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by [email protected] » Thu May 17, 2012 4:32 am
Though once powerful political forces, labor unions have lost much of their influence, which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor management.

A] which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor

B] resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim favors

C] which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim that favors

D] resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim to be in favor of

E] which has resulted in a political climate that has been claimed by some analysts to favor



The OA is B. What is wrong with the option D. Kindly help...
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by mathbyvemuri » Thu May 17, 2012 5:00 am
options A,C and E are out as "which" wrongly modifies the noun "influence" instead of the action " labor unions have lost much of their influence".
Coming to options B and D:
Just remove the clause "some analysts claim". B says that :"resulting in a political climate that favors " which makes sense. But do that on D and it doesn't make sense.

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by veenitj » Thu May 17, 2012 6:14 am
Ans is B. Rightly explained by mathbyvemuri. I eliminated D for a reason:

"favor" does not agrees with the singular "a political climate".

Correct me if I have a worng explaination.

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by GmatKiss » Thu May 17, 2012 6:24 am
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by e-GMAT » Thu May 17, 2012 6:52 am
veenitj wrote:Ans is B. Rightly explained by mathbyvemuri. I eliminated D for a reason:

"favor" does not agrees with the singular "a political climate".

Correct me if I have a worng explaination.
Hi Veenit,

Notice that "favor" in Choice D lies in a prepositional phrase. "favor" is not a verb that needs to agree in number with "a political climate".

Hope this helps.
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by [email protected] » Thu May 17, 2012 7:18 am
One important question here... I just wanted to know that is there any similarity between the word 'claim' and the word 'consider'. I feel there is. I asked the question because I want something to form for the future questions on 'claim'. Could any of the experts please help...

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by [email protected] » Thu May 17, 2012 7:20 am
Very important to know that point - I feel there is something common between 'claim' and 'consider'. egmat please help...
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by [email protected] » Fri May 18, 2012 4:43 am
Why is there no reply in this post for so long???? This question is for a good and helping for the future...
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Fri May 18, 2012 6:24 am
[email protected] wrote:One important question here... I just wanted to know that is there any similarity between the word 'claim' and the word 'consider'. I feel there is. I asked the question because I want something to form for the future questions on 'claim'. Could any of the experts please help...

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I'd say that "claim" is stronger than "consider." If you claim something, you're outright stating it, while considering something mean that you're thinking about it in a certain way.
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