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by aspirant2011 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:36 pm
where is the question??????
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by AIM GMAT » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:50 pm
nafiul9090 wrote:i am stuck between answer choice A and D.....the correct answer is D but why??? could anyone explain it

PLease kindly post the question , that will be easy for fellow community members to have a take on question otherwise you might not get any replies as its bit tedious to get back to book and search the question , if its readily posted then you can expect fast replies .
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by HSPA » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:44 pm
A 1972 agreement between Canada and USA "reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump " into the great lakes

A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities were allowed to dump.
B) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump.
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by atulmangal » Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:52 am
HSPA wrote:A 1972 agreement between Canada and USA "reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump " into the great lakes

A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities were allowed to dump.
B) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump.
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by nafiul9090 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:22 pm
oooops i apologize for ths inconvenience guys...i m new on it..here is the question


A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United
States reduced the amount of phosphates that
municipalities had been allowed to dump into the
Great Lakes.
(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that
municipalities had been allowed to dump
(B) reduced the phosphate amount that
municipalities had been dumping
(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities
have been allowed to dump
(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that
municipalities are allowed to dump
(E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for
dumping by municipalities
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by gmat_perfect » Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:54 am
nafiul9090 wrote:oooops i apologize for ths inconvenience guys...i m new on it..here is the question


A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.

(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump
(B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping
(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
(E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
The issues:

1. This is an agreement. it was passed in 1972. The law is still applicable.

Since the law is still applicable, something is allowed under the law. We need to use present simple.

--> This eliminates A and B.

2. An event is past. The past event is "the agreement reduced the amount of phosphate".

---> This eliminates C and E.

3. "The amount of phosphate" is more fluid than "Phosphate amount".

Example:

We don't say:

water amount..............
Rice amount................
Sugar amount............
Sand amount............

We say:

Amount of water...........
Amount of rice..............
Amount of sugar...........
Amount of sand...........


Answer is D.
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