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by drgmatIL » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:16 am
Piaget’s research revealed that children can learn to count long before the recognition that a pint of water poured from a small glass into a large one remains the same amount of water.
(A) the recognition that
(B) they can recognize that
(C) they would recognize
(D) they could have the recognition of
(E) having the recognition of

I know the answer but I want to understand why the other options are wrong :)

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by LSB » Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:57 pm
I would argue that you need to have a parallel structure in this sentence.

Answer B is parallel, both in structure and tense


... D & E which I think is unidiomatic
... C screws around with tenses
... A just sounds wrong (so porbably unidiomatic as well)
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by GmatKiss » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:56 pm
IMO: B
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by BellTheGMAT » Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:57 pm
Could narrow down to B and C
But I suppose, that is required, hence would go with B

Wats the OA??
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by mundasingh123 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:18 pm
BellTheGMAT wrote:Could narrow down to B and C
But I suppose, that is required, hence would go with B

Wats the OA??
OA is B
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:10 am
drgmatIL wrote:Piaget�s research revealed that children can learn to count long before the recognition that a pint of water poured from a small glass into a large one remains the same amount of water.
(A) the recognition that ---- changes the intended meaning of the sentence
(B) they can recognize that
(C) they would recognize
(D) they could have the recognition of
(E) having the recognition of

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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:18 am
The GMAT loves parallelism so much that the two of them should get married.
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by mukgera » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:02 pm
Hi Jim,
Sorry but I am still not able to locate any parallel marker in this problem.
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Jim@Grockit wrote:The GMAT loves parallelism so much that the two of them should get married.
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:09 pm
mukgera wrote:Hi Jim,
Sorry but I am still not able to locate any parallel marker in this problem.
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Jim@Grockit wrote:The GMAT loves parallelism so much that the two of them should get married.
Children can count . . . before they can recognize
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by parul9 » Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:20 pm
B!
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by coderversion1 » Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:17 am
Piaget's research revealed that children can learn to count long before the recognition that a pint of water poured from a small glass into a large one remains the same amount of water.

Let's choose which of the GMAT errors the sentence has:
1. Rhetorical Construction
2. Parallelism
3. Diction
4. Verb Form
5. Agreement
6. Grammatical Construction
7. Logical Predication
8. Idiom


Parallelism, Verb form
Long before they learn to count should have a parallel verb recognize. Count - recognize, not count - recognition, is parallel. 'Recognition that' seems unidiomatic HERE. Recognition is a noun but we need a verb here to maintain parallel structure. recognize is the right verb to use which should be preceded by 'they'.

(A) the recognition that - INCORRECT 'long before the recognition that' is unidiomatic, nonparallel.
(B) they can recognize that - CORRECT 'Children can learn to count - before they can recognize'
(C) they would recognize - INCORRECT 'would' is incorrect tense.
(D) they could have the recognition of - INCORRECT (This choice has a correct part - usage of proper idiom 'recognition of') BUT usage of 'they could' is nonparallel with 'children can'. Also 'could have recognition' is awkward.
(E) having the recognition of - 'long before having' is awkward.


RECOGNITION usages
Examples of use of recognition:
1. We received unequivocal recognition of the high quality ' swansea experience ' enjoyed by our students.
2. Regrettably, i do not see a widespread recognition of that fact in the current debate.
3. There is also a growing recognition that diversity is at the core of good community renewal organizations.
4. To gain academic recognition for their year abroad, each student must have 60 credits.
5. The panthers did give formal recognition to the need for collective working class action.

Give recognition TO, Gain recognition FOR, awards and recognitions, recognition OF speech and sound, recognition that etc.[/b]
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