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[cooldude]

293. Federal incentives now encourage investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and no demand for new construction.
(A) investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and
(B) capital investment in commercial office buildings, even though vacancy rates in existing structures are exceptionally high and there is
(C) capital to be invested in commercial office buildings even though there are exceptionally high vacancy rates in existing structures with
(D) investing capital in commercial office buildings even though the vacancy rates are exceptionally high in existing structures with
(E) capital investment in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high, and although there is

B IS THE OA BUT WATS WRONG with d?is thr anydifferece in .investing capital and capital investment here?





297. Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college, compared with Canada’s thirty-five percent and Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany’s fifteen percent.
(A) Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college, compared with Canada’s thirty-five percent and Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany’s fifteen percent.
(B) Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college; in Canada it is thirty-five percent and in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany it is fifteen percent.
(C) In the United States, Fifty-two percent of high school graduates go on to college, compared with thirty-five percent in Canada and fifteen percent in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany.
(D) The percentage of high school graduates in the United States who go on to college is fifty-two, compared with Canada’s thirty-five percent, Great Britain’s fifteen, Japan’s fifteen, and West Germany’s fifteen.
(E) The percentage of United States high school graduates going on to college is fifty-two that in Canada is thirty-five, and that in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany is fifteen.

y not b or d?oa is c






310. For some reason the new consultant treats his clients like idiots, talking to them like they were mentally deficient and incapable of understanding more than the simplest ideas.
(A) like idiots, talking to them like they
(B) as if they were idiots, talking to them like they
(C) like idiots, talking to them as if they
(D) as idiots, talking to them like they
(E) like idiots who

y not b?oa is c;how c differs from a?





307. For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.
(A) even if
(B) despite being
(C) even if they are
(D) although they may be
(E) even if remaining

oa is c;but they refers to consumers!!?




301. Following the nutrition board’s advice on salt consumption would mean a virtual end of the use of salt in cooking, an avoidance of obviously salty foods, and reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium.
(A) reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium
(B) reducing the reliance on processed foods containing often hidden but significant amounts of sodium
(C) a reduction of the reliance on processed foods, containing as they do often hidden sodium in significant amounts
(D) a reduced reliance on the significant amounts of hidden sodium often contained in processed foods
(E) a reduced reliance on processed foods that contain significant but often hidden amounts of sodium

wats wrong wth c?:(

[prachipareekh]

293. D - incorrect -- use of with is incorrect, must be and instead of with.
with seems to incorrectly modify existing structures

[prachipareekh]

297.

B - incorrect - it referring to what? not clear...also it violates parallelism.

D - incorrect - violating parallelism -- further who is referring to what? United states or the percentage

C - correct - use of in maintains parallelism

If still not clear let me know...

[800guy]

301. Following the nutrition board’s advice on salt consumption would mean a virtual end of the use of salt in cooking, an avoidance of obviously salty foods, and reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium.
(A) reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium
(B) reducing the reliance on processed foods containing often hidden but significant amounts of sodium
(C) a reduction of the reliance on processed foods, containing as they do often hidden sodium in significant amounts
(D) a reduced reliance on the significant amounts of hidden sodium often contained in processed foods
(E) a reduced reliance on processed foods that contain significant but often hidden amounts of sodium

wats wrong wth c?:(

"a reduction of the reliance" is super wordy, redundant. much more concise to say "reduced reliance"

my choice would be D. what's the OA?

the longest answer choice for SC is hardly ever correct--in general i think.

[prachipareekh]

IMO E - parallelism maintained -- a virtual end .. an avoidance.. a reduced reliance

A,B - incorrect - violating parallelism

C - incorrect - awkward as stated by 800 guy.

D - incorrect - changes the meaning - reduced reliance on hidden amounts of sodium

[magical cook]

Hi,

D) is wrong just because if uses "with" to connect no demand? in SC, with no demand, or with no use,,,etc is always wrong??


293. Federal incentives now encourage investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and no demand for new construction.
(A) investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and
(B) capital investment in commercial office buildings, even though vacancy rates in existing structures are exceptionally high and there is
(C) capital to be invested in commercial office buildings even though there are exceptionally high vacancy rates in existing structures with
(D) investing capital in commercial office buildings even though the vacancy rates are exceptionally high in existing structures with
(E) capital investment in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high, and although there is

[thegmatbeater]

Anybody who explains 307?

[sibbineni]

please post one question per post

[sibbineni]

please post one question per post

[TheFallenAngel]

301. Following the nutrition board’s advice on salt consumption would mean a virtual end of the use of salt in cooking, an avoidance of obviously salty foods, and reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium.
(A) reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium
(B) reducing the reliance on processed foods containing often hidden but significant amounts of sodium
(C) a reduction of the reliance on processed foods, containing as they do often hidden sodium in significant amounts
(D) a reduced reliance on the significant amounts of hidden sodium often contained in processed foods
(E) a reduced reliance on processed foods that contain significant but often hidden amounts of sodium

Well for 301, why can't be the answer be E.

there wud be "a reduced reliance on Processed foods that contain Sodium" is better usage rather than "a reduced reliance on hidden sodium that is contained in processed food."

so i feel the correct answer is E.

