi plz take part in giving yr opinion rather giving suggestions that u leave to Mr Eric. first u reply than i can understand your level
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by kvcpk » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:16 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:fightwith gmat and fitzgerald 23 i have the same feeling like your for option E. i m glad somebody thinks like me but there are 2 problems with option E ( much/many) which i cant see during my test. actuall gmat is this test only to find the error under pressure.

kvcpk and sourabh plz tell me how u know that causing is redundant.
"Causing the result" is redundant. You can directly say "resulting". Causing and resulting have same meaning.

My preparation is causing the result of my success.

See how awkward it looks.

You can simply say :
My Preparation is resulting in my success.
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by diebeatsthegmat » Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:20 pm
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:Poor weather in early 14th-century Europe created meager harvests, causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as 15 percent of the population.


causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination as many as


causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and eliminating as much as

resulting in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as much as

and resulted in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

causing mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

plz explain
why is it C ?
agree that we can eliminate option A, B, D
however why dont we use many in this sentence? we always say " as many people as..." right?
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:35 pm
Have you guys gone through the mgmat sc guide? E is wrong because a simple gerund can't be parallel to an action noun
https://www.beatthegmat.com/the-retake-o ... 51414.html

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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:56 pm
why is it C ?
agree that we can eliminate option A, B, D
however why dont we use many in this sentence? we always say " as many people as..." right?

diebeatsthegmat here 15 % of population is quantity not numbers hence use of many is incorrect. much is better in option C
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by debmalya_dutta » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:03 pm
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:Poor weather in early 14th-century Europe created meager harvests, causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as 15 percent of the population.


causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination as many as


causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and eliminating as much as

resulting in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as much as

and resulted in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

causing mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

plz explain
firstly , "much" as opposed to many should be used along with population
So, narrowing the correct answers can be either B or C
In B , "causing the result of " is incorrect and awkward..whatever you may call .. Result is redundant with Cause

Hence C is the answer
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by ankurmit » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:50 pm
Please go through this post..C is correct answer

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/poo ... t3006.html
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