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by gmat_perfect » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:14 am
Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.

(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of
(C) could feed the continent, so even with
(D) could feed the continent and even
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even

I know the wrong options are wrong, but I don't know why.

Why are the wrong options wrong?
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by paridhi » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:17 am
gmat_perfect wrote:Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.

(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of
(C) could feed the continent, so even with
(D) could feed the continent and even
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even

I know the wrong options are wrong, but I don't know why.

Why are the wrong options wrong?
is oa d?
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by neerajbansal » Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:14 am
Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.

(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even --> even is modifying something which is not clear ..
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of -->Meaning. even of
(C) could feed the continent, so even with --> so even with --meaning
(D) could feed the continent and even --> cream of the crap ..Whats the OA
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even ----- even is redundant here..it should be in addition , other parts of the world
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by gmat_perfect » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:49 am
neerajbansal wrote:Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.

(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even --> even is modifying something which is not clear ..
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of -->Meaning. even of
(C) could feed the continent, so even with --> so even with --meaning
(D) could feed the continent and even --> cream of the crap ..Whats the OA
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even ----- even is redundant here..it should be in addition , other parts of the world
YEs, OA is D.
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by diebeatsthegmat » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:49 am
gmat_perfect wrote:Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.

(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of
(C) could feed the continent, so even with
(D) could feed the continent and even
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even

I know the wrong options are wrong, but I don't know why.

Why are the wrong options wrong?
Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.

(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even ( according to what i know, the correct grammar is " someone has possibility to do something so A is wrong)
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of ( B is also wrong because of what i said above, and because using even of
(C) could feed the continent, so even with ( so even with is not good)
(D) could feed the continent and even
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even (awkward)
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by diebeatsthegmat » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:51 am
diebeatsthegmat wrote:
gmat_perfect wrote:Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.

(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of
(C) could feed the continent, so even with
(D) could feed the continent and even
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even

I know the wrong options are wrong, but I don't know why.

Why are the wrong options wrong?
Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.

(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even ( according to what i know, the correct grammar is " someone has possibility to do something so A is wrong)
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of ( B is also wrong because of what i said above, and because using even of
(C) could feed the continent, so even with ( so even with is not good)
(D) could feed the continent and even ( my answer)
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even (awkward)
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by adi_800 » Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:53 am
could and possibly together make the sentence redundant.
have the possibility can best be expressed by could..
C is awkward...
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by reply2spg » Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:54 pm
gmat_perfect wrote:Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.

(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even -- I guess possibility of is correct idiom, someone, please confirm.
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of -- 'even of' is problematic here
(C) could feed the continent, so even with -- so even with is wrong
(D) could feed the continent and even -- Correct
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even -- could and possible are redundant

I know the wrong options are wrong, but I don't know why.

Why are the wrong options wrong?
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by GMAT Hacker » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:55 pm
reply2spg wrote:
gmat_perfect wrote:Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.

(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even -- I guess possibility of is correct idiom, someone, please confirm.
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of -- 'even of' is problematic here
(C) could feed the continent, so even with -- so even with is wrong
(D) could feed the continent and even -- Correct
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even -- could and possible are redundant

I know the wrong options are wrong, but I don't know why.

Why are the wrong options wrong?


A) have the possibility is unidiomatic construction
B) same as A
C) 'SO' as conjunction should be followed by independent clause. Also with is not parallel to anything in the other part of the sentence
D) correct
E)could possibly AND in addition are redundant here.

Hence QA is D.
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by anantbhatia » Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:03 pm
gmat_perfect wrote: Why are the wrong options wrong?
It is about choosing the best option and not bothering why others are wrong.
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by ankurmit » Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:12 pm
D is precise and seems best option

IMO D
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