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Approximately $120 billion in venture capital is estimated as having poured into technology stocks during the late 1990s, creating a valuation bubble that burst in 2000.

A. Approximately $120 billion in venture capital is estimated as having poured into technology stocks during the late 1990s, creating
B. During the late 1990s approximately $120 billion in venture capital is estimated to have poured into technology stocks and created
C. During the late 1990s it is estimated that there was approximately $120 billion in venture capital that was poured into technology stocks, creating
D. It is estimated that during the late 1990s approximately $120 billion in venture capital poured into technology stocks, creating
E. It is estimated that there was approximately $120 billion in venture capital that poured into technology stocks during the late 1990s and created
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue May 18, 2010 8:01 am
I'm not 100% on this so others should def chime in.

I would choose C

A- wrong tense, the present tense shouldn't be used for something that happened in the past.

B- Same as A

C- My choice

D- This one is tough because it would be my second choice. The only functional difference between this sentence and choice C is "poured" vs "was poured". I think you have to say "was poured" (choice C) because venture capital didn't pour itself. If that makes sense.

E- "and created" is incorrect. You want to use "creating" because that clause is acting as a modifier for the preceeding clause.
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by M811 » Tue May 18, 2010 8:17 am
neoreaves wrote:Approximately $120 billion in venture capital is estimated as having poured into technology stocks during the late 1990s, creating a valuation bubble that burst in 2000.

A. Approximately $120 billion in venture capital is estimated as having poured into technology stocks during the late 1990s, creating
B. During the late 1990s approximately $120 billion in venture capital is estimated to have poured into technology stocks and created
C. During the late 1990s it is estimated that there was approximately $120 billion in venture capital that was poured into technology stocks, creating
D. It is estimated that during the late 1990s approximately $120 billion in venture capital poured into technology stocks, creating
E. It is estimated that there was approximately $120 billion in venture capital that poured into technology stocks during the late 1990s and created

IMO D

A is wrong - "estimated as having poured" is unidiomatic
B and C are incorrect because it imply that estimation took pace during the 1990s and not during the present
E - ending of option E imply that estimation refers to creation of bubble as well as to 120 billion dollars.

what's OA?

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by LoveTheGMAT » Tue May 18, 2010 9:19 am
I would say D
A: as having is incorrect
B: "is estimated to have poured" is wrong tense
C: "during the late late 1990s it is estimated" You can't have past and that then present. "It is estimated" should come before, which takes us to D or E
D: correct. concise and clear. preferred over E because: read E
E: Slightly wordy

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by bupbebeo » Tue May 18, 2010 9:33 am
I choose C,

the reason like Oaris's ones.

please post OA,

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by analyst218 » Tue May 18, 2010 9:41 am
D..

it is the capital that was poured in in 1990s not the estimation..

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by neoreaves » Tue May 18, 2010 10:04 am
analyst218 wrote:D..

it is the capital that was poured in in 1990s not the estimation..
E never says that estimation was poured into the market ...it says "$120 billion in venture capital that poured into technology stocks" ...so "that" refers to the captial not estimation

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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue May 18, 2010 10:22 am
neoreaves wrote:
analyst218 wrote:D..

it is the capital that was poured in in 1990s not the estimation..
E never says that estimation was poured into the market ...it says "$120 billion in venture capital that poured into technology stocks" ...so "that" refers to the captial not estimation
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by sumanr84 » Tue May 18, 2010 11:24 am
neoreaves wrote:Approximately $120 billion in venture capital is estimated as having poured into technology stocks during the late 1990s, creating a valuation bubble that burst in 2000.

A. Approximately $120 billion in venture capital is estimated as having poured into technology stocks during the late 1990s, creating
B. During the late 1990s approximately $120 billion in venture capital is estimated to have poured into technology stocks and created
C. During the late 1990s it is estimated that there was approximately $120 billion in venture capital that was poured into technology stocks, creating
D. It is estimated that during the late 1990s approximately $120 billion in venture capital poured into technology stocks, creating
E. It is estimated that there was approximately $120 billion in venture capital that poured into technology stocks during the late 1990s and created

D is more concise option than E. Also, the ending of E could imply that it was estimation that caused bubble[rather than pouring of $120 billion in venture capital]. D is clear in that sense. Participle 'creating' clearly describes the impact of the previous main clause. D is the best answer

Also, unnecessary there was inclusion in E.
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