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by gmat_study » Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:40 am
Hi, I need help with the below SC question.

After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation's semiconductor industry, which makes chips that run everything from computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have made a long-awaited recovery.

(A) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have
(B) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears having
(C) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears that it has
(D) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears that it has
(E) computers and spy satellites as well as dishwashers, appears to have

OA:A

My Analysis:
Correct Idiom is FROM X to Y.
So options that may be right are either A or D.
Since Nation's Semiconductor industry is singular, "to have" is incorrect usage.

Hence I guess we will have to go with option D(it has).
Please advice if I am wrong.

I am going through 1000SC. Please suggest if there is alternate method for better SC practice.Thanks !!!
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by gmat_perfect » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:24 am
gmat_study wrote:Hi, I need help with the below SC question.

After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nation's semiconductor industry, which makes chips that run everything from computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have made a long-awaited recovery.

(A) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have
(B) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears having
(C) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears that it has
(D) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears that it has
(E) computers and spy satellites as well as dishwashers, appears to have

OA:A

My Analysis:
Correct Idiom is FROM X to Y.
So options that may be right are either A or D.
Since Nation's Semiconductor industry is singular, "to have" is incorrect usage.

Hence I guess we will have to go with option D(it has).
Please advice if I am wrong.

I am going through 1000SC. Please suggest if there is alternate method for better SC practice.Thanks !!!

=> Your analysis is correct, BUT you missed one thing.

The subject is "the nation's semiconductor industry" and the verb is "appear" NOT "to have". So the verb "appears" is correct.

Answer is A.
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by gmat_study » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:39 am
I guess I am again missing something !!
Both option A and option D has the verb "Appears"

My doubt refuses to die. Please help !!!
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by kvcpk » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:50 am
Simple.. You are right in narrowing down to A and D.

Now, eliminate the nonessential stuff from the sentence.
you will be left out with:
A: the nation's semiconductor industry appears to have made a long-awaited recovery.
D: the nation's semiconductor industry appears that it has made a long-awaited recovery.

Appears to be is Right. pick A.

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by e-GMAT » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:20 am
Your reasoning is absolutely correct kvcpk.

gmat_study - the difference between choices A and D is in terms of idiomatic usage of the word "appears".

"appears to" is the idiomatically correct usage.
Usage of that with "appears" as in "appears that" is considered incorrect.

To present to you a contrast, if this sentence were worded with "claim" instead of "appears", then both choices A and D would be correct since "claims to" and "claims that" are both idiomatically correct.

The semiconductor industry claims to have made the recovery - Correct
The semiconductor industry claims that it has made the recovery - Correct

Let me know if you have any other doubts about this question.
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by karthikpandian19 » Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:56 pm
e-GMAT,
How do you validate the "have" in the sentence A. What does it refers to?
e-GMAT wrote:Your reasoning is absolutely correct kvcpk.

gmat_study - the difference between choices A and D is in terms of idiomatic usage of the word "appears".

"appears to" is the idiomatically correct usage.
Usage of that with "appears" as in "appears that" is considered incorrect.

To present to you a contrast, if this sentence were worded with "claim" instead of "appears", then both choices A and D would be correct since "claims to" and "claims that" are both idiomatically correct.

The semiconductor industry claims to have made the recovery - Correct
The semiconductor industry claims that it has made the recovery - Correct

Let me know if you have any other doubts about this question.
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by vietmoi999 » Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:42 am
in the pattern
appear to have done

have done shows an action which happen before the "appear" or finished before "appear". pls, explain.

I want to know more of meaning relation between these two verbs.
If anyone in this gmat forum is in England, pls email to me([email protected]) . I have some problems and need your advise. Thank a lot
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by fiza gupta » Mon Oct 10, 2016 6:48 am
from x to y
appears to "correct idiom"

(A) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears to have
correct

(B) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears having
and wrong, having is incorrect

(C) computers, spy satellites, and dishwashers, appears that it has
and incorrect

(D) computers and spy satellites to dishwashers, appears that it has
appears that incorrect

(E) computers and spy satellites as well as dishwashers, appears to have
as well as incorrect
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