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by nafiul9090 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:38 am
Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

(A) so depressed have sales figures been as a result that
(B) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
(C) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
(D) the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
(E) the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result,[/u]
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:14 am
The correct answer is a - it is grammatically correct and the most concise
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by ankita1709 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:36 am
nafiul9090 wrote:Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

(A) so depressed have sales figures been as a result that
(B) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
(C) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
(D) the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
(E) the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result,[/u]
IMO E

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by myselfhari » Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:17 am
IMO the asnwer should be E.

Reason:

The sales figures have been low is the reason why the "government has launched several initiatives to...."

IMO, The first half of the sentence does not stand as a reason for the depressed sales, rather the depressed sales stands as a reason for the initiative taken by the govt.

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by nafiul9090 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:46 am
i also took E. but the answer is A
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by nafiul9090 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:47 am
Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:The correct answer is a - it is grammatically correct and the most concise
could you please tell us that how do you eliminate other choices.
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:43 am
(B) - it is longer than A, therefore it is redundant
(C) - incorrect verb form "has", also the word "sales" replaced the phrase "sales figures" and since they have different meanings, this answer is stylistically flawed
(D) - incorrect verb form "having"
(E) - this answer is redundant and stylistically flawed, it is much longer than A and the meaning is changed because 'as a result' refers in this version to what the government has done
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by dhonu121 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:55 am
How did you figure it out from the original sentence that as a result is modifying the part before semicolon and not the part where government took some actions ?

I think that is what deciding the correct answer here ?
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:09 am
"As a result" is a discourse marker which shows that what is said follows logically from what was said before.
In the original sentence "as a result" is placed in the first clause after the semi-colon, so it shows that the depressed sales figures are the result of the fact that consumers stopped buying.
In answer E "as a result" is placed in the second clause after the semi-colon:

"Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; the sales figures have been so depressed (1st clause) that, as a result the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending (2nd clause).
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by ankita1709 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:03 pm
nafiul9090 wrote:Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

(A) so depressed have sales figures been as a result that - what type of verb placement is this
(B) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
(C) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
(D) the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
(E) the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result,[/u]
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by nafiul9090 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:01 pm
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nafiul9090 wrote:Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

(A) so depressed have sales figures been as a result that - what type of verb placement is this
(B) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
(C) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
(D) the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
(E) the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result,[/u]
that construction is legitimate in gmat. verb can be placed before the subject. my doubt was in the placement of "as a result" in the question
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by Chinn_asama » Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:25 am
is "of weakness in the economy" a preposition phrase?
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by mirfan2 » Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:55 am
My gut didn't like A, hence I chose E. In retrospect E has two issues
1- It doesn't fit - that after semi-colon
2- Meaning is slightly changed as well
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by jimmyjimmy » Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:28 am
still dint understand ..
evn i narrowd dwn to E....and took E..
but OA is A..
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