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by nafiul9090 » Sat May 26, 2012 11:14 pm
In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices;their wines have been priced to sell, and they are

(A) have been priced to sell, and they are
(B) are priced to sell, and they have
(C) are priced to sell, and they do
(D) are being priced to sell, and have
(E) had been priced to sell, and they have

in my point of view, the meaning of the sentence is " italian vintners wants to reduce their inventories and for this they have cut prices of wines. the wines then are priced to sell and vintners are able to reduce inventories. the Verb "DO" represents the verb "reduce" in my point of view. is my reasoning correct??? please correct me if i am wrong. if the verb "DO" represents the verb "Sell". isnt it non-sensical that "the wines sell"

please correct me

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by GmatKiss » Sat May 26, 2012 11:23 pm
In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices;their wines have been priced to sell, and they are

(A) have been priced to sell, and they are (sold)
(B) are priced to sell, and they have (sold)
(C) are priced to sell, and they (wine) do (sell)
(D) are being priced to sell, and have (sold)
(E) had been priced to sell, and they have (sold)

IMO: C
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by nafiul9090 » Sat May 26, 2012 11:34 pm
GmatKiss wrote:In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices;their wines have been priced to sell, and they are

(A) have been priced to sell, and they are (sold)
(B) are priced to sell, and they have (sold)
(C) are priced to sell, and they (wine) do (sell)
(D) are being priced to sell, and have (sold)
(E) had been priced to sell, and they have (sold)

IMO: C
hi

my question is that how come wines sell itself???

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by GmatKiss » Sat May 26, 2012 11:57 pm
nafiul9090 wrote:
GmatKiss wrote:In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices;their wines have been priced to sell, and they are

(A) have been priced to sell, and they are (sold)
(B) are priced to sell, and they have (sold)
(C) are priced to sell, and they (wine) do (sell)
(D) are being priced to sell, and have (sold)
(E) had been priced to sell, and they have (sold)

IMO: C
Eg: The garments were offered a discount and they did sell (because of the discount)- Understood!

This is called "ellipsis"

Please check this blog: https://www.knewton.com/blog/gmat/2010/1 ... -ellipsis/

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GK

hi

my question is that how come wines sell itself???

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by GmatKiss » Sun May 27, 2012 12:00 am
Here is another one,

Beaded wedding gowns are so expensive because the seamstress still pursues her art as they have for centuries, by hand-stringing each bead and then knotting each thread individually to achieve a secure attachment for each bead.

(A) the seamstress still pursues her art as they have
(B) the seamstress still pursues her art as she has
(C) seamstresses still pursue their art as they have
(D) seamstresses still pursue their art as was done
(E) the seamstress still pursues her art as has been done
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by GMATGuruNY » Sun May 27, 2012 3:44 am
nafiul9090 wrote:
my question is that how come wines sell itself???

regards nafi
To sell can be used to refer to the SELLER:
The stores sells many books.

To sell can also be used to refer to the ITEM BEING SOLD:
The books in the store sell well.
The conveyed meaning here is than many people purchase the books.
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by nafiul9090 » Sun May 27, 2012 4:09 am
thanks guys now its crystal clear to me
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by jimmyjimmy » Mon May 28, 2012 10:33 am
GmatKiss wrote:Here is another one,

Beaded wedding gowns are so expensive because the seamstress still pursues her art as they have for centuries, by hand-stringing each bead and then knotting each thread individually to achieve a secure attachment for each bead.

(A) the seamstress still pursues her art as they have
(B) the seamstress still pursues her art as she has
(C) seamstresses still pursue their art as they have
(D) seamstresses still pursue their art as was done
(E) the seamstress still pursues her art as has been done
wts OA??
initially i thought E..
now even i think C
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by lathmanu » Mon May 28, 2012 10:22 pm
what is the answer
GmatKiss wrote:
Beaded wedding gowns are so expensive because the seamstress still pursues her art as they have for centuries, by hand-stringing each bead and then knotting each thread individually to achieve a secure attachment for each bead.

(A) the seamstress still pursues her art as they have
(B) the seamstress still pursues her art as she has
(C) seamstresses still pursue their art as they have
(D) seamstresses still pursue their art as was done
(E) the seamstress still pursues her art as has been done
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by Ashujain » Tue May 29, 2012 12:47 am
GmatKiss wrote:Here is another one,

Beaded wedding gowns are so expensive because the seamstress still pursues her art as they have for centuries, by hand-stringing each bead and then knotting each thread individually to achieve a secure attachment for each bead.

(A) the seamstress still pursues her art as they have
(B) the seamstress still pursues her art as she has
(C) seamstresses still pursue their art as they have
(D) seamstresses still pursue their art as was done
(E) the seamstress still pursues her art as has been done
IMO: C
I guess the sentence should use plural 'seamstresses' and not singular 'seamstress' as the sentence is talking in general about all the seamstresses and not about any particular seamstress

Hope it helps!
Kindly correct me if I am wrong.
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by nafiul9090 » Tue May 29, 2012 1:10 am
GmatKiss wrote:Here is another one,

Beaded wedding gowns are so expensive because the seamstress still pursues her art as they have for centuries, by hand-stringing each bead and then knotting each thread individually to achieve a secure attachment for each bead.

(A) the seamstress still pursues her art as they have
(B) the seamstress still pursues her art as she has
(C) seamstresses still pursue their art as they have
(D) seamstresses still pursue their art as was done
(E) the seamstress still pursues her art as has been done

what is the source of this question??
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