economic recession

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clock60: Legendary Member; Posts: 759; Joined: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:15 amFollowed by: 3 members; Thanked: 85 times

by clock60 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:50 am

hi guys
i have no idea how to solve this
can somebody share your thoughts

An economic recession can result from a lowering of employment rates triggered by a drop in investment, which causes people to cut consumer spending and starts a cycle of layoffs leading back to even lower employment rates.

a lowering of employment rates triggered by a drop in investment, which causes people to cut consumer spending and start a cycle of layoffs leading back to even lower employment rates.

a lowering of employment rates triggered by dropping investment, which cause people to cut consumer spending and starts a cycle of layoffs leading back to even lower employment rates.

falling employment rates triggered by a drop in investment, causing cutbacks in consumer spending and starting a cycle of layoffs that lead to even lower employment rates.

falling employment rates that are triggered by a drop in investment, causing people to cut consumer spending and starting a cycle of layoffs that lead back to even lower employment rates.

falling employment rates that are triggered by a drop in investment, that cause cutbacks in consumer spending and the start of a cycle of layoffs leading to even lower employment rates.

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by kvcpk » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:31 am

IMo D

I approached this way:
A. investment, which [which can refer only to investment]
B. investment, which [which can refer only to investment]
C. a drop in investment, causing [causing can refer to complete action in previous clause]
D. a drop in investment, causing [causing can refer to complete action in previous clause]

E. a drop in investment, that cause

, that is almost always wrong - E out.
Investment is not cauising people to cut spending
Drop in investment is causing people to cut spending.
A, B are out.

Out of C and D, D uses "that" to introduce a relative clause correctly.

Hope this helps!!

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by clock60 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:40 am

kvcpk wrote:IMo D

I approached this way:
A. investment, which [which can refer only to investment]
B. investment, which [which can refer only to investment]
C. a drop in investment, causing [causing can refer to complete action in previous clause]
D. a drop in investment, causing [causing can refer to complete action in previous clause]

E. a drop in investment, that cause

, that is almost always wrong - E out.
Investment is not cauising people to cut spending
Drop in investment is causing people to cut spending.
A, B are out.

Out of C and D, D uses "that" to introduce a relative clause correctly.

Hope this helps!!

friend you approach is a good one but you ans is wrong the same as mine. it is not D

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by kvcpk » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:44 am

clock60 wrote:
kvcpk wrote:IMo D

I approached this way:
A. investment, which [which can refer only to investment]
B. investment, which [which can refer only to investment]
C. a drop in investment, causing [causing can refer to complete action in previous clause]
D. a drop in investment, causing [causing can refer to complete action in previous clause]

E. a drop in investment, that cause

, that is almost always wrong - E out.
Investment is not cauising people to cut spending
Drop in investment is causing people to cut spending.
A, B are out.

Out of C and D, D uses "that" to introduce a relative clause correctly.

Hope this helps!!
friend you approach is a good one but you ans is wrong the same as mine. it is not D

Something wrong with me today.. I would have definitely chosen D.

Whats the OA BTW?? C?

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by selango » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:46 am

IMO C

economic recession causing people to cut cosnumer spending and .........

causing correct modifies economic recession.

In option D which incorrectly modifies investment as the cause.

--Anand--

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by clock60 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:47 am

yes it is C, and i have no yet clear picture how to conqure it

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by kvcpk » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:51 am

selango wrote:IMO C

economic recession causing people to cut cosnumer spending and .........

causing correct modifies economic recession.

In option D which incorrectly modifies investment as the cause.

I do not see "where" in option D.

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by selango » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:59 am

Praveen,

Look at the word which after comma.It incorrectly modifies investment.

If comma is followed by which it modifies immediately preceding noun.But here causing must modify economic recession not investment.So which must be eliminated.

--Anand--

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by suryapal » Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:05 am

still not getting.... why its C over D ??

When the whole world seems to be against me and anything I touch becomes poisoned, when people think of giving up as the best solution, for me, giving up is the hardest.....

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by kvcpk » Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:24 am

selango wrote:Praveen,

Look at the word which after comma.It incorrectly modifies investment.

If comma is followed by which it modifies immediately preceding noun.But here causing must modify economic recession not investment.So which must be eliminated.

I think you are talking about A or B option.

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by Stacey Koprince » Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:51 pm

Received a PM asking me to respond. This is an MGMAT question; when posting in future, please include the source in your original post.

Between C and D:

C: "rates triggered by a drop in investment" vs. D: "rates that are triggered by a drop in investment"

Both are fine. D is a bit more wordy, but still grammatically correct. I don't like to decide just based on wordiness unless I have to, so now I'd check the other differences.

C: "causing cutbacks in consumer spending" vs. D: "causing people to cut consumer spending"

Both are technically fine, again, though I don't like how D mentions people and consumers. Something can cause people to cut their spending or something can cause consumers to cut their spending. You wouldn't say something causes consumers to cut consumer spending.

C: "a cycle of layoffs that lead to even lower" vs. "a cycle of layoffs that lead back to even lower"

If something is a cycle, then by definition it leads back or loops around or returns to the starting point or however you want to phrase it. Using "cycle" and "lead back" is redundant.

In sum, there's nothing wrong with C. D is wordy and redundant. I think fewer official questions nowadays rely only on wordiness and redundancy, though, so this isn't really one to worry about.

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