Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
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because C tries to consider that intense efforts to save are a part of vacation budgets but both the things are mutually exclusive and therefore, C changes the intended meaning of the sentence........hope I make sensevoodoo_child wrote:Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
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While is used when two things are happening at the same time,..........mukgera wrote:Hi Can someone explain why D is incorrect ?
For example: while I was doing work Mr. X knocked the door.......
Therefore, In the above option D if you apply the same logic then it fails
Also, option D makes unclear on who plans?????
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Why are noth the things exclusive . The budgets may be low because a lot of effort is being put in savingaspirant2011 wrote:because C tries to consider that intense efforts to save are a part of vacation budgets but both the things are mutually exclusive and therefore, C changes the intended meaning of the sentence........hope I make sensevoodoo_child wrote:Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
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Option D doesn't mention that the efforts are being put in saving..............mundasingh123 wrote:Why are both the things exclusive . The budgets may be low because a lot of effort is being put in savingaspirant2011 wrote:because C tries to consider that intense efforts to save are a part of vacation budgets but both the things are mutually exclusive and therefore, C changes the intended meaning of the sentence........hope I make sensevoodoo_child wrote:Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
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I thought u were talking ABOUT option Caspirant2011 wrote:Option D doesn't mention that the efforts are being put in saving..............mundasingh123 wrote:Why are both the things exclusive . The budgets may be low because a lot of effort is being put in savingaspirant2011 wrote:because C tries to consider that intense efforts to save are a part of vacation budgets but both the things are mutually exclusive and therefore, C changes the intended meaning of the sentence........hope I make sensevoodoo_child wrote:Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
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sorry my mistake I answered thinking you were asking for option D...........C I feel is awkward because of preposition with as it seems to combine low vacational budget & more intense efforts...........which I feel is not what the sentence means to say......
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One more reason to eliminate C is - it not clear what the prepositional phrase starting 'WITH more intense efforts to save in planning' modifies. Can it modify 'budgets'? Can it modify verbal 'are'? No, it can't modify either?aspirant2011 wrote:because C tries to consider that intense efforts to save are a part of vacation budgets but both the things are mutually exclusive and therefore, C changes the intended meaning of the sentence........hope I make sensevoodoo_child wrote:Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
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Did U read what i wrote about Caspirant2011 wrote:sorry my mistake I answered thinking you were asking for option D...........C I feel is awkward because of preposition with as it seems to combine low vacational budget & more intense efforts...........which I feel is not what the sentence means to say......
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With is too far away from vacation to modify it .so it modifies "are " .This makes sensepatanjali.purpose wrote:One more reason to eliminate C is - it not clear what the prepositional phrase starting 'WITH more intense efforts to save in planning' modifies. Can it modify 'budgets'? Can it modify verbal 'are'? No, it can't modify either?aspirant2011 wrote:because C tries to consider that intense efforts to save are a part of vacation budgets but both the things are mutually exclusive and therefore, C changes the intended meaning of the sentence........hope I make sensevoodoo_child wrote:Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
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In C, D and E, the comparison implied by more intense is unclear. MORE intense THAN what? Eliminate C, D and E.voodoo_child wrote:Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
In B, their lacks a clear antecedent. Eliminate B.
The correct answer is A.
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Thanks Mitch for your explanation........GMATGuruNY wrote:In C, D and E, the comparison implied by more intense is unclear. MORE intense THAN what? Eliminate C, D and E.voodoo_child wrote:Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
In B, their lacks a clear antecedent. Eliminate B.
The correct answer is A.
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Mitch,GMATGuruNY wrote:In C, D and E, the comparison implied by more intense is unclear. MORE intense THAN what? Eliminate C, D and E.voodoo_child wrote:Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
In B, their lacks a clear antecedent. Eliminate B.
The correct answer is A.
Thanks for clarifying. I have a follow-up question - "more" can be used as an adverb. e.g.
The party grew more interesting ?
Correct? I thought that "more" is used as an adverb modifying "intense".
Can you please correct my thought, please? In fact, your explanation is in-line with Knewton's explanation. I feel that I am definitely missing something.
Thanks for your help.
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It is clear that more is an adverb modifying intense.voodoo_child wrote:Mitch,GMATGuruNY wrote:In C, D and E, the comparison implied by more intense is unclear. MORE intense THAN what? Eliminate C, D and E.voodoo_child wrote:Publishers of travel guides for families typically suffer weak Januaries, because vacation budgets are low and efforts to save are intense as families plan for the calendar year ahead.
(A) low and efforts to save are intense as families plan
(B) low and their efforts to save are intense as they plan
(C) low with more intense efforts to save in planning
(D) low, while efforts to save are more intense to plan
(E) low, while their efforts to save are more intense in planning
OA - A
My answer was correct. However, I am not sure why C) is incorrect.
In B, their lacks a clear antecedent. Eliminate B.
The correct answer is A.
Thanks for clarifying. I have a follow-up question - "more" can be used as an adverb. e.g.
The party grew more interesting ?
Correct? I thought that "more" is used as an adverb modifying "intense".
Can you please correct my thought, please? In fact, your explanation is in-line with Knewton's explanation. I feel that I am definitely missing something.
Thanks for your help.
Thanks
Voodoo
What isn't clear is the meaning:
more INTENSE than EXCITING?
more intense IN JANUARIES than in APRILS?
more intense EFFORTS TO SAVE than EFFORTS TO INVEST?
Since it's not clear what's being compared, eliminate C, D and E.
Be skeptical of an answer choice that includes more without than.
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