A consortium of historically Black colleges in the United States, capitalizing on such schools' traditionally rich relationships with African nations, integrates African concerns into an international business study.
a.capitalizing on such schools' traditionally rich relationships with African nations
b.while capitalizing on the traditionally rich relationships of such schools and African nations
c.through capitalizing on such schools' and African nations' traditionally rich relationships
d.which capitalize on the traditionally rich relationships of such schools and African nations
e.in capitalizing on such schools' and African nations' traditionally rich relationship
in my thought..
a. school's traditionally.. looks wordy
b. relationship of.. looks non-sense and distort the meaning..
c. school's and african nations' ... looks wordy, but its parallel..
d. relationship of .. like b
e. like c.. looks wordy..
any way, gmat want to decide the most efficient one..
I choose "c"
but OA is [spoiler]"A"[/spoiler]
please explain about your opinion..
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your approach tells me that you have just started preparing. wordy/awkward are useless words unless you understand other rules well.
on my first reading i felt a) is correct. then i looked for errors in others:
b) needs a verb after "which"
d) has verb-tense error
c) and e) changes meaning... it seems nations and schools have relationships with some 3rd party. however, a) clearly mentions that relationship is between nations and schools
on my first reading i felt a) is correct. then i looked for errors in others:
b) needs a verb after "which"
d) has verb-tense error
c) and e) changes meaning... it seems nations and schools have relationships with some 3rd party. however, a) clearly mentions that relationship is between nations and schools
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The consortium, capitalizing on X, does Y.
The consortium of colleges, capitalizing on something, integrates another thing.
The consortium, CAPITALIZING ON
the traditionally rich relationship it(the consortium of schools)] has with black African nations)
INTEGRATES
(African concerns into an international business study)
For clarity, I interpreted "such schools' traditionally rich relationship with African nations" to mean "the traditionally rich relationship it has with African nations"
Does this make sense?
The consortium of colleges, capitalizing on something, integrates another thing.
The consortium, CAPITALIZING ON
the traditionally rich relationship it(the consortium of schools)] has with black African nations)
INTEGRATES
(African concerns into an international business study)
For clarity, I interpreted "such schools' traditionally rich relationship with African nations" to mean "the traditionally rich relationship it has with African nations"
Does this make sense?
Castor.kim wrote:A consortium of historically Black colleges in the United States, capitalizing on such schools' traditionally rich relationships with African nations, integrates African concerns into an international business study.
a.capitalizing on such schools' traditionally rich relationships with African nations
b.while capitalizing on the traditionally rich relationships of such schools and African nations
c.through capitalizing on such schools' and African nations' traditionally rich relationships
d.which capitalize on the traditionally rich relationships of such schools and African nations
e.in capitalizing on such schools' and African nations' traditionally rich relatio
in B must be schools' relationships with African nations or relationships between such schools and African nations. Another error is -ing form gives evidence for how it integrates.
in C such schools' and African nation's relationships means relationships of every one of them, not interrelationship.
in my thought..
a. school's traditionally.. looks wordy
b. relationship of.. looks non-sense and distort the meaning..
c. school's and african nations' ... looks wordy, but its parallel..
d. relationship of .. like b
e. like c.. looks wordy..
any way, gmat want to decide the most efficient one..
I choose "c"
but OA is [spoiler]"A"[/spoiler]
please explain about your opinion..
I would like to make a contribution.
The intended meaning of this sentence is that a consortium that capitalizes on such schools' relationships with African nations integrates concerns into a study, so we notice that the relationship is between such schools and African nations. Therefore, e and c are incorrect, because they say two relationships, that is, such schools' relationship and nations' relationship. B and d are incorrect because "relationships of" is awkward, and "relationships between" is the correct idiom.
The intended meaning of this sentence is that a consortium that capitalizes on such schools' relationships with African nations integrates concerns into a study, so we notice that the relationship is between such schools and African nations. Therefore, e and c are incorrect, because they say two relationships, that is, such schools' relationship and nations' relationship. B and d are incorrect because "relationships of" is awkward, and "relationships between" is the correct idiom.
