In both cases, the act of rating is attributed to a scale.TheGraduate wrote:However, isn't there is a difference between "...developed a scale rating the likelihood" and "scale rates the likelihood" since the scale itself seems to rate the likelihood in the latter?GMATGuruNY wrote:I would not apply this line of reasoning.TheGraduate wrote:I was wondering if there is a problem with the meaning of choices A, B and E since a scale cannot rate on its own (a scale is an inanimate object). An astronomer has to use the scale to rate. Am I right or wrong in thinking that way?
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An OA in GMATPrep:
an intensive series of experiments investigating changes in working conditions.
Here, it is considered correct to say that EXPERIMENTS are INVESTIGATING.
Similarly, the GMAT might consider it acceptable to say that a SCALE RATES the likelihood.
An analogous usage appears in PS98 in the OG12:
a scale that measures the intensity of a certain phenomenon
Given PS98 and the blue OA above, do not eliminate A, B and E simply because they attribute the act of rating to a scale.
Instead, look for an answer choice that avoids this issue.
Since D avoids this issue and is error-free, eliminate A, B and E and choose D.
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