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by sameerballani » Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:53 am
Twenty-five years ago in this month, Camp David became the setting for an unprecedented episode of American diplomacy-and entered the lexicon as a near synonym for high-level peacemaking-when Jimmy Carter, Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar El-Sadat gathered there for a tense and grueling 13 days.

A. Twenty-five years ago in this month,
B. Twenty-five years ago this month,
C. In this month, twenty-five years previously,
D. In this month, twenty-five years previous,
E. It was twenty-five years ago to this month,

OA:After some discussion
Please explain the reason for choosing an option and eliminating other options.
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by HSPA » Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:17 am
IMO B
First take: 640 (50M, 27V) - RC needs 300% improvement
Second take: coming soon..
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by rohu27 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:40 am
sameerballani wrote:Twenty-five years ago in this month, Camp David became the setting for an unprecedented episode of American diplomacy-and entered the lexicon as a near synonym for high-level peacemaking-when Jimmy Carter, Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar El-Sadat gathered there for a tense and grueling 13 days.

A. Twenty-five years ago in this month,
25 yrs ago,how can this be in this month?
B. Twenty-five years ago this month,
C. In this month, twenty-five years previously,
u r talking abt this specific month and relating it to 25 yrs ago
D. In this month, twenty-five years previous,
same as above
E. It was twenty-five years ago to this month,
it changes meaning, just says 25yrs ago, not the same month as nw 25 yrs ago

IMO B

OA:After some discussion
Please explain the reason for choosing an option and eliminating other options.

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by lunarpower » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:36 am
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what is the source of this problem?
i don't like it.
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by abhishek.pati » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:08 am
IMO B

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by najeeb775 » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:39 am
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by HSPA » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:56 am
25 years ago, on this month, we had the same amount of rainfall.
25 years ago, on this same date, I was born. Today is my birthday.

I would write this as one of the option(correct one..I mean)
Ofcourse this is based on the knowledge I have on english.
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by lunarpower » Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:03 am
HSPA wrote:25 years ago, on this month, we had the same amount of rainfall.
25 years ago, on this same date, I was born. Today is my birthday.

I would write this as one of the option(correct one..I mean)
Ofcourse this is based on the knowledge I have on english.
you can't make this analogy -- "date" and "month" don't take the same idioms. for example, "on" is almost always used with dates or days of the week; however, "on" is never used with months.
do not expect idiomatic constructions to work the same way with different words.

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IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE SOURCE, WHY ARE YOU USING IT?

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by sameerballani » Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:47 am
lunarpower wrote:received a pm.

what is the source of this problem?
i don't like it.
ah!! this is a random one. I just found it in some word file i found over net. I know what you gonna say next. lol.
that's ok, but the point is other questions on that random file were repeat of og/verbal review/gmat prep.. So may be even this question is of some good source..
If you feel this question is important from GMAT point of view, then please explain. I am totally confused on this one.
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by lunarpower » Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:57 am
sameerballani wrote:If you feel this question is important from GMAT point of view, then please explain. I am totally confused on this one.
Thanks.
it's not important; there's no precedent in official problems.
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