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by rakeshd347 » Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:46 pm
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 causes 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, which cause cutbacks in consumer spending, 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, causing cutbacks in consumer spending and starting a cycle of layoffs leading to even lower employment rates.

OA is .C
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by theCodeToGMAT » Sat Oct 12, 2013 2:51 am
My take [spoiler]{C}[/spoiler]

{A} - INCORRECT; "start" should be used as adverbial construct; "a lowering of employment rates" seems to mean that someone is lowering the rate
{B} - INCORRECT; "start" should be used as adverbial construct; "a lowering of employment rates" seems to mean that someone is lowering the rate
{C} - CORRECT
{D} - INCORRECT; "starting" is the correct effect; "which causes" is correct
{E} - INCORRECT; "starting" is the correct effect; "which causes" is correct
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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Oct 12, 2013 3:18 am
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. 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.

b 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.

c. 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.

d. 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.

e. 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.
A: people...start a cycle of layoffs.
Not the intended meaning.
Also, it's unclear whether which refers to drop or to investment.
Eliminate A.

In B, which cannot have both a plural verb (cause) and a singular verb (starts).
Eliminate B.

In D, people and consumer spending are redundant.
Eliminate D.

In E, the second that lacks a clear antecedent.
Eliminate E.

The correct answer is C.
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