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by ronniecoleman » Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:51 pm
Originally developed by ancient Hawaiians, surfing appeals to people due to the sport’s unusual confluence of adrenaline, skill, and high paced maneuvering, an unpredictable backdrop that is, by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable, and the camaraderie that often develops among people in their common quest to conquer nature.

1 surfing appeals to people due to the sport’s unusual confluence of adrenaline, skill, and high paced maneuvering, an unpredictable backdrop that is, by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable, and the camaraderie that often develops
2 surfing’s appeal is its unusual confluence of adrenaline, skill, and high paced maneuvering, an unpredictable backdrop that is, by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable, and the camaraderie that often develops
3 surfing’s appeal to people is due to the sport’s unusual confluence of adrenaline, skill, and high paced maneuvering, an unpredictable backdrop that is, by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable, and developing camaraderie
4 surfing appeals to people due to the sport’s unusual confluence of adrenaline, skill, and high paced maneuvering, a backdrop that is unpredictable and that is, by turns, gracefully and serenely violent and formidable, and the camaraderie that often develops
5 surfing appeals to people due to their unusual confluence of adrenaline, skill, and high paced maneuvering, an unpredictable backdrop that is, by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable, and the camaraderie that often develops


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THE question is whether
unpredictable backdrop that is, by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable, and the camaraderie

if all the above are adjectives for unpredictable backdroup,
then why
graceful and serence ( why this extra and )

it should be graceful, serene, violent and formidable.... ???
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Re: MGMAT SC

by acecoolan » Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:22 pm
ronniecoleman wrote: THE question is whether
unpredictable backdrop that is, by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable, and the camaraderie

if all the above are adjectives for unpredictable backdroup,
then why
graceful and serence ( why this extra and )

it should be graceful, serene, violent and formidable.... ???
I think they key here is "by turns" - what the author intends to bring out is a contrast/opposite - on one hand surfing is 'graceful and serene' and on the other hand its 'violent and formidable'.

Good one though this SC.

I hate such long sentences :? - though after gazing at the options for 2 mins or so - i got to the OA. Thank god for that.

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by piyush_nitt » Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:24 pm
because of usage of 'by turns' , that means alternately

If backdrop is graceful and serene then it cannot be violent and formidable AND vice versa.

All the adjectives cannot be used at the same time to describe the backdrop.

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by ronniecoleman » Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:55 pm
piyush_nitt wrote:because of usage of 'by turns' , that means alternately

If backdrop is graceful and serene then it cannot be violent and formidable AND vice versa.

All the adjectives cannot be used at the same time to describe the backdrop.

Hope that helps
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