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by senthil » Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:45 pm
The supply of oil being finite has become an economical and political consideration of the first magnitude for all modern industrial nations.
(A) The supply of oil being finite has become an economical
(B) The finite supply of oil has become an economical
(C) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economical
(D) The supply of oil being finite has become an economic
(E) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economic


I feel the answer is C , but I dont know why it cant be B ?
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by chidcguy » Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:57 pm
Please please take time to underline so that it saves every ones time

economical = cheap

economic = related to the economy

We are talking about the later here and so A B C are out.

Between D & E E prevails.

What is the OA?
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by senthil » Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:06 pm
Awesome explanation E is the answer !
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by gmat740 » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:56 pm
I understand no other option is better than E but please let me knw why do we need to have "THAT" in E
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:20 am
I also agree with gmat740...OG says "That" is used to introduce subordinate clause....

That cannot be used to introduce main clause...

or there is something that I am missing here ?
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by Domnu » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:44 pm
The word "that" can also be used as above. For example, the following sentence is grammatically correct:

That Sean had a large stature was counterintuitive, as everyone had compared his size to that of a squirrel.
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by graghukalyan » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:27 pm
The word "that" can also be used as above. For example, the following sentence is grammatically correct:

That Sean had a large stature was counterintuitive, as everyone had compared his size to that of a squirrel.

@Domnu,
In the example referred "The Sean had a..counterintuitive" , is the subordinate clause and "As Everyone had...squirrel" can be taken as the main clause. IMHO, when we put a Subordinate Clause before the Main Clause, we use a comma /separator between both of them.

In the Option E, I did not find a "." . Also, can we find a clear demarcation between the subordinate and main clause ?. Pls help.

I zeroed onto D & E and chose E as the answer. But I still have the above query.
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by goelmohit2002 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:43 am
Hi Senthil,

Can you please tell the source of this question....as per OG-10 and 11...there are no exceptions(as far as I remember) that "that" cannot introduce main clause....

using that to introduce main clause may be perfectly correct in general english....but can someone please clarify what is the case in GMAT land ?

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