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by ani781 » Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:54 am
Although energy prices have tripled in the United States over the last two years, research indicates few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making fuel efficiency a priority when shopping for cars.
A. few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making
B. few people having significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made
C. that there are few people who have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor having made
D. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do and are not making
E. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made


What is wrong with options (A) ad (B) ?

[spoiler]OA : E.[/spoiler]
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by theCodeToGMAT » Sat Oct 05, 2013 4:07 am
{A} - INCORRECT; without "that" the meaning is distorted; "nor" is better usage with used with "neither"
{B} - INCORRECT; without "that" the meaning is distorted;
{C} - INCORRECT; "there" are shows that research is pointing some specific few people; "having" is not parallel
{D} - INCORRECT; we need "or"
{E} - CORRECT;

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by vinay1983 » Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:06 am
ani781 wrote:Although energy prices have tripled in the United States over the last two years, research indicates few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making fuel efficiency a priority when shopping for cars.
A. few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making
B. few people having significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made
C. that there are few people who have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor having made
D. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do and are not making
E. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made


What is wrong with options (A) ad (B) ?

[spoiler]OA : E.[/spoiler]
The sentence needs " that" after indicates to make it correct.

A- No "that"
B-No "that"
C-"nor having made" is wrong usage. "or" must have been used instead of "nor having"
D-again "or" must have been used here
E-Bingo! concise and correct

E for me
You can, for example never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to!

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