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by Mike@Magoosh » Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:49 am
The United States has the largest trade deficit of any country on Earth, other nations, such as China and Japan, holding stores of US dollars that increase each year.
(A) other nations, such as China and Japan, holding
(B) and other nations, like China and Japan, holding
(C) with other nations, like China and Japan, holding
(D) other nations, like China and Japan, hold
(E) other nations, such as China and Japan, hold

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by rakeshd347 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:11 pm
Mike@Magoosh wrote:The United States has the largest trade deficit of any country on Earth, other nations, such as China and Japan, holding stores of US dollars that increase each year.
(A) other nations, such as China and Japan, holding
(B) and other nations, like China and Japan, holding
(C) with other nations, like China and Japan, holding
(D) other nations, like China and Japan, hold
(E) other nations, such as China and Japan, hold

For a discussion of absolute phrases, one of the GMAT's favorite grammatical structures, as well as the OA & an explanation of this particular question, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/absolute-p ... -the-gmat/

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I wonder if questions that easy came on GMAT.

OA should be A
B C and D are out because usage of like to give example is wrong at least in GMAT.
E is out because we need either semicolon to connect two independent clauses or proper conjunction and it doesn't have either so its a run on. D is a run on too but i noticed that later. I first noticed the Such as vs like difference as it is easy to spot.
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