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by nafiul9090 » Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:19 am
George Washington Carver dedicated his life to the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops.

(A) the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops
(B) strengthening the economy in the South with soil improvement and the diversification of crops
(C) strengthening the economy of the South through soil improvement and crop diversification
(D) the strengthening of the economy of the South through improving soil and crop diversifying
(E) the economic strengthening in the South with improving soil and diversifying crops


any idea guys??
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by GmatKiss » Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:42 am
nafiul9090 wrote:George Washington Carver dedicated his life to the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops.

(A) the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops - ambiguous
(B) strengthening the economy in the South with soil improvement and the diversification of crops - with is used for an extra inference (along with)
(C) strengthening the economy of the South through soil improvement and crop diversification - of the south (region uses of) , through (by the means of)
(D) the strengthening of the economy of the South through improving soil and crop diversifying - ambiguous
(E) the economic strengthening in the South with improving soil and diversifying crops - ambiguous


any idea guys??
IMO:C

Hope it helps!
Please correct me if am wrong!

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by aspirant2011 » Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:57 am
nafiul9090 wrote:George Washington Carver dedicated his life to the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops.

(A) the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops
(B) strengthening the economy in the South with soil improvement and the diversification of crops
(C)strengthening the economy of the South through soil improvement and crop diversification
(D) the strengthening of the economy of the South through improving soil and crop diversifying
(E) the economic strengthening in the South with improving soil and diversifying crops


any idea guys??

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by jonathan123456 » Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:32 am
IMO C
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by nafiul9090 » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:30 am
thanks for your cordial replies ....but guys i just dont understand to+VERBING issue

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by saketk » Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:05 am
nafiul9090 wrote:thanks for your cordial replies ....but guys i just dont understand to+VERBING issue
What I think --If "to" is a preposition it is followed by the gerund i.e. ing and can be replaced by a noun not by a verb:
...when it comes to strengthening. strengthening is gerund and not a verb.

Hence it is correct to say "To Strengthening"

Consider this example --- Peace is essential when it comes to learning yoga.

I hope this helps

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by crick » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:10 pm
+1 for C.

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by Abhishek009 » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:12 am
IMO - C.... as well !!
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by vishwas.arora » Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:36 am
nafiul9090 wrote:George Washington Carver dedicated his life to the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops.

(A) the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops
(B) strengthening the economy in the South with soil improvement and the diversification of crops
(C) strengthening the economy of the South through soil improvement and crop diversification
(D) the strengthening of the economy of the South through improving soil and crop diversifying
(E) the economic strengthening in the South with improving soil and diversifying crops


any idea guys??
Can anybody please throw some light on the correct usage,

economic strengthening of the South OR economic strengthening in the South

Does this difference also bears some reason to eliminate the wrong option?
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:23 am
vishwas.arora wrote:
nafiul9090 wrote:George Washington Carver dedicated his life to the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops.

(A) the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops
(B) strengthening the economy in the South with soil improvement and the diversification of crops
(C) strengthening the economy of the South through soil improvement and crop diversification
(D) the strengthening of the economy of the South through improving soil and crop diversifying
(E) the economic strengthening in the South with improving soil and diversifying crops


any idea guys??
Can anybody please throw some light on the correct usage,

economic strengthening of the South OR economic strengthening in the South

Does this difference also bears some reason to eliminate the wrong option?
economic strengthening in the South is wrong because it changes the intended meaning in the above sentence

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