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Nobel Price!!

by gmat_perfect » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:54 am
The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists for their discovery that plastic can be made electrically conductive--an advance that has led to improvements in film, television screens, and windows.

(A) that plastic can be made electrically conductive--an advance that has led
(B) that plastic can be made electrically conductive--this advance leading
(C) that plastic can be made to be electrically conductive, and this advance led
(D) of plastic's ability to be made electrically conductive, with this advance leading
(E) of plastic being able to be made electrically conductive--an advance that has led

How I have reached to A and E:
B=> This advance leading is awkward.
C=> To be is unnecessary.
D=> With this ability leading.

I am in confusion about the being in E. How can I be sure that BEING in E is wrong. I am in doubt. I could eliminate E, but i did not.

Another thing that I have thought:
They have been awarded for the discovery of XYZ.
=> If this sentence is correct, then E is right in using of XX.

Experts, please help/
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by hardik.jadeja » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:13 am
gmat_perfect wrote: I am in confusion about the being in E. How can I be sure that BEING in E is wrong. I am in doubt. I could eliminate E, but i did not.
In E, I feel "being able to be" is unnecessarily wordy.
gmat_perfect wrote: Another thing that I have thought:
They have been awarded for the discovery of XYZ.
=> If this sentence is correct, then E is right in using of XX.
Use of "discovery of" is correct only when "of" is followed by a noun or a noun phrase.

Hope that helps..

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by nikhilkatira » Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:01 pm
GMAT likes using 'that' after words like belief, discovery,evidence, indication...
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by frank1 » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:38 am
I have seen single hypen
in what kind of situation is -- used ?
and what does it signifies?
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by risingsaisha » Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:43 am
IMO A

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