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by saxenashobhit » Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:51 pm
Formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance do not apply to small, emergent economies in the same way they apply to established economies, because they are developing and are not in equilibrium.

Formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance do not apply to small, emergent economies in the same way they apply to established economies, because they are developing and are not in equilibrium

Because they are developing and are not in equilibrium, formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance do not apply to small, emergent economies in the same way they apply to established economies

Because they are developing and are not in equilibrium, small, emergent economies are not subject to the same applicability of formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance as established economies

Because small, emergent economies are developing and are not in equilibrium, formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance do not apply to them in the same way they apply to established economies

Small, emergent economies are not subject to the applicability of formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance in the same way as established economies, because they are developing and are not in equilibrium

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by Rezinka » Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:08 pm
IMO : D
Formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance do not apply to small, emergent economies in the same way they apply to established economies, because they are developing and are not in equilibrium.

Formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance do not apply to small, emergent economies in the same way they apply to established economies, because they are developing and are not in equilibrium
Here they would refer to established economies...... INCORRECT

Because they are developing and are not in equilibrium, formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance do not apply to small, emergent economies in the same way they apply to established economies
It means formulas are developing...... INCORRECT

Because they are developing and are not in equilibrium, small, emergent economies are not subject to the same applicability of formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance as established economies
Wordy. We have a better option...... INCORRECT

Because small, emergent economies are developing and are not in equilibrium, formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance do not apply to them in the same way they apply to established economies
Clear...... CORRECT

Small, emergent economies are not subject to the applicability of formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance in the same way as established economies, because they are developing and are not in equilibrium
Wordy + pronoun ambiguity...... INCORRECT
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by saxenashobhit » Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:53 pm
D. Because small, emergent economies are developing and are not in equilibrium, formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance do not apply to them in the same way they apply to established economies
Clear...... CORRECT

How did you decide on pronoun clarity - Them and they seemed ambiguous to me.
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by Rezinka » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:59 pm
Small, emergent economies is the only plural noun occurring before the pronouns thwm and they. Hence, both can only refer to that noun. Established economies comes later.
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by sl750 » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:16 am
Between C and D, the usage of 'applicability of' kills choice C
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by sanabk » Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:09 am
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by BreakGMAT » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:48 pm
Because small, emergent economies are developing and are not in equilibrium, formulas for gross domestic product and trade balance do not apply to them in the same way they apply to established economies

in D... "formulas" is another plural noun. Isn't it?
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by cyrwr1 » Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:01 pm
what is the OA?
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