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by user16 » Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:09 pm
A new study suggests that the conversational pace of every day life may be so brisk that it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and,the result is, to make sense of speech.
A)
B) that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sound and words and, as a results ,to make
c)that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete and words and ,the results of this ,they are unable to make
D)that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sound and words,and the results in not making
E)as to hamper the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sound and words ,resulting in being unable to make.

Can anyone please explain why C is incorrect in OG it say the 'the result of thus' is a new subject and grammatically requires a new verb..what rule is this?
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by shovan85 » Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:28 pm
C is correct because
1.it has correct idiom "to distinguish".
2. "is not making" is correct than "to make": To make shows intentional but here the result is causal.

The rule you are asking is I think when u use "this" it takes you out of discussion as if what ever cause has been mentioned except that cause something else has caused the same. I know this is not clear but "as a result of this" if "this" is referring to current cause what has been said in the line then why OG would have asked for a new subject to new verb.

I hope this makes sense... :)
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by shurti4you » Sat Oct 02, 2010 4:02 pm
C is wrong because of THIS. THIS can't standalone and it doesn't makes sense.
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by hitmis » Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:28 pm
Also I believe B is parallel, while C is not.

that it hampers the ability of some children "to distinguish " , "and,..., to make"
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by thevoid » Sat Oct 02, 2010 9:49 pm
IN C phrase - "the result of this" and then the use of "they" make this sentence construction weird, with no conclusive meaning out of it.


shovan85 wrote:C is correct because
1.it has correct idiom "to distinguish".
2. "is not making" is correct than "to make": To make shows intentional but here the result is causal.

The rule you are asking is I think when u use "this" it takes you out of discussion as if what ever cause has been mentioned except that cause something else has caused the same. I know this is not clear but "as a result of this" if "this" is referring to current cause what has been said in the line then why OG would have asked for a new subject to new verb.

I hope this makes sense... :)
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by niksworth » Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:22 pm
user16 wrote:A new study suggests that the conversational pace of every day life may be so brisk that it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and,the result is, to make sense of speech.
A)
B) that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sound and words and, as a results ,to make
c)that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete and words and ,the results of this ,they are unable to make
D)that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sound and words,and the results in not making
E)as to hamper the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sound and words ,resulting in being unable to make.

Can anyone please explain why C is incorrect in OG it say the 'the result of thus' is a new subject and grammatically requires a new verb..what rule is this?
Can you please transcribe this correctly? I see multiple mistakes in the question itself.
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by gmat_perfect » Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:45 am
A new study suggests that the conversational pace of everyday life may be so brisk it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make sense of speech.

A. it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make
B. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words and, as a result, to make
C. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words and, the result of this, they are unable to make
D. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words, and results in not making
E. as to hamper the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words, resulting in being unable to make

The issues:

1. Ability to---------is the correct idiom. This kills A.

2. If two clauses are joined by AND, a comma should be used before AND.---This kills C.

3. Comma + AND + Clause Or COMMA + AND + Final element of a list---correct.

--> This kills D because "and resulting..." is neither a clause nor a final element of a list.

4. Comma + Resulting --is almost always wrong in GMAT. This kills E. There is another issue in E, which is "being".

Answer is B.
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by mundasingh123 » Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:00 am
gmat_perfect wrote:A new study suggests that the conversational pace of everyday life may be so brisk it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make sense of speech.

A. it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make
B. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words and, as a result, to make
C. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words and, the result of this, they are unable to make
D. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words, and results in not making
E. as to hamper the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words, resulting in being unable to make

The issues:

1. Ability to---------is the correct idiom. This kills A.

2. If two clauses are joined by AND, a comma should be used before AND.---This kills C.

3. Comma + AND + Clause Or COMMA + AND + Final element of a list---correct.

--> This kills D because "and resulting..." is neither a clause nor a final element of a list.

4. Comma + Resulting --is almost always wrong in GMAT. This kills E. There is another issue in E, which is "being".

Answer is B.
Comma + Resulting --is almost always wrong in GMAT but not always.
We cant just eliminate elements like "have + verbing , being "
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by pzazz12 » Mon Oct 04, 2010 4:31 am
gmat_perfect wrote:A new study suggests that the conversational pace of everyday life may be so brisk it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make sense of speech.

A. it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make
B. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words and, as a result, to make
C. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words and, the result of this, they are unable to make
D. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words, and results in not making
E. as to hamper the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words, resulting in being unable to make

The issues:

1. Ability to---------is the correct idiom. This kills A.

2. If two clauses are joined by AND, a comma should be used before AND.---This kills C.

3. Comma + AND + Clause Or COMMA + AND + Final element of a list---correct.

--> This kills D because "and resulting..." is neither a clause nor a final element of a list.

4. Comma + Resulting --is almost always wrong in GMAT. This kills E. There is another issue in E, which is "being".

Answer is B.

Thank you, C is wrong.....
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by adi_800 » Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:35 am
gmat_perfect wrote:A new study suggests that the conversational pace of everyday life may be so brisk it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make sense of speech.

A. it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words and, the result is, to make
B. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words and, as a result, to make
C. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words and, the result of this, they are unable to make
D. that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguish discrete sounds and words, and results in not making
E. as to hamper the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words, resulting in being unable to make

The issues:

1. Ability to---------is the correct idiom. This kills A.

2. If two clauses are joined by AND, a comma should be used before AND.---This kills C.

3. Comma + AND + Clause Or COMMA + AND + Final element of a list---correct.

--> This kills D because "and resulting..." is neither a clause nor a final element of a list.

4. Comma + Resulting --is almost always wrong in GMAT. This kills E. There is another issue in E, which is "being".

Answer is B.
I am sure the reason you eliminated E is wrong..being is wordy. But I have not seen any OFFICIAL question that had Comma + resulting as a wrong option. Even if there is any official question that has Comma + Resulting as a wrong option, the choice will not be wrong for using Comma + Resulting.

Reasons for eliminating E :
1. So X as to Y is wrong on GMAT. This RULE is present in OG12.
2. Ability for is wrong. Ability to is correct.
3. being is wordy.
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