[jmdgirish]

Hi,

I have a small concern with E -
'....that contain significant but often hidden amounts of sodium '
is this not different from 'significant amounts of often hidden sodium'....

So I did not choose E. Otherwise all seemed Ok with that .

I chose answer A as i think it is a gerund so can qualify and paralled a noun like avoidance, virtual end...

Any thoughts?

Thanks and Regards,
Girish

[pavitkumar]

Can someone explain 307 please??

[GHong14]

293. Federal incentives now encourage investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and no demand for new construction.
(A) investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and
(B) capital investment in commercial office buildings, even though vacancy rates in existing structures are exceptionally high and there is
(C) capital to be invested in commercial office buildings even though there are exceptionally high vacancy rates in existing structures with
(D) investing capital in commercial office buildings even though the vacancy rates are exceptionally high in existing structures with
(E) capital investment in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high, and although there is

If you read the whole sentence the Federal incentives encourage capital investment not investing capital because the sentence did not specify who will be the subject that will be doing the investing. Futhermore, the phrase "that are exceptionally high" in A is awkward compared to "structures are exceptionally high." in B

297. Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college, compared with Canada's thirty-five percent and Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany's fifteen percent.
(A) Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college, compared with Canada's thirty-five percent and Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany's fifteen percent.
(B) Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college; in Canada it is thirty-five percent and in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany it is fifteen percent.
(C) In the United States, Fifty-two percent of high school graduates go on to college, compared with thirty-five percent in Canada and fifteen percent in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany.
(D) The percentage of high school graduates in the United States who go on to college is fifty-two, compared with Canada's thirty-five percent, Great Britain's fifteen, Japan's fifteen, and West Germany's fifteen.
(E) The percentage of United States high school graduates going on to college is fifty-two that in Canada is thirty-five, and that in Great Britain, Japan, and West

This is a parallelism issue! Parallelism in this question is inbedded in the comparison. The original sentence compares percent of the united states with country (canada, Japan, Germany) and percent. This is obviously incorrect because the structure is unparallel. It is either compare %, country with %, country or country ,% with country, %. As we skim through A-E we can eliminate A, B. E can be eliminated because the sentence is awkward and grammatically incorrect. D is a great answer however by stating "great britain's fifteen, japan's fifteen,....." is not concise. In choice C in the United States is a modifier and thus we can cross it out and look at the rest of the sentence (does not affect the grammatical structure of the sentence) Fifty percent is compared to thirty five percent in Canada and fifteen percent in Japan West Germany and etc. This maintains parallelism, % country with % country.

310. For some reason the new consultant treats his clients like idiots, talking to them like they were mentally deficient and incapable of understanding more than the simplest ideas.
(A) like idiots, talking to them like they
(B) as if they were idiots, talking to them like they
(C) like idiots, talking to them as if they
(D) as idiots, talking to them like they
(E) like idiots who

We use the word like when it is followed by a noun (comparing like an idiot (noun)), on the other hand "as" is used when the comparison is made with a clause (in this case talking to them "as if they were mentally deficient and incapable of understanding." (phrase)) Therefore, the answer is C since all the other choices incorrectly uses like or as when comparing the noun and the clause.

307. For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.
(A) even if
(B) despite being
(C) even if they are
(D) although they may be
(E) even if remaining

When you are trying to find out what the pronoun of the sentence is referring to ask yourself what is the subject here. Here the subject is not consumers it is cars! This is an implied pronoun since its cars that have damages and moving violations. This is a tricky one because the of the implied pronoun!

301. Following the nutrition board's advice on salt consumption would mean a virtual end of the use of salt in cooking, an avoidance of obviously salty foods, and reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium.
(A) reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium
(B) reducing the reliance on processed foods containing often hidden but significant amounts of sodium
(C) a reduction of the reliance on processed foods, containing as they do often hidden sodium in significant amounts
(D) a reduced reliance on the significant amounts of hidden sodium often contained in processed foods
(E) a reduced reliance on processed foods that contain significant but often hidden amounts of sodium

The problem here is not reduction it is what comes after it "containing as they do often hidden sodium in significant amounts" is wordy and grammatically awkward. D should be the correct answer by maintaining the parallelism while presenting a concise sentence.

[aspirant2011]

307. For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.
(A) even if
(B) despite being
(C) even if they are
(D) although they may be
(E) even if remaining

Here the subject is price i.e singular,therefore C and D are striked out................E seems to be illogical.............B uses being which is not allowed in GMAT..................I would go for A............wats the OA?

[aspirant2011]

301. Following the nutrition board's advice on salt consumption would mean a virtual end of the use of salt in cooking, an avoidance of obviously salty foods, and reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium.
(A) reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium
(B) reducing the reliance on processed foods containing often hidden but significant amounts of sodium
(C) a reduction of the reliance on processed foods, containing as they do often hidden sodium in significant amounts
(D) a reduced reliance on the significant amounts of hidden sodium often contained in processed foods
(E) a reduced reliance on processed foods that contain significant but often hidden amounts of sodium

For the above question between D & E I would opt for E because in D the sentence shows certainity that processed food has significant amount of hidden sodium....................wats the OA?