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by boros2203 » Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:17 am
The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors.

(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating
(B) but also have the versatility and power to facilitate
(C) but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate
(D) and also have the versatility and power of facilitating
(E) and it also has such versatility and power that it can facilitate

please provide explanations. OA after some discussions
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by reply2spg » Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:22 am
B is correct here. Refer below link

https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... power.html
boros2203 wrote:The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors.

(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating
(B) but also have the versatility and power to facilitate
(C) but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate
(D) and also have the versatility and power of facilitating
(E) and it also has such versatility and power that it can facilitate

please provide explanations. OA after some discussions
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by adi_800 » Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:55 am
will not only meet...but also will have...
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by selfmade » Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:01 pm
I would pick C

Rephrase - Computer Software will not only meet the needs of the study but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate ....

This particular problem gives us 2 splits.

1. First is have vs has ---- > The subjest in the above sentence is Computer software which is plural. So it should be followed by has.

Computrer software has .....

--- B and D eliminated

2. Second is the parallelism --- > Computer software will meet the needs ..... facilitate similar research ....

--- A and D eliminated

3. Meet the needs and facilitating similar research is awkward construction.

Also correct usage is not only ... but also .....

--- D and E eliminated . E is also wordy.

Correct answer should be C.
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by gmat_perfect » Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:36 pm
boros2203 wrote:The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors.

(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating
(B) but also have the versatility and power to facilitate
(C) but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate
(D) and also have the versatility and power of facilitating
(E) and it also has such versatility and power that it can facilitate

please provide explanations. OA after some discussions
Please see the following sentences:

1. I will make the boat and use it.

=> I will make the boat, i will use it.

=> I will not only make the boat but also use it.

2. He will meet the poor. He will have food for them.
=> he will not only meet the poor but also will have food for them.
=> he will not only meet the poor but also (will) have food for them.

--> He will not only meet the poor but also have food for them.

GMAT likes not to use the same word again.

The said SC has tested the same concept. This rule has been properly maintained in B, the best answer.
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by boros2203 » Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:49 pm
Thanks for the grt explanations ... thanks to everyone

OA is B.
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by grockit_andrea » Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:03 am
Responding to a PM on this question. This sentence has a common idiom: "not only X, but also Y." "Not only" isn't underlined here, so the correct underlined portion has to provide the second half of the idiom. That rules out C, D, and E, none of which has "but also." ("But it also" is close but still incorrect, since that "it" disrupts the proper usage.) Verb tense is sufficient to eliminate choice A, since "will not only meet" is in the future tense, and "has" is in the past tense. Reading the "will" into the second verb here, you get "but also [will] have the versatility..." which is also in the future tense. That's what makes B correct.
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