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by harshasagi » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:54 am
With only 12 percent of the hounds in the annual Seclusival Dog Competition trials, the 200-year-old Shipman Kennel won 42 percent of first, second and third place ribbons, stunning dog handlers, judges and observers alike.


A. With
B. As
C. Being
D. Despite having
E. Although accounting for

"e" is the answer. i answered it as "d". when do we us despite and when although.
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by ayushiiitm » Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:17 pm
harshasagi wrote:With only 12 percent of the hounds in the annual Seclusival Dog Competition trials, the 200-year-old Shipman Kennel won 42 percent of first, second and third place ribbons, stunning dog handlers, judges and observers alike.


A. With
B. As
C. Being
D. Despite having
E. Although accounting for

"e" is the answer. i answered it as "d". when do we us despite and when although.

Although is to be used when situation is positive but the outcome is negative. 'Inspite of' can also be used for same purpose
Though is similar in usage but a bit informal

Even though is used when situation is negative, but the outcome is positive.

Despite having doesnt seems good english to me. So I would have chosen E
Anybody please correct me if I am wrong
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by gmat800_ » Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:22 pm
Why A is wrong?
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by pops » Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:43 am
gmat800_ wrote:Why A is wrong?
with does not stresses on the fact that only 12% of hounds were from shipman kennel.. and even though only 12% they won so much.. it has to be D or E...
D. Despite having should be used when: even though they had say 80% of total participants they won only 10%
E. Although accounting for: properly stresses that though only 12% of total, still they won so much....
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by dj_vinayak » Wed May 26, 2010 9:52 pm
pops wrote:
gmat800_ wrote:Why A is wrong?
with does not stresses on the fact that only 12% of hounds were from shipman kennel.. and even though only 12% they won so much.. it has to be D or E...
D. Despite having should be used when: even though they had say 80% of total participants they won only 10%
E. Although accounting for: properly stresses that though only 12% of total, still they won so much....
Not sure I agree.
Suppose the sentence was :
Despite of having a severe speech impediment,Stephen Hawking .............

This goes opposite of what is quoted above...Pleae clarify...
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by paes » Wed May 26, 2010 10:01 pm
Can somebody clear my doubt : 'how e is correct?'

Although makes a dependent clause (should have a subject and verb)

but in e :

Although accounting for ................trials , the 200 year ...

It is working like a modifier.

Is it a correct choice ?

IMO D
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by kevincanspain » Thu May 27, 2010 12:23 am
harshasagi wrote:With only 12 percent of the hounds in the annual Seclusival Dog Competition trials, the 200-year-old Shipman Kennel won 42 percent of first, second and third place ribbons, stunning dog handlers, judges and observers alike.


A. With
B. As
C. Being
D. Despite having
E. Although accounting for

"e" is the answer. i answered it as "d". when do we us despite and when although.
This question has lost a bit in the translation: can you see why E is better than D in the question below?

With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for
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by bupbebeo » Thu May 27, 2010 12:45 am
kevincanspain wrote:
harshasagi wrote:With only 12 percent of the hounds in the annual Seclusival Dog Competition trials, the 200-year-old Shipman Kennel won 42 percent of first, second and third place ribbons, stunning dog handlers, judges and observers alike.


A. With
B. As
C. Being
D. Despite having
E. Although accounting for

"e" is the answer. i answered it as "d". when do we us despite and when although.
This question has lost a bit in the translation: can you see why E is better than D in the question below?

With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for
Hi, Kevinspaince,

I think in your example, answer E is better because it shows the contrast between small number of US citizens with the large amount of resources used by the United


But there is one thing I want you to make it clear that Some books that I used to read say that Although often go with a clause. But in answer E Although go with a phrase. whether it is correct?
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by dj_vinayak » Thu May 27, 2010 12:46 am
kevincanspain wrote:
harshasagi wrote:With only 12 percent of the hounds in the annual Seclusival Dog Competition trials, the 200-year-old Shipman Kennel won 42 percent of first, second and third place ribbons, stunning dog handlers, judges and observers alike.


A. With
B. As
C. Being
D. Despite having
E. Although accounting for

"e" is the answer. i answered it as "d". when do we us despite and when although.
This question has lost a bit in the translation: can you see why E is better than D in the question below?

With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for
Yes It makes sense now.I guess this is what you get for reading from fudged sources.
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by paes » Thu May 27, 2010 12:54 am
kevincanspain wrote:
harshasagi wrote:With only 12 percent of the hounds in the annual Seclusival Dog Competition trials, the 200-year-old Shipman Kennel won 42 percent of first, second and third place ribbons, stunning dog handlers, judges and observers alike.


A. With
B. As
C. Being
D. Despite having
E. Although accounting for

"e" is the answer. i answered it as "d". when do we us despite and when although.
This question has lost a bit in the translation: can you see why E is better than D in the question below?

With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for
Thanks Kevin.
But as already asked, plz clear the doubt :
'Although' makes a dependent clause but here it is a modifier. how ??
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by kevincanspain » Thu May 27, 2010 5:35 am
Note that these sentence are all correct

Susan, (al)though disappointed not to have been offered a scholarship, accepted their offer of admission.

(Al)Though no larger in area than the state of Delaware, Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater body of water in terms of volume.

Lisa turned down my invitation, though with an endearing smile.

(Al)Though we knew better than to expect luxurious accomodations, we were shocked to see that the bedsheets were full of holes.
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by mankey » Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:57 pm
kevincanspain wrote:can you see why E is better than D in the question below?

With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for
Please explain the difference between D and E.

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by gmatdriller » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:27 pm
mankey wrote:
kevincanspain wrote:can you see why E is better than D in the question below?

With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for
Please explain the difference between D and E.

Thanks
Option D is saying: "United states citizens HAVE 5% of the world's population--not correct
The citizens do not HAVE (or posses) 5% of the world's population; rather, they account for a proportion of such statistics.

Option E says: United states citizens account for only 5% of the world's population--correct

Hope my explanation helps.
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