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by abhicoolmax » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:25 am
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mmslf75 wrote:@Ron,

Thanks

But with E we change the meaning
As in A author wants us to select an answer choice that says something that HAS CONTINUED and WILL certainly happen in future

E says in Present Perfect sense !! and does not account for future !
well, remember that grammatical issues are more important than "clarity" issues.

if the competing choices have grammatical problems, and your preferred choice only has "clarity" problems, then your choice wins.
Hi Ron,

Could you please help me understand why is D incorrect (say if "shared" was placed appropriately)?

Thanks.

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by lunarpower » Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:58 pm
(d) has two immediately noticeable errors:

1/ redundancy (it says "shared" twice);

2/ idiom error (the correct idiom in this case is "continue + to + verb", not "continue + verbING").
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by abhicoolmax » Thu Sep 01, 2011 3:28 pm
lunarpower wrote:(d) has two immediately noticeable errors:

1/ redundancy (it says "shared" twice);

2/ idiom error (the correct idiom in this case is "continue + to + verb", not "continue + verbING").
Thanks for responding Ron. Appreciate it.

So "has perpetuated and will continue to perpetuate" is correct? Doesn't E (which ONLY used "has perpetuated") change the intended meaning of the original sentence, which intends to actually mean "has perpetuated and will continue to perpetuated"?

Can GMAT change intended meaning of a sentence like this to make the sentence grammatical? Normally, I spend 40% (20-40sec) of the time understanding the original sentence, and then start my error analysis and POE. I eliminated (E) in my 1st split itself - BECAUSE, I thought it changed the intended meaning :(. Am I wrong in my method of attacking these SCs? I am generally pretty good in SCs (have been at 90-95% accuracy in MGMAT CAT SCs), but I tend to spend MOST time understanding the meaning than trying to spot errors.

Thanks. Appreciate your time and patience.

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by garima99 » Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:32 pm
mmslf75 wrote:The Limon Dance Company believes that, since the death of Jose Limon in 1972, they have and will continue to perpetuate the shared artistic vision of Limon and his mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey, who both choreographed works in the company's active repertory.

(A) they have and will continue to perpetuate the shared artistic vision of Limon and his mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey,

(B) they have and will continue to perpetuate Limon and his mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey's shared artistic vision,

(C) it has and will continue to perpetuate the shared artistic vision of Limon and his mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey,

(D) it has perpetuated and will continue perpetuating the shared artistic vision that Limon and his mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey shared,

(E) it has continued to perpetuate the shared artistic vision of Limon and mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey,


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OA is E

I strongly believe it is C

Wat say ??

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by winniethepooh » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:31 am
lunarpower wrote:
mmslf75 wrote:@Ron,

Thanks

But with E we change the meaning
As in A author wants us to select an answer choice that says something that HAS CONTINUED and WILL certainly happen in future

E says in Present Perfect sense !! and does not account for future !
well, remember that grammatical issues are more important than "clarity" issues.

if the competing choices have grammatical problems, and your preferred choice only has "clarity" problems, then your choice wins.
Hi Ron.
Can we take the bold and underlined portion above as a rule?
As in, mistakes which are not grammatical and which leave the intended meaning of the author vague can be correct answers in comparison with grammatical errors in a prospective answer choice.

Also, do you believe that we can face such situations in the real test?

Please reply at your earliest convenience.

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by Asher » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:41 am
winniethepooh wrote:
lunarpower wrote:
mmslf75 wrote:@Ron,

Thanks

But with E we change the meaning
As in A author wants us to select an answer choice that says something that HAS CONTINUED and WILL certainly happen in future

E says in Present Perfect sense !! and does not account for future !
well, remember that grammatical issues are more important than "clarity" issues.

if the competing choices have grammatical problems, and your preferred choice only has "clarity" problems, then your choice wins.
Hi Ron.
Can we take the bold and underlined portion above as a rule?
As in, mistakes which are not grammatical and which leave the intended meaning of the author vague can be correct answers in comparison with grammatical errors in a prospective answer choice.

Also, do you believe that we can face such situations in the real test?

Please reply at your earliest convenience.
The usual rule for SC is:

* eliminate similar errors as option A
* eliminate grammatical errors
* if two or more option still remains - eliminate on the basis of style issues - awkwardness, wordiness, etc