Success rate stock market

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harsh.champ: Legendary Member; Posts: 1132; Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:38 amFollowed by: 6 members; Location: India; Thanked: 64 times; GMAT Score:760

by harsh.champ » Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:22 am

The success rates of recent open offers seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high
in January.

(A)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.
(B)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from the high in January.
(C)seem to has gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.
(D)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high on January.
(E)seems to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.

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by hrishi19884 » Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:42 am

harsh.champ wrote:The success rates of recent open offers seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high
in January.

(A)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.
(B)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from the high in January.
(C)seem to has gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.
(D)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high on January.
(E)seems to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.

Correct answer will be posted after some posts.

"success rates"- have is necessary

"offers" - seem is necessary

"in January" is better than "on January"

"their" - correctly denotes about the success rates of the stock markets

Which option gives you all these above 4 things ---- It's A

IMO A

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by shashank.ism » Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:16 am

The success rates of recent open offers seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high
in January.

(A)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.
(B)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from the high in January.
(C)seem to has gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.
(D)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high on January.
(E)seems to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.

Correct answer will be posted after some posts.

success rates --> plural sense so seem to have will be used--> C,E out.
In January is legit not on January --> D out.
I'm a bit confused between A & B.
But It seem's A is correct...Please post the answer.

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by soumyopriyosaha » Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:26 am

IMO A

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by hrishi19884 » Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:35 am

soumyopriyosaha wrote:IMO A

A humble request to you brother. ..plz indicate the reasons for our answer instead of just IMO.

Do some community service ...lol

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by thephoenix » Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:38 am

IMO B

a)their refers to possesive form of noun....there is none in the s/c
c)has(singular).....success rates need plural verb
d)on is incorrect
e) seems singular need plural verb

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by hrishi19884 » Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:02 am

thephoenix wrote:IMO B

a)their refers to possesive form of noun....there is none in the s/c
c)has(singular).....success rates need plural verb
d)on is incorrect
e) seems singular need plural verb

I have just made a small correction to my original reasoning.

their - correctly refers the success rates of the stock markets.

"their high" denotes the position/value of the success rates in stock markets
"the high" has no meaning. Actually it denotes the physical direction.
How can "rates" physically fell from the height? Not possible

I just confirmed with one of my GMAT tutor. Answer is A

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by harsh.champ » Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:09 am

thephoenix wrote:IMO B

a)their refers to possesive form of noun....there is none in the s/c
c)has(singular).....success rates need plural verb
d)on is incorrect
e) seems singular need plural verb

Sorry thephoenix,but the OA is A.

Detailed solution:-

Only option A uses the correct forms of the verb as well as the preposition.
Choice B is incorrect as it incorrectly uses 'the' to describe 'high'
Choice C is incorrect as it uses the singular present tense 'has' instead of present plural 'have'
Choice D is incorrect as it uses the incorrect preposition 'on'.
Choice E is incorrect as it uses the singular form 'seems' which is incorrect as the subject is 'success rates' which is
plural.

I guess you can rectify the mistake.

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by bhumika.k.shah » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:12 am

I'd go with A for the same reasons.

Good job hrishi

hrishi19884 wrote:
harsh.champ wrote:The success rates of recent open offers seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high
in January.

(A)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.
(B)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from the high in January.
(C)seem to has gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.
(D)seem to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high on January.
(E)seems to have gone up as the stock markets fell from their high in January.

Correct answer will be posted after some posts.
"success rates"- have is necessary

"offers" - seem is necessary

"in January" is better than "on January"

"their" - correctly denotes about the success rates of the stock markets

Which option gives you all these above 4 things ---- It's A

IMO A

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