I don't mean to offend you but I don't understand what you are trying to say when OA is C you will go for E.
This is a Gmat Paper test Q correct? There must be a reason why C is correct. If it were some other source we can think of a bad question.
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@ khurram
(E) astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may.... the use of both 'likelihood' and 'may' is redundant and makes this option wrong.
I agree that C might look awkward at the first instance but read carefully and you may start loving it
cheers!!
(E) astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may.... the use of both 'likelihood' and 'may' is redundant and makes this option wrong.
I agree that C might look awkward at the first instance but read carefully and you may start loving it
cheers!!
in response to one of the commnets, some of the answers to gmat paper tests are known to be wrong, look at my other posts.
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Whew! I never knew that some of the answers in GMAT Paper tests are wrong.
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No, E is not the correct answer. Inserting answer E into the sentence gives:khurram wrote:
Although OA is C, but I will go for E. Does anyone agree
"Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids, astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may.collide with Earth."
The astronmers' scale in this sentence rates the likelihood of a collision; using answer choice E, it rates the likelihood of an 'asteroid or comet', which doesn't make sense. Answer C makes clear what the scale measures.
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