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by GmatKiss » Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:50 am
1.Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.

(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as

Why is A incorrect?
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by Target2009 » Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:35 am
GmatKiss wrote:1.Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.

(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as

Why is A incorrect?
think of X to be Y construction is incorrect. Idiom "think of X as Y " is correct.
Also In option A, 'them' and 'they' are ambiguous since these terms could refer to both consumers and household cleaning products.
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by prateek_guy2004 » Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:07 pm
A should be correct......
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by force5 » Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:54 pm
i find D the best.A and B are not desired because of plural subject.
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:04 pm
The idioms are:

active -- think of X as Y
passive -- X is/are thought to be Y
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by navami » Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:11 pm
Thanks Jim
This time no looking back!!!
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by GmatKiss » Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:25 pm
Target2009 wrote:
GmatKiss wrote:1.Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.

(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as

Why is A incorrect?
think of X to be Y construction is incorrect. Idiom "think of X as Y " is correct.
Also In option A, 'them' and 'they' are ambiguous since these terms could refer to both consumers and household cleaning products.
Can you please explain the bold part in detail!
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