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by Sunshine85 » Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:22 am
Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.

(A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable
(B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable
(C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished
(D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable
(E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them

Answer is A

I think the Answer is C

Please explain
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by ssbhowmick » Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:58 am
so X as to be Y and so that are both correct idioms..

but in this question, if you look at answer C,

so gradual that they ...... they refers to who ? it cannot be climate shifts.

So I think A is correct..

as far as E is concerned, I think it is wordy...

Please correct me if I am wrong...

Could someone tell me why is D wrong?
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by brick2009 » Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:15 am
so...as is a idiom..

Also.. i think They is a misused pronoun.. They is WHO???? Climate shift..;-)


Hence: B & C -->Out


D: is wrong because: of replacing the correct word in original sentence with a wordy alternative.

I don't think: indistinguishable = not to be distinguished. (in meaning)

indistinguishable: Means exactly alike...incapable of being percieved as different


PS: Correct me if i am wrong..
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by Mayur Sand » Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:48 pm
Here in (C) what is "they" referring to if not to climate shift , I cant find any other subject it can refer to . Plz explain
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by gmat740 » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:02 am
Here in (C) what is "they" referring to if not to climate shift , I cant find any other subject it can refer to . Plz explain
"they" can refer to the people who are not able to distinguish the change.

I answered a question yesterday which goes like this.

The patient's rare disease was treated using novel techniques developed at the medical school. (WRONG)

The doctor treated the patient's rare disease by using novel techniques developed at the medical school. (Correct)

Please refer to the link below

https://www.beatthegmat.com/dangling-mod ... tml#166784
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