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by mundasingh123 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:06 pm
In recent years, obesity in children has escalated exponentially and are recognized today as real health threats.
(1)
obesity in children has escalated exponentially and are recognized today as real health threats
(2)
child obesity has escalated exponentially and is recognized today as a real health threat
(3)
child obesity has escalated and will be recognized as a real health threat today
(4)
child obesity has escalated exponentially and is recognized in today's world as a real threat to health
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child obesity has escalated exponentially and is recognized daily as a real health threat

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by mundasingh123 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:33 pm
Before anyone replies to this post and eliminates threat to health on grounds of wordiness, I would like to bring to the knowledge of all that MGMAT SC guide says prepostional phrases that begin with prepositions other than OF shouldnt be reduced to noun adjectives .
So threat to health shouldnt be reduced to health threat
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by GmatKiss » Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:50 am
I could breakdown this to 2 and 4

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child obesity has escalated exponentially and is recognized today as a real health threat

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child obesity has escalated exponentially and is recognized in today's world as a real threat to health

[spoiler]Will choose 2, as TODAY seems better than IN TODAY'S WORLD(wordy)[/spoiler]
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by lunarpower » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:45 am
i received a message concerning this question.

what is the source of this problem?
all five of the answer choices are very poorly written, and so discussing the problem is not worthwhile (except perhaps to discuss why it's such a horrible problem). however, an identification of the source would be valuable, so that the source can be treated with suspicion in the future.
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by mundasingh123 » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:45 am
lunarpower wrote:i received a message concerning this question.

what is the source of this problem?
all five of the answer choices are very poorly written, and so discussing the problem is not worthwhile (except perhaps to discuss why it's such a horrible problem). however, an identification of the source would be valuable, so that the source can be treated with suspicion in the future.
I dont remember the source anymore. I am trying to recall where i got this SC from
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by lunarpower » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:36 am
mundasingh123 wrote:I dont remember the source anymore. I am trying to recall where i got this SC from
if you don't know or remember the source of a problem, then don't use the problem!
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by mundasingh123 » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:51 am
lunarpower wrote:
mundasingh123 wrote:I dont remember the source anymore. I am trying to recall where i got this SC from
if you don't know or remember the source of a problem, then don't use the problem!
Yea now i remember , Its from the master gmat free sim cat
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by navami » Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:25 am
In recent years, obesity in children has escalated exponentially and are recognized today as real health threats.
(1)
obesity in children has escalated exponentially and are recognized today as real health threats


ARE is wrong
(2)
child obesity has escalated exponentially and is recognized today as a real health threat
(3)
child obesity has escalated and will be recognized as a real health threat today

Wrong usage of will ( future)
(4)
child obesity has escalated exponentially and is recognized in today's world as a real threat to health

(unnecessary lengthy)

(5)
child obesity has escalated exponentially and is recognized daily as a real health threat


(recognized Daily - ?? )


IMO -2
This time no looking back!!!
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