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by atulmangal » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:17 am
In January 1994 an oil barge ran aground off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, leaking its cargo of 750,000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of the city's beaches.
A. leaking its cargo of 750,000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of
B. with its cargo of 750,000 gallons leaking into the ocean, and it polluted
C. and its cargo of 750,000 gallons leaked into the ocean, polluting
D. while it leaked its cargo of 750,000 gallons into the ocean and caused the pollution of
E. so that its cargo of 750,000 gallons leaked into the ocean, and they were polluting
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by AIM GMAT » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:21 am
Ran || leaked

IMO C.
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by HSPA » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:24 am
AIM ...

why not it is B?

Oil ke SAATH chakar lagaya aur beach ko ganda kiya... B hi hona chahiyena??
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:24 am
I would go with C...........wats the OA????

In January 1994 an oil barge ran aground off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, leaking its cargo of 750,000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of the city's beaches.

A. leaking its cargo of 750,000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of---------> leaking and while causing are not parallel.
B. with its cargo of 750,000 gallons leaking into the ocean, and it polluted ------> "leaking" and "it polluted" not parallel.
C. and its cargo of 750,000 gallons leaked into the ocean, polluting
D. while it leaked its cargo of 750,000 gallons into the ocean and caused the pollution of
E. so that its cargo of 750,000 gallons leaked into the ocean, and they were polluting
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by AIM GMAT » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:26 am
HSPA wrote:AIM ...

why not it is B?
with its cargo of 750,000 gallons leaking into the ocean, and it polluted
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by atulmangal » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:26 am
AIM GMAT wrote:Ran || leaked

IMO C.
Its good to see your approach but why not Op A....

"oil barge ran aground off the coast of San Juan" which consequently causes "leaking" and then "causing"....Is this because of the use of the word "while" before CAUSING in Op A makes it incorrect??? or there other issues are also there????
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by AIM GMAT » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:32 am
atulmangal wrote:
AIM GMAT wrote:Ran || leaked

IMO C.
Its good to see your approach but why not Op A....

"oil barge ran aground off the coast of San Juan" which consequently causes "leaking" and then "causing"....Is this because of the use of the word "while" before CAUSING in Op A makes it incorrect??? or there other issues are also there????
A. leaking its cargo of 750,000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of

Contrast is not required here .

If going by HSPA's approach :-

Oil ke SAATH chakar lagaya jabki beach ko ganda kiya

Literally googled meaning of while in hindi :D
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by atulmangal » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:33 am
HSPA wrote:AIM ...

why not it is B?

Oil ke SAATH chakar lagaya aur beach ko ganda kiya... B hi hona chahiyena??
Op B is no doubt WRONG, because look at the pronoun IT, IT can not refer to "leaking" and its the leaking which caused the pollution not the OIL BARGE or CARGO

for example, consider two statements

1) Stock market crashed and caused a loss to the share holders---WRONG
2) Stock market crashed, causing loss to the share holders-----RIGHT

first statement, Stock market crashed and Stock market caused a loss to the share holders this statement is wrong as crashing cause the LOSS NOT the stock market
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by atulmangal » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:35 am
AIM GMAT wrote:
atulmangal wrote:
AIM GMAT wrote:Ran || leaked

IMO C.
Its good to see your approach but why not Op A....

"oil barge ran aground off the coast of San Juan" which consequently causes "leaking" and then "causing"....Is this because of the use of the word "while" before CAUSING in Op A makes it incorrect??? or there other issues are also there????
A. leaking its cargo of 750,000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of

Contrast is not required here .

If going by HSPA's approach :-

Oil ke SAATH chakar lagaya jabki beach ko ganda kiya

Literally google meaning of while in hindi :D
Wel that's all i wanna know, ONLY the use of "while" is making Op A incorrect
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