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by chidcguy » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:06 pm
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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by reachac » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:38 pm
@ 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 :)

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by khurram » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:42 pm
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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by chidcguy » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:51 pm
Whew! I never knew that some of the answers in GMAT Paper tests are wrong.
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Re: Tough Gmat Paper- Asteroids

by Ian Stewart » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:57 am
khurram wrote:

Although OA is C, but I will go for E. Does anyone agree
No, E is not the correct answer. Inserting answer E into the sentence gives:

"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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