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by mundasingh123 » Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:53 pm
Despite that they were able to calculate faster than ever before possible, the earliest computers, built with tubes instead of transistors, were too bulky, expensive, and unreliable to be useful to businesses.

A Despite that they were able to calculate faster than ever before possible
B Even though it could calculate faster than previously possible
C Although faster in its calculating than ever before possible
D Despite their calculations being faster than ever before possible
E Despite their unprecedented speed of calculation
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by cans » Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:13 pm
B,C :subject verb disagreement. (computers is plural...)
faster than ever before possible is redundant...
faster than ever also conveys the same meaning......
IMO E
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by mundasingh123 » Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:15 pm
cans wrote:B,C :subject verb disagreement. (computers is plural...)
faster than ever before possible is redundant...
faster than ever also conveys the same meaning......
IMO E
what about D
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by cans » Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:21 pm
faster than ever before possible is present in D also...
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by mundasingh123 » Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:24 pm
cans wrote:faster than ever before possible is present in D also...
whats wrong with that
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by gunjan1208 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:45 am
I shall also go with E

D Despite their calculations being faster than ever before possible : Do we really need possible here? Faster than ever before. It looks wordy to me. That's the only reason I could find
E Despite their unprecedented speed of calculation

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by mehrasa » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:18 am
mundasingh123 wrote:Despite that they were able to calculate faster than ever before possible, the earliest computers, built with tubes instead of transistors, were too bulky, expensive, and unreliable to be useful to businesses.

A Despite that they were able to calculate faster than ever before possible Despite that is wrong
B Even though it could calculate faster than previously possible the pronoun is wrong bcuz its antecedents is plural (the earliest computers)
C Although faster in its calculating than ever before possible "although faster" is strange
D Despite their calculations being faster than ever before possible "being is not appropriate"
E Despite their unprecedented speed of calculation
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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:40 am
Despite that they were able to calculate faster than ever before possible, the earliest computers, built with tubes instead of transistors, were too bulky, expensive, and unreliable to be useful to businesses.

A Despite that they were able to calculate faster than ever before possible - REDUNDANT
B Even though it could calculate faster than previously possible - singular
C Although faster in its calculating than ever before possible -REDUNDANT
D Despite their calculations being faster than ever before possible- REDUNDANT
E Despite their unprecedented speed of calculation

IMO:E, but unprecedented can mean either way : slow or fast!

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by venmic » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:34 am
This isnt a GMAT question type

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