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eaakbari: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 435; Joined: Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:15 am; Thanked: 32 times; Followed by:1 members

OG 10th edition- national banks

by eaakbari » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:43 am

106. The decision by one of the nation's largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans
could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and increasing the pressure on
multigovernment lenders to supply the funds.
(A) increasing the pressure
(B) the increasing pressure
(C) increased pressure
(D) the pressure increased
(E) the pressure increasing

Although I got the correct answer C, it was because that was what sounded right to my ear. Someone give me a more logical explanation as I am not convinced with the OG's explanation

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by loi.fu.yogi » Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:22 am

Although I got the correct answer B,

Are u sure OA is B? Below links says it is not.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/nation-s-lar ... 53786.html
https://www.beatthegmat.com/3-sc-from-po ... 20865.html

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by akhpad » Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:30 am

Increasing pressure -> Increasing is an adjective modify to pressure
Increasing the pressure -> become participial phrase because adjective cannot precede a/an/the.

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by beat_gmat_09 » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:13 am

eaakbari wrote:106. The decision by one of the nation's largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans
could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and increasing the pressure on
multigovernment lenders to supply the funds.
(A) increasing the pressure
(B) the increasing pressure
(C) increased pressure
(D) the pressure increased
(E) the pressure increasing

Although I got the correct answer B, it was because that was what sounded right to my ear. Someone give me a more logical explanation as I am not convinced with the OG's explanation

could mean - past tense.

lending is a gerund hence we dont have to maintain parallelism.
increased is the past participle here hence C.

let me know if i am wrong.

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by eaakbari » Sun May 02, 2010 1:07 am

loi.fu.yogi wrote:
Although I got the correct answer B,
Are u sure OA is B? Below links says it is not.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/nation-s-lar ... 53786.html
https://www.beatthegmat.com/3-sc-from-po ... 20865.html

I am sorry. I mistyped it. The OA is C. My bad

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