How to choose best of bad options

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How to choose best of bad options

by FightWithGMAT » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:52 pm
Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk
are mountain dwellers, while
they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United
States except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest.
A. Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem
that elk are mountain dwellers, while
B. The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it
seem that they are mountain dwellers, but
C. It would seem that elk would be mountain dwellers because of their living now
solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, but still
D. Now living almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, it would seem that elk were
mountain dwellers, although
E. It seems that elk would be mountain dwellers from the fact that they now live
solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, since
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by beatthegmatinsept » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:55 pm
Spent over 2 minutes looking at this one, but still not happy with the answer choice I picked.
I'd go for B.[/spoiler]
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by 007.r.mason » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:24 pm
I believe that the answer should be B as well!! this is the only choice that does the following:

1. Establishes the contrast well.
2. Is grammatically correct.
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by beatthegmatinsept » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:26 pm
007.r.mason wrote:I believe that the answer should be B as well!! this is the only choice that does the following:

1. Establishes the contrast well.
2. Is grammatically correct.
Nice to see you posting on SC questions with so much confidence, Mason! :)
What did you end up going for for Verbal?
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by 007.r.mason » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:41 pm
I did enroll in to e-gmat last thursday. Got some good references for the same and am happy with my decision so far. look up my post for reference.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/re-online-le ... tml#285192

I can tell you that I have learned a lot in the past 6 days.. hence less time for posts. I did read the excellent responses and questions on the forum though. Lots of good posts from Stacy, Rahul, Andrea and Payal .. (women: men = 3:1 whats happening).

I was completely immersed with level 1 after work. Payal recommended that I devote atleast 60-90 mins to the course till I cross level 1. Just crossed Level 1, so still a long way to go. One thing I can tell you is that the manner in which I look at SC questions has completely changed. SC seems a lot more logical now.. lets see what the level 2 experience is like.
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by vishalkc2 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:19 pm
IMO A...OA plz...

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by puneetdua » Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:28 am
IMO B - coz of but

OA please

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