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by deepakk » Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:39 pm
Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats
from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or
comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet
will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may

Please suggest me how to solve this....
A and B is incorrect because of modifier issue.
D eliminated because to rate and for rating, I would go with to Rate.
E I eliminated because That rates the likelihood is wordy.
But, I don't know how to eliminate the option based on the differences between may and will.
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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:45 pm
deepakk wrote: Please suggest me how to solve this....
A and B is incorrect because of modifier issue.
D eliminated because to rate and for rating, I would go with to Rate.
E I eliminated because That rates the likelihood is wordy.
But, I don't know how to eliminate the option based on the differences between may and will.
Please guide me
The sentence states "how likely a particular asteroid"; this phrase show the uncertainity.. So we need not necessarily say "may". However, there are more points, points rightly pointed out by you, on which we can eliminate the wrong choices..
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by viny » Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:57 am
Likelihood and may show uncertainilty
So its redundant to use both..go with c as it has " likelihood and will"

A is incorrect cuz its in passive right? What is a modifier issue in A?
When verbing placed before the clause ,it can modify the subject or entier clause
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:25 pm
viny wrote:What is a modifier issue in A?
The opening modifier is "responding to the public's fascination...", so the subject should be whatever/whoever is responding. A scale can't respond, but astronomers can (by creating the scale).
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by sanjoy18 » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:05 pm
Correct answer is D. for more details
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deepakk wrote:Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats
from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or
comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet
will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may

Please suggest me how to solve this....
A and B is incorrect because of modifier issue.
D eliminated because to rate and for rating, I would go with to Rate.
E I eliminated because That rates the likelihood is wordy.
But, I don't know how to eliminate the option based on the differences between may and will.
Please guide me
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by [email protected] » Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:08 am
why not "C"?
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by neptune28 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:04 pm
[email protected] wrote:why not "C"?
Here's C):

astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to

Let's use a simpler sentence. We want to know the probability that Betty will visit. We can say:

How likely is it that Betty will visit?
or
What is the likelihood that Betty will visit?
or
How likely is Betty to visit?

However,

How likely will Betty be to visit?

is a clunker. :D

Hope this helps. :)
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