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SENTENCE CORR.

by LEMAGICIEN » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:48 am
What do you think of this?
don't agree with the answer given.
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However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
A. However much United States voters may agree that
B. Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact
C. Although United States voters agree
D. Even though United States voters may agree
E. There is agreement among United States voters that
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by camitava » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:01 am
IMO C. Because A is having countable noun error, B and E are wordy. So left with D and C. In D, "Even Though" and "may" are making the sentence a bit awkward! So C.
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by LEMAGICIEN » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:20 am
I agree.
In the original doc posted they chose ans A.
They made a COUNTABLE ERROR!
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by sankruth » Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:20 pm
'Much' does not refer to voters but to the degree to which voters agree (which is not countable).

Also C changes the meaning, what I mean by that is the original sentence offers a bit of uncertainty with 'voters may agree...', while C changes that to a 100% certainty with 'voters agree...'

So the choice for me is between A & D and is 'However much...' correct idiomatic usage?
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by camitava » Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:49 pm
Ha ha ha! Now I will return back what I have said... :wink: Actually this is an OG Qs and the OA is A. The explanation is like -
In no any other option except A and E, there is use of THAT which is required here. But E is too much wordy. Oooops! What a miss! So be careful in SC. We should not miss the last word - especially THAT - in GMAT. Ha ha ha! :cry: :oops: :lol:
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by swdatta » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:42 pm
Hey camitava,
I narrowed it down between A and E because of 'that' in the answer choices. But is 'However much' the correct idiom?
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by tnaim » Sat May 08, 2010 3:12 pm
I have two questions, and would appreciate help with them!
1) why is the omission of that is incorrect in option D? is it because it violates the rule of parallelism (as that is apparent in the second half of the sentence after and), or is it because omitting that would change the meaning of the first part of the sentence?
2) the usage of may: however much united states voters may agree...., it IS difficult to find....
I thought since may indicates a hypothetical situation (we don't know for sure), "would be" is used instead of "is" here which made me think that I shouldn't go with any option that has may. (however much united states voters may agree...it WOULD BE difficult to find...) Would you please explain how may is okay to use here?
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