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by crackgmat007 » Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:54 pm
It may be another fifteen years before spacecraft from Earth again venture to Mars, a planet now known to be cold, dry, and probably lifeless.

A. Same as in sentence
B. venture to Mars again, a planet now known for being
C. will venture to Mars again, a planet now known as being
D. venture again to Mars, a planet that is known now to be
E. will again venture to Mars, a planet known now as being

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by mehravikas » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:24 pm
Cannot decide...if I have to guess it would be 'D'

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by Mayur Sand » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:03 pm
mehravikas wrote:Cannot decide...if I have to guess it would be 'D'
In D it says "known now to be " which sounds incorrect IMO A OA plz ?

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by umaa » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:26 pm
I chose A. I agree with Mayur Sand.

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by mehravikas » Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:37 pm
Correct if I am wrong in 'A'

Earth again venture to Mars - sounds incorrect.
Mayur Sand wrote:
mehravikas wrote:Cannot decide...if I have to guess it would be 'D'
In D it says "known now to be " which sounds incorrect IMO A OA plz ?

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Re: Mars

by riteshbindal » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:21 pm
crackgmat007 wrote:It may be another fifteen years before spacecraft from Earth again venture to Mars, a planet now known to be cold, dry, and probably lifeless.

A. Same as in sentence
B. venture to Mars again, a planet now known for being
C. will venture to Mars again, a planet now known as being
D. venture again to Mars, a planet that is known now to be
E. will again venture to Mars, a planet known now as being
E IMO.
I am pretty sleepy so please forgive anything silly in my post.
Ok. So I removed A, B and D because of sub-verb agreement. With "spacecraft", we should have "ventures". Out of C and E, I chose E because Mars is kept near to ", a planet...".
I didn't use any high funda logic for this SC. May be I am wrong :(
Please provide the OA.

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by riteshbindal » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:25 pm
Guys OA is A, I just came to know that spacecraft can be singular or plural :(
A very good discussion is given at this link https://gmatclub.com/forum/spacecraft-fr ... 81315.html
Please look at it.