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jamesk486: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 141; Joined: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:24 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 2 times

by jamesk486 » Thu May 17, 2007 2:31 pm

Being able to predict the strength and the direction of an earthquake could save lives and million of property damage.
A
B The capability for predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
C The ability to predict the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
D The ability of predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
E The ability for predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake could save lives

A is correct..but isn't being wrong? when is "being" ok to use?

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Re: prep question

by jayhawk2001 » Thu May 17, 2007 3:55 pm

jamesk486 wrote:Being able to predict the strength and the direction of an earthquake could save lives and million of property damage.
A
B The capability for predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
C The ability to predict the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
D The ability of predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
E The ability for predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake could save lives

A is correct..but isn't being wrong? when is "being" ok to use?

You need "save lives and million of property damage". That leaves
us with A and E.

E is incorrect as it uses "ability for predicting". Purpose here is
best indicated by "to predict".

A seems to be correct. Being is used in its right form here.

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by aim-wsc » Thu May 17, 2007 6:24 pm

When I first read the original sentence I felt it as awkward but comparing it with the choices (...choices are at worst

) Ais better (or less worse)

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by Cybermusings » Mon May 21, 2007 5:00 am

A is the best option

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by 800GMAT » Mon May 21, 2007 1:33 pm

the sentence tests parallelism in the latter part of the sentence.

ability should be followed by an infinitive.eliminate D and E

save x and y....x and y need to be parallel. only A and E follow parallelism. E is already eliminated

That leaves us with A, the right answer!

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by peter.p.81 » Tue Apr 08, 2014 12:24 am

I'll go with A

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