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why is c correct ?? b looks good as well

by abhishek07sep » Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:51 am
.One view of the economy contends that a large drop
in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering
interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation ,
a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the
dollar.

(A) lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears
about inflation,
(B) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about
inflation,
(C) a lowering of interest rates, along with fears
about inflation,
(D) interest rates being lowered, along with fears
about inflation,
(E) interest rates and fears about inflation being
lowered, with

ans is c..
what about b.. why is it wrong?
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by abcgmat » Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:36 am
The answer is indeed B , you can search in forums.
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by guitarstrings » Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:19 am
Yes the answer should be B only.
we are able to achieve parallelism with this option. A lowering ..., a rally ..., a weaking.
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by abhishek07sep » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:08 am
i think c is //... isnt it? does "along with...." break the //ism?
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by abhishek07sep » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:12 am
i am yet naive with gmat.. i don purposely mean to irrtiate anybody with any of my petty queries....
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by abcgmat » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:48 am
Hi Abhishek,

One view of economy contends that large drop in oil price will lead to w,x,y, and z
lowering interest rates
,lowering fears about inflation
,rally in stocks
,and a weakening of the dollar

The list must be parallel
Noun, noun of noun, ing of - are all considered parallel
ing - is not considered parallel to (Noun, noun of noun, ing of ),
(as ing is derived from verb and acts as subject).

singing is good [ here singing is noun]-Correct
singing and apple give great joy - incorrect

Because of structure[ing cannot be parallel to noun, though they serve as noun in sentence]
ing acting as noun is called gerund and gerunds can act as subject [technical terms are not important] we just have to know ing is not parallel to Noun or ing of form.

A: ing , ing, noun, ing of - incorrect
B: ok
C: ok
D:ing,prep, noun, ing of - incorrect
E:ing, with rally in ,and ing of - Incorrect

Now to B and C.
From orignal sentence we know that drop in price lead to less fear about inflation
B preserves that, C say fears about inflation exists when interest rates are lowered
C says it exists and not the intended from A[ says it lowered fears]

B: says 4 lists are consequences of large drop in oil prices.
C: 3 lists are part consequences of large drop in oil prices.

because 'along with' is modifier [preposition ], it cannot be part of list, it only gives additional information and not neccessary information. when modifiers are removed the sentence should still make sense as we are removing only additional information.

You can check out this link q: 130
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=1AR0 ... op&f=false
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