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by gmat_perfect » Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:45 am
To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.

(A) their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment
(B) their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut
(C) growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(D) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(E) they grow naturally, with their feed allotment cut

[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]

I want to know exactly why E is wrong. I have seen various threads on this one. Please explain E.

Thanks.
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by beatthegmatinsept » Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:54 am
gmat_perfect wrote:To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.

(A) their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment
(B) their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut
(C) growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(D) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(E) they grow naturally, with their feed allotment cut

[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]

I want to know exactly why E is wrong. I have seen various threads on this one. Please explain E.

Thanks.
E is incorrect because it doesnt follow Parallelism. "with their feed allotment cut"..."raising them on special diets".
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by gmat_perfect » Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:05 am
Good catch man. Thanks.
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by shekhar.kataria » Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:07 am
gmat_perfect wrote:To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.

(A) their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment
(B) their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut
(C) growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(D) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(E) they grow naturally, with their feed allotment cut

[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]

I want to know exactly why E is wrong. I have seen various threads on this one. Please explain E.

Thanks.
HI

CAN U PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY 'A' IS WRONG. WHAT IS THE SOURCE ?

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by reply2spg » Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:11 am
A is comparing verb (grow) with noun (growth rate)
shekhar.kataria wrote:HI

CAN U PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY 'A' IS WRONG. WHAT IS THE SOURCE ?

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Sudhanshu
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by uwhusky » Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:14 am
This is a GMAT Prep question.

According to MGMAT experts, "rate" can only increase, it cannot grow.
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by reply2spg » Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:24 am
A is comparing verb (grow) with noun (growth rate)
shekhar.kataria wrote:HI

CAN U PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY 'A' IS WRONG. WHAT IS THE SOURCE ?

Thanks
Sudhanshu
(have lot of things to learn from all of you)
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