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by sulabh » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:29 am
Most television is escapist, but reading modern novels continually reminds
many people that we live in an age of lost faith and growing anxiety.
A. reading modern novels continually reminds many people
B. reading modern novels frequently reminds many people
C. those who read modern novels continually realize
D. those who continually read modern novels realize
E. the reading of modern novels is what continually reminds many
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by Almostthere » Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:18 pm
I think A...if you choose any of the others you change the meaning of the sentence. remind and realize mean different things and so do continually and frequently. Unless I'm missing something here.
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by gmatinjuly » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:20 am
Not sure but I thought C was a better choice..

Realization is continous not reading….so D eliminated.
E is awkward
Reading modern novels….didnt sound right

Most ….so those is apt
My answer is C

But am not too sure, so any comments..
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by g_beatthegmat » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:26 am
I'm for (a) as well. In between (a) & (c), I thought (c) is passive and (a) is active voice.

What's the OA and source for this sulabh?
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by sulabh » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:47 am
OA is D.
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by g_beatthegmat » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:19 am
hmm.. sulabh can you also please mention the source of this?

Can anyone please explain why (D) is the correct answer here? thanks.
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by sulabh » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:26 am
I don't remember now.MAy be one of the tests I gave.
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by netigen » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:45 pm
realize and read are both verbs and since continually is an adverb it can modify either. I also looked at the original sentence and since continually is closer to realize, I think answer should be C though D is also grammatically correct.
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by s_raizada » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:26 pm
In GMAT land, D cannot be correct becasue it changes the meaning

A - by reading people continually realize

D - by continually reading people realize
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by bharatdesu » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:49 pm
I do strongly say OA is 'A'.
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by airan » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:46 pm
Among C and D, C definitly is a better answer ..
I dont know why OA is D .. Can someone pls give explanation for why D is better ?
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by loki.gmat » Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:37 am
for me, it was a close contest between A n B.
the only difference between two - continually n frequently.

just checked the meaning of these two words in oxford dictionary.
both mean the same.

so dont know how to differentiate between two.


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by chidcguy » Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:50 am
IMO reading modern novels continually and reading MN frequently are not one and the same

Continually is some thing with out a break
frequently is some thing with a break and done at a exact given time interval

remind and realize are also different. remind means some one is helping us to see and realize is all by ourselves. No other action from any one else.

I thought it was B because we dont read books continually.
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