8) In recent times, bus companies have traded their old buses for a smaller number of new
buses, in part because high fuel costs should be lowered and repair costs should be reduced and
partly because new bus companies have created intense competition.
A. in part because high fuel costs should be lowered and repair costs should be
reduced
B. in part that high fuel costs might be lowered and repair costs might be reduced
C. partly because high fuel costs should be lowered and repair costs should be
reduced
D. partly for the lowering of high fuel costs and the reduction of repair costs
E. partly to lower high fuel prices and reduce repair costs
Can sumone help me with this??..Ans is E but whats wrong with C ??
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usage of "should" in GMAT should be avoided as these are called extreme sentencesranjithreddy.k9 wrote:8) In recent times, bus companies have traded their old buses for a smaller number of new
buses, in part because high fuel costs should be lowered and repair costs should be reduced and
partly because new bus companies have created intense competition.
A. in part because high fuel costs should be lowered and repair costs should be
reduced
B. in part that high fuel costs might be lowered and repair costs might be reduced
C. partly because high fuel costs should be lowered and repair costs should be
reduced
D. partly for the lowering of high fuel costs and the reduction of repair costs
E. partly to lower high fuel prices and reduce repair costs
Can sumone help me with this??..Ans is E but whats wrong with C ??
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I feel the answer is C, despite of the fact it seems wordy !!ranjithreddy.k9 wrote:8) In recent times, bus companies have traded their old buses for a smaller number of new
buses, in part because high fuel costs should be lowered and repair costs should be reduced and
partly because new bus companies have created intense competition.
A. in part because high fuel costs should be lowered and repair costs should be
reduced
B. in part that high fuel costs might be lowered and repair costs might be reduced
C. partly because high fuel costs should be lowered and repair costs should be
reduced
D. partly for the lowering of high fuel costs and the reduction of repair costs
E. partly to lower high fuel prices and reduce repair costs
Can sumone help me with this??..Ans is E but whats wrong with C ??
The structure of the sentence is like: in part because P(=X and Y) and partly because Q
So i feel we need to use either partly or in part. As the non underlined part has partly, we need to go with partly. ELiminates option A and B.
In option D is tempting!! but i feel, for the lowering of high fuel costs is not parallel to the reduction of repair costs
We need to go with structure like: partly P(because X and Y) and partly Q(because....)
And we need to make sure X(high fuel costs should be lowered) an Y(repair costs should be reduced) are parallel
Also, we need to make sure P(because high fuel costs should be lowered and repair costs should be reduced) is parallel to Q(because new bus companies have created intense competition)
So will go with C(and even i believe there is no reason other than grammatical error to avoid should on GMAT)
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This comes down to logic more than anything else. You're correct that this is a Parallelism question. "Partly...partly..." helps us eliminate A and B.
"Bus companies have traded, partly because...costs SHOULD be lowered..."
It doesn't make sense that bus companies have DONE something BECAUSE something "SHOULD" happen. They have DONE something BECAUSE something DID happen. Cause and effect. An action is taken BECAUSE of a fact, not because of what "should" occur. That is why C is eliminated.
Between D and E, we have the classic GMAT choice between participles and infinitives. The infinitive wins. E is correct.
"Bus companies have traded, partly because...costs SHOULD be lowered..."
It doesn't make sense that bus companies have DONE something BECAUSE something "SHOULD" happen. They have DONE something BECAUSE something DID happen. Cause and effect. An action is taken BECAUSE of a fact, not because of what "should" occur. That is why C is eliminated.
Between D and E, we have the classic GMAT choice between participles and infinitives. The infinitive wins. E is correct.
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IMO E
Underlined portion has "and Party because" , so correct options should start with "party" to maintain parallelism. A & B are out.
C is tempting because "party because" makes it parallel to the underlined portion. But we should also see the logical construct of the sentence.
bus companies have traded their old buses for a smaller number of new uses , party (Reason 1) and party (Reason 2)
If we say Reason 1 --> because high fuel costs should be lowered ...bla bla (Does it makes sense that just because an idea is good , bus companies have traded their old buses?? No!! Sounds nonsensical. )
D --> "for the lowering of high fuel costs" is not parallel to "the reduction of repair costs"
E -> lower ....and reduce are parallel . Also " bus companies have traded their old buses...., party to....and party because.. is logical construct.
(Frankly speaking, after I have started preparing for GMAT,short sentences are attracting me because they may be concise. Luckily GMAT prefers that!! )
Underlined portion has "and Party because" , so correct options should start with "party" to maintain parallelism. A & B are out.
C is tempting because "party because" makes it parallel to the underlined portion. But we should also see the logical construct of the sentence.
bus companies have traded their old buses for a smaller number of new uses , party (Reason 1) and party (Reason 2)
If we say Reason 1 --> because high fuel costs should be lowered ...bla bla (Does it makes sense that just because an idea is good , bus companies have traded their old buses?? No!! Sounds nonsensical. )
D --> "for the lowering of high fuel costs" is not parallel to "the reduction of repair costs"
E -> lower ....and reduce are parallel . Also " bus companies have traded their old buses...., party to....and party because.. is logical construct.
(Frankly speaking, after I have started preparing for GMAT,short sentences are attracting me because they may be concise. Luckily GMAT prefers that!! )
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Hi, i don't think, the reasoning you mentioned above for Op D is CORRECT.smackmartine wrote:IMO E
Underlined portion has "and Party because" , so correct options should start with "party" to maintain parallelism. A & B are out.
C is tempting because "party because" makes it parallel to the underlined portion. But we should also see the logical construct of the sentence.
bus companies have traded their old buses for a smaller number of new uses , party (Reason 1) and party (Reason 2)
If we say Reason 1 --> because high fuel costs should be lowered ...bla bla (Does it makes sense that just because an idea is good , bus companies have traded their old buses?? No!! Sounds nonsensical. )
D --> "for the lowering of high fuel costs" is not parallel to "the reduction of repair costs"
E -> lower ....and reduce are parallel . Also " bus companies have traded their old buses...., party to....and party because.. is logical construct.
(Frankly speaking, after I have started preparing for GMAT,short sentences are attracting me because they may be concise. Luckily GMAT prefers that!! )
"the lowering of" and "the reduction of" are both NOUNS.....so,
""for the lowering of high fuel costs" and " [for] the reduction of repair costs" are perfectly parallel.
Moreover, in Op E, its
To lower and [TO] reduce are parallel (infinitives)
Not , Lower and Reduce (Verbs)
The reason of picking Op E and Dropping Op D is something else...
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@atulmangal ,My intention for E was same as what you said.Just missed to write "TO".To lower and [TO] reduce are parallel (infinitives)
As you said D seems to be parallel. Thanks for correcting.
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Thanks a lot..ur post really helped meVivianKerr wrote:This comes down to logic more than anything else. You're correct that this is a Parallelism question. "Partly...partly..." helps us eliminate A and B.
"Bus companies have traded, partly because...costs SHOULD be lowered..."
It doesn't make sense that bus companies have DONE something BECAUSE something "SHOULD" happen. They have DONE something BECAUSE something DID happen. Cause and effect. An action is taken BECAUSE of a fact, not because of what "should" occur. That is why C is eliminated.
Between D and E, we have the classic GMAT choice between participles and infinitives. The infinitive wins. E is correct.