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by aspirant2011 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:18 am
247. Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money, even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce distinguished architecture.

(A) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce
(B) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money will produce
(C) even though there is no certainty that the expenditure of money in large sums produces
(D) even though it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produces
(E) though there is no certainty as to the expenditure of money in large sums producing

[spoiler]OA: After some discussion. Please explain each answer choice.[/spoiler]
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by AIM GMAT » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:28 am
Between C and D.

IMO D .

(C) even though there is no certainty that the expenditure of money in large sums produces

(D) even though it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produces
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by aspirant2011 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:31 am
Hi AIM GMAT.

Can you please tell what is "it" refering to in D????
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by AIM GMAT » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:40 am
I chose D coz i thought using "it is" is better than "there" , there should refer some place .
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by MAAJ » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:16 am
It's between C and D.

...the expendidure... PRODUCES


But I choose D because I feel that

...the expenditure of large sums of money produces...

is more idiomatic & have more sense than:

...the expenditure of money... in large sums produces...
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by tetura84 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:22 am
AIM GMAT wrote:I chose D coz i thought using "it is" is better than "there" , there should refer some place .
It is not necessary that "there" should always refer to some place.
There is a man standing beside the lamppost. - is a valid sentence in GMAT.

"where" should always refer to some place in GMAT.

IMO C

A B D out because it does not have any clear antecedent.
E is out because "producing" is wrong. Also we say, certainty that, and not, certainty as
C is correct in two ways,
certainty that ...
also, we have a parallelism
architecture requires ... expenditure of money in large sums produces ...
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by MAAJ » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:00 pm
MGMAT says that "there" is technically "in that place"; however, I'm sure there are other uses for "there".

"There" is a man standing beside the lamppost. OK
"In that place" is a man standing beside the lamppost. OK

I'm sure "there" are other uses for "there" OK
I'm sure "in that place" are other uses for there??? WRONG

So basicly "there" doesn't necessarily needs to have an antecedent neither to refer to a place.
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AIM GMAT wrote:I chose D coz i thought using "it is" is better than "there" , there should refer some place .
It is not necessary that "there" should always refer to some place.
There is a man standing beside the lamppost. - is a valid sentence in GMAT.

"where" should always refer to some place in GMAT.

IMO C

A B D out because it does not have any clear antecedent.
E is out because "producing" is wrong. Also we say, certainty that, and not, certainty as
C is correct in two ways,
certainty that ...
also, we have a parallelism
architecture requires ... expenditure of money in large sums produces ...
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by pesfunk » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:47 pm
[spoiler]D is indeed the correct answer

https://gmatclub.com/forum/distinguished ... 83305.html
aspirant2011 wrote:247. Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money, even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce distinguished architecture.

(A) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce
(B) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money will produce
(C) even though there is no certainty that the expenditure of money in large sums produces
(D) even though it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produces
(E) though there is no certainty as to the expenditure of money in large sums producing

[spoiler]OA: After some discussion. Please explain each answer choice.[/spoiler]
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