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OG 12 - Global Warming

by maxpain » Mon May 03, 2010 6:40 am
The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global
warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will
create havoc among migratory birds by altering the
environment in ways harmful to their habitats.

(A) a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels,

(B) a phenomenon most scientists agree that is
caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,

(C) a phenomenon that most scientists agree is
caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels,

(D) which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon
caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels,

(E) which most scientists agree to be a
phenomenon caused by fossil fuels burned by
human beings,

OA: C
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Mon May 03, 2010 8:35 am
a. wordy
b.that should be close to phenomenon
c.correct that next to phenomenon
d.wordy
e.most wordy
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by ansumania » Mon May 03, 2010 9:46 am
hi,

could someone please post a detailed explanation.........

why can't "which" refer to global warming and etc.....
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by maxpain » Mon May 03, 2010 9:49 am
Hi ansumania,

I chose D. Had the same problem.
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by sumanr84 » Mon May 03, 2010 9:52 am
maxpain wrote:The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global
warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will
create havoc among migratory birds by altering the
environment in ways harmful to their habitats.

(A) a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels,

(B) a phenomenon most scientists agree that is
caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,

(C) a phenomenon that most scientists agree is
caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels,

(D) which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon
caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels,

(E) which most scientists agree to be a
phenomenon caused by fossil fuels burned by
human beings,

OA: C
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by loveusonu » Mon May 03, 2010 8:13 pm
sumanr84 wrote:
maxpain wrote:The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global
warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will
create havoc among migratory birds by altering the
environment in ways harmful to their habitats.

(A) a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels,

(B) a phenomenon most scientists agree that is
caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,

(C) a phenomenon that most scientists agree is
caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels,

(D) which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon
caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels,

(E) which most scientists agree to be a
phenomenon caused by fossil fuels burned by
human beings,

OA: C
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by neha.patni » Tue May 04, 2010 2:27 am
ansumania wrote:hi,

could someone please post a detailed explanation.........

why can't "which" refer to global warming and etc.....
A. Wrong because it seems to convery human beings in burning fossil fuels not because of human beings's burning of fossil fuels
B. that is incorrectly placed after scientists
C. Reasons properly the cause of global warming
D. Scientists do not agree on global warming as phenomenon but agree to the cause of global warming.
E. same as D
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by ansumania » Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:39 pm
sumanr84 wrote:
maxpain wrote:The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global
warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will
create havoc among migratory birds by altering the
environment in ways harmful to their habitats.

(A) a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels,

(B) a phenomenon most scientists agree that is
caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,

(C) a phenomenon that most scientists agree is
caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels,

(D) which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon
caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels,

(E) which most scientists agree to be a
phenomenon caused by fossil fuels burned by
human beings,

OA: C
hi,

what is wrong with option E? is 'agree to be a 'is wrong idiom? Pl. advise.
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by tomada » Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:04 pm
I was thrown by the possessive human beings' burning, because I thought the GMAT writers didn't care much for possessives used in such a context. Silly me.
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by paes » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:30 am
OA C
difficult problem.
The core of this sentence is meaning of the sentence.
Once you understand the meaning, you can directly avoid A, B D and E.

The sentence is trying to say that

...., a phenomena <> caused by X, ......


here X should be some process - burning of fossil fuels

C says : human beings' burning of fossil fuels : this is a process

If you read all other choices, the meaning is different.
e.g.

D says that 'created by human beings'

B, E says 'created by fossil fuels'
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by tisrar02 » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:26 pm
ansumania wrote:
sumanr84 wrote:
maxpain wrote:The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global
warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will
create havoc among migratory birds by altering the
environment in ways harmful to their habitats.

(A) a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels,

(B) a phenomenon most scientists agree that is
caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,

(C) a phenomenon that most scientists agree is
caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels,

(D) which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon
caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels,

(E) which most scientists agree to be a
phenomenon caused by fossil fuels burned by
human beings,

OA: C
hi,

what is wrong with option E? is 'agree to be a 'is wrong idiom? Pl. advise.
Agree to be is not a "wrong idiom". The sense of the saying is wrong. When you say "Agree to be", it means something that might happen in the future. But the core of this sentence says that this burning of fossil fuels is happening now. The correct way to say this is to replace the "to be" with "is".

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