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by gmat740 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:23 am
I have learned that the correct idiom is
From X to Y

But this question has bothered me to think in a different way. Please take a look

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.
A. their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
C. to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging
D. in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
E. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

OA E
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by pandeyvineet24 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:36 am
Between B and E,
i Chose E, because in E , which correctly modifies the noun preceeding it (market)


"By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.

but in E there is another problem.
As per Manhattan "Of the X's should be avoided", but this is not the case here, however B avoids that construction.
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by madhur_ahuja » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:43 am
Also in B, which is incorrectly referring to country rather than market.

E is the correct answer.
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by gmat740 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:31 am
madhur_ahuja wrote:Also in B, which is incorrectly referring to country rather than market.

E is the correct answer.
I agree to what you said above. But my question is regarding the idiomatic construction.
Let me write down both the sentences
B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
From X to Y
E. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges
To X from Y

Now lets have a discussion.
To my knowledge, if a sentence is idiomatically incorrect, then we don't need to check out other aspects like style, grammar etc.

Correct me if I am wrong
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by madhur_ahuja » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:38 am
gmat740 wrote:
madhur_ahuja wrote:Also in B, which is incorrectly referring to country rather than market.

E is the correct answer.
I agree to what you said above. But my question is regarding the idiomatic construction.
Let me write down both the sentences
B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
From X to Y
E. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges
To X from Y

Now lets have a discussion.
To my knowledge, if a sentence is idiomatically incorrect, then we don't need to check out other aspects like style, grammar etc.

Correct me if I am wrong
The point is .

From X to Y being idiomatically correct doesn't makes To X from Y idiomatically incorrect.

You could have argued had it been:
With X to Y
From X on Y

IMO From X to Y and to X from Y are very simple English phrases and both are correct, you cannot argue which one is correct out of both.
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by cata1yst » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:55 am
madhur_ahuja wrote:
gmat740 wrote:
madhur_ahuja wrote:Also in B, which is incorrectly referring to country rather than market.

E is the correct answer.
I agree to what you said above. But my question is regarding the idiomatic construction.
Let me write down both the sentences
B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
From X to Y
E. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges
To X from Y

Now lets have a discussion.
To my knowledge, if a sentence is idiomatically incorrect, then we don't need to check out other aspects like style, grammar etc.

Correct me if I am wrong
The point is .

From X to Y being idiomatically correct doesn't makes To X from Y idiomatically incorrect.

You could have argued had it been:
With X to Y
From X on Y

IMO From X to Y and to X from Y are very simple English phrases and both are correct, you cannot argue which one is correct out of both.
This is right. They are both acceptable on GMAT.
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by gmat740 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:14 pm
madhur_ahuja wrote:
gmat740 wrote:
madhur_ahuja wrote:Also in B, which is incorrectly referring to country rather than market.

E is the correct answer.
I agree to what you said above. But my question is regarding the idiomatic construction.
Let me write down both the sentences
B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
From X to Y
E. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges
To X from Y

Now lets have a discussion.
To my knowledge, if a sentence is idiomatically incorrect, then we don't need to check out other aspects like style, grammar etc.

Correct me if I am wrong
The point is .

From X to Y being idiomatically correct doesn't makes To X from Y idiomatically incorrect.

You could have argued had it been:
With X to Y
From X on Y

IMO From X to Y and to X from Y are very simple English phrases and both are correct, you cannot argue which one is correct out of both.
Thanks a lot guys. I never knew that both are acceptable forms in GMAT.
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