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thephoenix: Legendary Member; Posts: 1560; Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:38 amFollowed by: 5 members; Thanked: 137 times

by thephoenix » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:32 am

Because the enemy's new ship is the quietest and it is therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed by the military as a threat to security.
(A) and it is therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed
(B) it is therefore the most elusive of submarines, and it has increased the view
(C) and therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed
(D) and therefore it is the most elusive of submarines, there is an increasing view
(E) therefore being the most elusive of submarines, it is increasingly viewed

OA Is C but i thought being is always wrong in GMAT, can anybody help

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fibbonnaci: MBA Student; Posts: 403; Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:32 pmFollowed by: 22 members; Thanked: 98 times

by fibbonnaci » Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:08 am

few pointers:
-> quietest is a superlative and needs a noun or a preposition tagged to it.
-> the subtle change implied here is parallelism error.
-> Also observe the sentence starts with 'because'- dependent clause. so we cannot have a conjunction 'and' connecting a dependent clause with an independent clause.
-> keeping in mind these pointers, parallelism between quietest and the most elusive of submarine needs to exist.

(A) and it is therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed [ dependent and independent clauses are connected.]

(B) it is therefore the most elusive of submarines, and it has increased the view [ship has increased the view? how can ship increase some view?]

(C) and therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed [correct! quietest and elusive are parallel. this is one of the questions where 'being' is correct! tats why i tell, never eliminate 'being' just by looking at it]

(D) and therefore it is the most elusive of submarines, there is an increasing view [ again independent and dependent clauses are connected. wrong!]

(E) therefore being the most elusive of submarines, it is increasingly viewed [ conjunction 'and' is required to maintain parallelism]

hope this helps!

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sars72: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 241; Joined: Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:10 pmFollowed by: 2 members; Location: Chennai; Thanked: 23 times; GMAT Score:690

by sars72 » Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:01 pm

thephoenix wrote: but i thought being is always wrong in GMAT, can anybody help

Answers choices with "Being" are almost always wrong. However, you should never rule out an answer choice on the basis of "being" alone. Being only comes into play if you are stuck between two answer choices ... in that case, check if being is redundant and can be avoided.

Hope this helps.

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