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by raptor84 » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:18 pm
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros
for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise
measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar
system formed some four billion years ago.

A. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them
to
B. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are
hoping to enable them
C. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will
be able to
D. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which
scientists hope will enable them to
E. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are
hoping they will be able to
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by logitech » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:36 pm
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros
for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise
measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar
system formed some four billion years ago.

A. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to


B. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are hoping to enable them

, which makes an essential part of the sentence NON-ESSENTIAL

C. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will be able to

D. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which scientists hope will enable them to

REDUNDANT

E. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are hoping they will be able to
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:32 am
LOGITECH ,
do u think ....make ever precise measurment is correct usage in C
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by maihuna » Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:21 am
LOGITECH It in E un-ambiguously refere to the instrument...what is the issue here?

Though I tentaviely look for C I can see candidate for they(measurements as well as scientists) btw they seems to be everywhere

so may be C is correct...but need to emphasize the idiom then...ever more...
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by logitech » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:28 am
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:LOGITECH ,
do u think ....make ever precise measurment is correct usage in C
by Jan Golinski - 2005 - Science - 368 pages
Precision measurement occupied a crucial place in the increasingly ... science as the quest for ever more precise measurements: "We are obliged to have ...
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by logitech » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:30 am
maihuna wrote:LOGITECH It in E un-ambiguously refere to the instrument...what is the issue here?

Though I tentaviely look for C I can see candidate for they(measurements as well as scientists) btw they seems to be everywhere

so may be C is correct...but need to emphasize the idiom then...ever more...
Maihuna, that was a typo.

I wanted to high light 'did'

Thats the problem in that option. This is a future tense construction.
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by nervesofsteel » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:36 am
IMO A
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by logitech » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:50 am
A. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to

I remember seeing this construction before but I am not sure whether we need commas to separate scientists hope

And also them is kind of pushing me away from this choice.

Let's see what others have to say.
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by sparsh.21 » Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:14 am
I think the option A is more precise than C
C is more wordy
IMO A
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by nervesofsteel » Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:50 am
OA plz..??
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by tanviet » Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:40 am
"them" in A is correct because "them" and "scientist" are in the same big clause

so, A is best
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by ohwell » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:48 am
OA is C, according to the version of the test I have.

I also first thought it was A, but looking at it again, in A, that whole part of the sentence following the comma makes a non-essential phrase.

In C you can clearly see the difference between that part that is not essential and that part that is essential (i.e. the latter part of the sentence with the scientists). That makes sense to me.
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by avenus » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:40 am
but what about for making in C??

... slowly moving closer to the surface of the object for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will be able to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

It sounds pretty awkward to me. Any thoughts?

I also prefer A, although that "them" at the end is somewhat ambiguous and pisses me off a bit... It's clear by the context that it refers to scientists but it could be seen as one of those "pronoun reference" traps GMAT test writers are so keen on...
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by gmat740 » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:55 am
IMO A

I find A much better than C
not yet convinced with explanations

Please point out the problem in A
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by yeloaw » Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:40 pm
raptor84 wrote:The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros
for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise
measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar
system formed some four billion years ago.

A. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them
to
B. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are
hoping to enable them
C. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will
be able to
D. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which
scientists hope will enable them to
E. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are
hoping they will be able to
IMO A
A. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them
to
...spacecraft will orbit..Eros..moving... to make...measurements...that...scientists hope...to...understand...
Choice A seems logical and parallel. 'That' is needed to discern any ambiguity with 'measurements'


C. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will
be able to
Choice C doesn't seem logical.
...spacecraft will orbit...Eros...moving ...making...measurements...and scientists hope...to...understand...

"for" does not connect 'moving' and making' logically.
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