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by soumyopriyosaha » Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:17 am
52. According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.

(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
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by thephoenix » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:46 am
soumyopriyosaha wrote:52. According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.

(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
IMO B

C,D and E lacks llelism

A use of that is redundant
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by komal » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:54 am
soumyopriyosaha wrote:52. According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.

(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
Here (A) & (B) can be eliminated because of the usage of 'it'

In (D) & (E) 'as prominently ___________ as' is incorrect

My take is (C) ... 'as prominently as' is correct

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by soumyopriyosaha » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:02 am
OA is C.
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by money9111 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:41 am
I honestly have no idea why C would be correct... substituting that back into the sentence... 'It' then throws me off. Can someone please explain?
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by sars72 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:00 pm
money9111 wrote:I honestly have no idea why C would be correct... substituting that back into the sentence... 'It' then throws me off. Can someone please explain?
money9111, i believe that "it" should also be a part of the underlined portion in the question. Otherwise, none of the answer choices would be correct. If we consider "it" to be a part of the underlined statement, then answer choice (C) is perfect, and I'm sure you will see that too.

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by mmon » Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:50 pm
IMO C

A & B - it doesn't have an clear antecedent.
C- Correctly uses the idiom 'advertise X of ABC as prominently as Y'
D - as prominently X as the Y
E- Failing is wrong here
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by Domnu » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:24 pm
I chose C initially. Here's why:

[spoiler]A - What does "it" refer to? Nothing.

B - Same as A... "it" doesn't refer to anything

D - Failure to advertise as prominently? This is unidiomatic

E - In addition to being unidiomatic, this is wordy.[/spoiler]
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by money9111 » Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:02 pm
sars72 who is Erin? my name is Richard though! :-)
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by gmattarget700 » Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:24 pm
I am not convinced with "C". Need someone to elaborate and help me understand...

I was vacillating between A and B but went for A finally. I rejected C, D, E by just looking at first word "failure" in each of these options. If it has to be "failure" then it can not start with "it" after comma...

I see someone has put comment that its a kind of typo/error and "it" should be part of underlined statement...its so confusing...

I WOULD SUGGEST EVERYONE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL WHILE POSTING QUESTION...obviously because so many people spend time and serious thoughts on questions and such error makes the effort futile...
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by gmatmachoman » Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:02 am
mmon wrote:IMO C

A & B - it doesn't have an clear antecedent.
C- Correctly uses the idiom 'advertise X of ABC as prominently as Y'
D - as prominently X as the Y
E- Failing is wrong here

agreed..C uses proper Idiom.
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by Aalriy » Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:09 pm
komal wrote:
soumyopriyosaha wrote:52. According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.

(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
Here (A) & (B) can be eliminated because of the usage of 'it'

In (D) & (E) 'as prominently ___________ as' is incorrect
My take is (C) ... 'as prominently as' is correct

Could you explain why is 'as prominently ___________ as' incorrect
impossible is notthing....
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by reply2spg » Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:16 pm
C for me
soumyopriyosaha wrote:52. According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.

(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
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by Domnu » Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:54 pm
*This question was posted incorrectly, as mentioned above.*

'it' is supposed to be underlined as well in the prompt.
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