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Many social commentators disagreed

by patanjali.purpose » Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:20 pm
Many social commentators disagreed on the implications of this, ||| either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.|||


A) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
B) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
C) seeing either Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
D) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and as an unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
E) seeing either Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.

Decision btn 2 options !! Pls explain your pick
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by 1947 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:51 pm
patanjali.purpose wrote:Many social commentators disagreed on the implications of this, ||| either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.|||


A) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
B) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
C) seeing either Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
D) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and as an unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
E) seeing either Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.

Decision btn 2 options !! Pls explain your pick
Parallelism being tested here....
between B and D ...I will go for D....bcos of
as a desperate and as an unprofessional manner...its more parallel
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by crick » Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:38 pm
I will go with B here.

The decision was between B and D. desperate and unprofessional modify manner, hence we do not need repetition of as a/an.

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by 1947 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:44 pm
time for OA please
I thought usage of article is not tested in this exam....
what is the source of this question

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by gunjan1208 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:03 pm
I shall go for B instead of D. B gives the perfect parallelism and either.....or

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by GmatKiss » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:06 pm
patanjali.purpose wrote:Many social commentators disagreed on the implications of this, ||| either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.|||


A) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
B) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
C) seeing either Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
D) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and as an unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
E) seeing either Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.

Decision btn 2 options !! Pls explain your pick
IMO:B

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by patanjali.purpose » Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:12 pm
GmatKiss wrote:
patanjali.purpose wrote:Many social commentators disagreed on the implications of this, ||| either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.|||


A) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
B) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
C) seeing either Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
D) either seeing Joshua's efforts as a desperate and as an unprofessional manner to seek a job or viewing Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.
E) seeing either Joshua's efforts as a desperate and unprofessional manner to seek a job or they viewed Joshua's strategy as a savvy means to attract attention to an overly qualified individual.

Decision btn 2 options !! Pls explain your pick
IMO:B
OA - B; Source - Platinumgmat

However, I am still not sure whether 'as an' in D is incorrect

a desperate and unprofessional manner - is this correct
a desperate and an unprofessional manner - IMO this is better as it uses appropriate 'an' to qualify unprofessional.

Your views pls.

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