The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world’s capital markets are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village—almost instantaneously.
(A) integrated more closely than never before and
(B) closely integrated more than ever before so
(C) more closely integrated as never before while
(D) more closely integrated than ever before and that
(E) more than ever before closely integrated as
OA: E
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Are you sure? I absolutely agree with CRAMYA and others.anshulseth wrote:The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world’s capital markets are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village—almost instantaneously.
(A) integrated more closely than never before and
(B) closely integrated more than ever before so
(C) more closely integrated as never before while
(D) more closely integrated than ever before and that
(E) more than ever before closely integrated as
OA: E
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[spoiler][D][/spoiler] maintains the parallelism and keeps the idiomatic expression to its best behavior---> that...more X than Y and that...
What is the SOURCE of this question and can you please post the OE?
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One more request. Can you please please UNDERLINE the part that requires modification? It'll help benefit us all.
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Its from 1000SC. dont have the OE. That's y i posted.
My mistake, that I copy pasted, and so did not get the underlined part. Will take care in future.
My mistake, that I copy pasted, and so did not get the underlined part. Will take care in future.
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D as it maintains parallelism
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looks awkward at first view onlyThe financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world’s capital markets are more than ever before closely integrated as events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village—almost instantaneously.
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The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world�s capital markets are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village�almost instantaneously.
(A) integrated more closely than never before and ("never before" is unidiomatic in this case)
(B) closely integrated more than ever before so (separates "more" from "closely" incorrectly)
(C) more closely integrated as never before while (same "never before" problem as A)
(D) more closely integrated than ever before and that (good; fixes the mistakes in the other answers and is parallel: "demonstrated that capital markets...and that events..."
(E) more than ever before closely integrated as (awkward all around; same problem as B, just worse)
(A) integrated more closely than never before and ("never before" is unidiomatic in this case)
(B) closely integrated more than ever before so (separates "more" from "closely" incorrectly)
(C) more closely integrated as never before while (same "never before" problem as A)
(D) more closely integrated than ever before and that (good; fixes the mistakes in the other answers and is parallel: "demonstrated that capital markets...and that events..."
(E) more than ever before closely integrated as (awkward all around; same problem as B, just worse)
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This is a legitimate GMAT Prep Paid Question Pack question.
Here is Ron Purewal analysis -
Ron's Analysis -
As an analogy, here's a pair of sentences in which the comparable difference in meaning is much starker.
(1) Legal disputes in the field have been resolved satisfactorily more than ever before.
(2) Legal disputes in the field have been resolved more satisfactorily than ever before.
You can probably see the difference:
#1 says that increasing numbers of legal disputes are being resolved in a manner that is truly satisfactory.
#2, on the other hand, says that the degree to which the disputes' resolutions are satisfactory has been on the rise, but the resolutions still may not be truly satisfactory.
Although the difference is more subtle in this problem, it's the same idea.
* Choice B says that close integration occurs more frequently (or among more markets) than before, but that the degree of closeness of integration has NOT necessarily changed;
* Choice D, along with the original sentence, says that the degree to which the markets are closely integrated has gone up markedly.
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Here is Ron Purewal analysis -
Ron's Analysis -
As an analogy, here's a pair of sentences in which the comparable difference in meaning is much starker.
(1) Legal disputes in the field have been resolved satisfactorily more than ever before.
(2) Legal disputes in the field have been resolved more satisfactorily than ever before.
You can probably see the difference:
#1 says that increasing numbers of legal disputes are being resolved in a manner that is truly satisfactory.
#2, on the other hand, says that the degree to which the disputes' resolutions are satisfactory has been on the rise, but the resolutions still may not be truly satisfactory.
Although the difference is more subtle in this problem, it's the same idea.
* Choice B says that close integration occurs more frequently (or among more markets) than before, but that the degree of closeness of integration has NOT necessarily changed;
* Choice D, along with the original sentence, says that the degree to which the markets are closely integrated has gone up markedly.
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A. integrated more closely than never before and
B. closely integrated more than ever before so (placement of "closely" changes the meaning)
C. more closely integrated as never before while (correct idiom or comparison is "more than" not "more as")
D. Correct
E. more than ever before closely integrated as (more than...as)--> not correct
Thanks Vinni
B. closely integrated more than ever before so (placement of "closely" changes the meaning)
C. more closely integrated as never before while (correct idiom or comparison is "more than" not "more as")
D. Correct
E. more than ever before closely integrated as (more than...as)--> not correct
Thanks Vinni