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by reply2spg » Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:45 pm
Source - Platinum Gmat

Among the litany of threats that many Israelis face, the potential for a nuclear-armed Iran is perhaps the more scary as this scenario could engulf the region in a violent war. This would likely result in historically unseen amounts of destruction, even for a region whose history is marred by perennial violence.

A) perhaps the more
B) perhaps the most
C) possibly, perhaps the most
D) possibly the greatest
E) possibly the great

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by pesfunk » Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:23 pm
Is it B ?
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by deepshi291 » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:20 pm
OA is B?
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by krazy800 » Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:06 pm
reply2spg wrote:Source - Platinum Gmat

Among the litany of threats that many Israelis face, the potential for a nuclear-armed Iran is perhaps the more scary as this scenario could engulf the region in a violent war. This would likely result in historically unseen amounts of destruction, even for a region whose history is marred by perennial violence.

A) perhaps the more
B) perhaps the most
C) possibly, perhaps the most
D) possibly the greatest
E) possibly the great

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IMO B

herez my explanation

among is used in the above sentence so superlative comparison should be used.

So A (as it uses more) is ruled out

C has redundancy problem - possibly and perhaps

In option D - 'greatest' is an adjective which will modify another adjective 'scary'. Incorrect

E - superlative should be used. Incorrect

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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:39 pm
i have chosen B in 30 secs

the most would be appropriate word to use
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by ankurmit » Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:37 am
IMO B
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by reply2spg » Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:09 am
Good work guys, OA is B
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