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Despite its attractiveness, investing abroad can still pose

by simplyjat » Tue May 06, 2008 2:58 am
Despite its attractiveness, investing abroad can still pose big risks, ranging from the potential for political instability in some countries to the shortage of regulations to protect investors and a serious lack of information about investments in others.

(A) to the shortage of regulations to protect investors and a serious lack of information about investments in others
(B) to the shortage of regulations to protect investors and in others a serious lack of information about investments
(C) and the shortage of regulations to protect investors and a serious lack of information about investments in others
(D) and the shortage of regulations to protect investors to a serious lack of information about investments in others
(E) to the shortage of regulations to protect investors in others and a serious lack of information about investments

OA A

Which is correct
From X to Y and Z
From X and Y to Z
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by sanjaylakhani » Tue May 06, 2008 8:41 am
Hi Simplyjat

correct form should be "From X to Y and Z" but i made the silly mistake of choosing B instead of A...
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by zacharyz » Tue May 06, 2008 4:19 pm
Actually, I think the phrase is still simply "From X to Y"

but you have to see X as "blah blah blah in some countries" and Y as "blah blah blah in others"

and statement Y has two conditions in it (shortage of regulations and lack of info)


I did not answer this correctly at first but think this is right now.
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by barron » Wed May 07, 2008 1:53 am
I choose A because of

range from....to... is correct

if you look more closely, it clearly shows the from part and to part by
specifying
'in some counties' and 'in others'
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Re: Despite its attractiveness, investing abroad can still p

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Wed May 07, 2008 11:09 am
simplyjat wrote:Which is correct

From X to Y and Z
From X and Y to Z
Either could be correct, depending on the meaning of the sentence.

In this particular question, we remember that we always need to stick to the meaning of the original sentence, so we go with choice A.

As an aside:

As Barron points out, the key word in the idiom is "ranging".

We always range FROM a TO b.

In this particular sentence, one of the 2 parts has two examples instead of just 1. Therefore, that part of the sentence gets the "and".

If all three parts were different ideas, we'd use:

Ranging FROM a TO b TO c.
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by netigen » Wed May 07, 2008 12:06 pm
Agree with Stuart, in this case X is one extreme and Y and Z form the other extreme in the defined range.
Stuart Kovinsky wrote:
simplyjat wrote:Which is correct

From X to Y and Z
From X and Y to Z
Either could be correct, depending on the meaning of the sentence.

In this particular question, we remember that we always need to stick to the meaning of the original sentence, so we go with choice A.

As an aside:

As Barron points out, the key word in the idiom is "ranging".

We always range FROM a TO b.

In this particular sentence, one of the 2 parts has two examples instead of just 1. Therefore, that part of the sentence gets the "and".

If all three parts were different ideas, we'd use:

Ranging FROM a TO b TO c.
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by maihuna » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:35 pm
I think I always mixed up between A and E.

Though another key point after idiom ranging from x to y is ending in others..

That way I will choose A. I will never choose B though
because:

see the IIlism after from x to y

x: the potential for political instability in some countries
y for option B: in others a serious lack of information about investments

note it must have IIlism in ending: some countries...in others..? but why the hell i clicked E then? Need time to sync up it seems..

But one thing is sure none of the answers are as good as OG's..
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by logitech » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:21 pm
Good thread to understand the idiom: From X to Y
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