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by nationalfuel » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:15 pm
918. What brought the automobile company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special, governmentally sanctioned price increase allowed during a period of wage and price controls.
(A) What brought
(B) The thing that brought
(C) That which brought
(D) Bringing
(E) What has brought

please explain why B is incorrect.
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by preetha_85 » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:59 pm
IMO A.. is tht the OA....
It cannot be B since its unnecessarily wordy ( I think so.... nd also most sentences start the same way as A nd are gramatically correct)
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by reachac » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:27 pm
IMO A

B uses more words than are necessary!
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by umaa » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:51 pm
IMO B. OA pls.
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by nationalfuel » Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:45 pm
nationalfuel wrote:918. What brought the automobile company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special, governmentally sanctioned price increase allowed during a period of wage and price controls.
(A) What brought
(B) The thing that brought
(C) That which brought
(D) Bringing
(E) What has brought

please explain why B is incorrect.
OA is A
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by GmatKiss » Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:50 am
Good question, IMO A
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by sl750 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:24 am
In formal English you wouldn't refer to some government sanctioned price increase scheme as "the thing"

A is appropriate. This is an example of a Noun clause
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by manihar.sidharth » Thu Feb 11, 2016 2:45 pm
Why is option d wrong.
Can somebody explain please
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by manihar.sidharth » Thu Feb 11, 2016 2:45 pm
Why is option d wrong.
Can somebody explain please
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