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by [email protected] » Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:34 pm
Fishermen who make their livings from the Long Island Sound are experiencing serious losses, and their troubles escalated in recent months and pressure on regulators to strengthen health codes for fisheries has intensified.

(A) and their troubles escalated in recent months and pressure on regulators to strengthen
(B) their troubles escalating in recent months as pressure on regulators to strengthen
(C) with their troubles escalating recently as pressure on regulators for strengthening
(D) as their troubles escalated in recent months while pressure on regulators to strengthen
(E) as in recent months, their troubles escalated, due to pressure on regulators for strengthening

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Would anyone help me explain why it's (B). My first choice was (D)
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by vittalgmat » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:50 pm
Hi,
Can u pls double check the question. I see some typos.

Fishermen who make their livings from Long Island...
should be
Fishermen who make their living on Long Island ???

Also is there a ; instead of , after serious losses??


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by canada_sms » Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:11 pm
1) the idiom is 'pressure to' so you can eliminate C and E
2) 'troubles escalated' is passive voice so it B is preferred to D
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by [email protected] » Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:41 pm
vittalgmat wrote:Hi,
Can u pls double check the question. I see some typos.

Fishermen who make their livings from Long Island...
should be
Fishermen who make their living on Long Island ???

Also is there a ; instead of , after serious losses??


thanks
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"make a living from" is a correct idiom. I've checked again. Nothing typed wrong here
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by [email protected] » Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:43 pm
"pressure on sb" is idiom, too
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by rumy » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:50 pm
doesn't B have run on error?
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by Jatinder » Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:10 am
D looks the best among all.

A--

Fishermen who make their livings from the Long Island Sound are experiencing serious losses, and their troubles escalated in recent months and pressure on regulators to strengthen health codes for fisheries has intensified.

(A) and their troubles escalated in recent months and pressure on regulators to strengthen ---- Not parallel

(B) their troubles escalating in recent months as pressure on regulators to strengthen ----- comma should have been semicolon

(C) with their troubles escalating recently as pressure on regulators for strengthening ---- wordy and awkword ...for...for...

(D) as their troubles escalated in recent months while pressure on regulators to strengthen

(E) as in recent months, their troubles escalated, due to pressure on regulators for strengthening --- their ...ambiquous ...
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by vishubn » Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:38 am
Fishermen who make their livings from the Long Island Sound are experiencing serious losses, and their troubles escalated in recent months and pressure on regulators to strengthen health codes for fisheries has intensified.

(A) and their troubles escalated in recent months and pressure on regulators to strengthen
(B) their troubles escalating in recent months as pressure on regulators to strengthen
(C) with their troubles escalating recently as pressure on regulators for strengthening
(D) as their troubles escalated in recent months while pressure on regulators to strengthen
(E) as in recent months, their troubles escalated, due to pressure on regulators for strengthening
as simple as that :)

experiencing and escalated (diff tense) so A ,D and E elliminated

between B and C ...ing form is a ongoing process ... so to... strhengthen is infintive and right option

B OA

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by sudhir3127 » Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:04 am
vishubn wrote:
Fishermen who make their livings from the Long Island Sound are experiencing serious losses, and their troubles escalated in recent months and pressure on regulators to strengthen health codes for fisheries has intensified.

(A) and their troubles escalated in recent months and pressure on regulators to strengthen
(B) their troubles escalating in recent months as pressure on regulators to strengthen
(C) with their troubles escalating recently as pressure on regulators for strengthening
(D) as their troubles escalated in recent months while pressure on regulators to strengthen
(E) as in recent months, their troubles escalated, due to pressure on regulators for strengthening
as simple as that :)

experiencing and escalated (diff tense) so A ,D and E elliminated

between B and C ...ing form is a ongoing process ... so to... strhengthen is infintive and right option

B OA

Vishu
Agree with u Vishnu ...

but dont u think inB there shud have been a semi colon and not just a comma because its another independent clause.?
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by schumi_gmat » Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:06 pm
Thats right sudhir, I thought so the same and choose answer C

What is the source of the Q?
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