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by f2001290 » Tue May 01, 2007 5:47 am
1000. Japan�s abundant rainfall and the typically mild temperature throughout most of the country have produced a lush vegetation cover and, despite the mountainous terrain and generally poor soils, it has made possible the raising of a variety of crops.

A) it has made possible the raising of
B) has made possible fro them to raise
C) have made it possible to raise
D) have made it possible for raising
E) thus making it possible for them to raise

Why C and not D?
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by hk_4u » Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:53 pm
This is a GMATPrep Question too.

Since the question requires us to pick an answer choice between an infinitive and For Verb-ing, there must be some rule/guideline for doing the same.

Instructors ,please help.

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by vijay_venky » Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:10 am
I have a doubt here, the kind of usage of "it" both in D and E has often been cited as incorrect (in GMAT),

is it okay to use it that way (referring to an action which is not stated)?

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by hk_4u » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:35 pm
Hi Testluv

When you address my question, please shed some light on the usage of "it" also. I realize that "it" here function as an empty "it" or a filler. Sometimes, I confuse it with a pronoun specially when it precedes some noun and I go into the loop of pronoun ambiguity.

Any way to identify empty "it" or it just another intricacy of the language ?

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by Stacey Koprince » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:15 pm
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Why C and not D?
Idiom. (Annoying reason :)) if you want to say "made it possible <to do some action>" then you have to use the infinitive form of the verb. Eliminate D. (A doesn't have that exact idiom setup, so that's okay on this issue.)

The first split I'd deal with is the has/have at the beginning. Singular or plural?
Rainfall and temperature have produced and <has? have?>

Okay, that's a compound subject (rainfall and temp), so plural. Eliminate A and B. And the above examination told me the next thing to deal with: parallelism. The second verb should be parallel to "have produced." "have produced and have made" is parallel. "have produced and thus making" is not parallel. Eliminate E.

Only C is left!
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by hk_4u » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:16 am
Thanks Stacey

need to memorize the idiom then ...

your view on this query ?
When you address my question, please shed some light on the usage of "it" also. I realize that "it" here function as an empty "it" or a filler. Sometimes, I confuse it with a pronoun specially when it precedes some noun and I go into the loop of pronoun ambiguity.

Any way to identify empty "it" or it just another intricacy of the language ?

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by Stacey Koprince » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:28 am
The "it" thing can be tricky, yes. The most basic sentence I can think of (in which "it" doesn't refer to anything) is "It's raining." So I use that as a comparison. Is the "it" in the more complicated sentence conveying something similar to "it's raining?" That's just the state of being?

If so, then I know I don't have to worry about finding the antecedent. If not, then I do worry about it. If I'm not sure, then I go look for other stuff on which to base my decision.
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