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by gmat_perfect » Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:13 am
The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures.

(A) of there being little that is a significant difference
(B) of there being little that is significantly different
(C) of little that is significantly different
(D) that there is little that is significantly different
(E) that there is little of significant differences
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OA: D[/spoiler]

Why is E wrong?
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by grockit_andrea » Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:54 am
The easy way to eliminate E is by noting that the plural "differences" doesn't agree with the singular verb "is." But even without that, "little of... difference" isn't idiomatically correct. You would just say "little significant difference," or "little that is significantly different." The "of" in E just shouldn't be there.
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by gmat_perfect » Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:55 am
grockit_andrea wrote:The easy way to eliminate E is by noting that the plural "differences" doesn't agree with the singular verb "is." But even without that, "little of... difference" isn't idiomatically correct. You would just say "little significant difference," or "little that is significantly different." The "of" in E just shouldn't be there.
wow, what a good solution!

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by pesfunk » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:53 pm
I was confused between B and D. Although I chose D, I'm not sure why B is incorrect.

Could someone please help ?
gmat_perfect wrote:The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures.

(A) of there being little that is a significant difference
(B) of there being little that is significantly different
(C) of little that is significantly different
(D) that there is little that is significantly different
(E) that there is little of significant differences
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OA: D[/spoiler]

Why is E wrong?
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by Rezinka » Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:41 am
"Generalization" needs to be followed by "that". So, A,B,C aur out
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