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Gurpinder: Legendary Member; Posts: 659; Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:12 am; Thanked: 32 times; Followed by:3 members

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by Gurpinder » Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:12 am

"Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress."
- Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher.

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by kvcpk » Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:38 am

B looks fine. Do you have any specific question?

"Once you start working on something,
don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it.
People who work sincerely are the happiest."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)

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by Gurpinder » Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:41 am

kvcpk wrote:B looks fine. Do you have any specific question?

To be honest, I was kind of lost with the meaning and answer choices. Can you explain the meaning and why each choice is wrong.

thanks.

"Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress."
- Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher.

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kvcpk: Legendary Member; Posts: 1893; Joined: Sun May 30, 2010 11:48 pm; Thanked: 215 times; Followed by:7 members

by kvcpk » Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:57 am

Gurpinder wrote: To be honest, I was kind of lost with the meaning and answer choices. Can you explain the meaning and why each choice is wrong.

thanks.

Ok.. Let me explain this.

Intended meaning is a comparison between people in venture capitals and banking lenders [People].
Point is compare people to people.

A compares Venture capitals with Banking lenders. [wrong comparison. Venture capitals is not people.]
B compares correctly. it uses "those in venture capital" which refers to people.
C is trying to compare something IN banking to Venture capital. Again wrong comparison.
Logically IN banking should be compared with IN venture capital. Though it doesnt work here because it changes meaning.
D again comapres banking lenders with venture capital. Same error as A.
E has couple of errors.
In "those in venture capital" - "those" refers to banking lenders. Logically this is wrong.
Also I think the correct idiom is hesitant to. not hesitant for.

Hope this helps!!

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by niksworth » Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:20 am

kvcpk wrote: B compares correctly. it uses "those in venture capital" which refers to people.

Small nitpicking here. I think 'those' refers to lenders in venture capital.

1. Contrary to those in venture capital, banking lenders seem hesitant to invest in new businesses.
Filling in for those,
2. Contrary to lenders in venture capital, banking lenders seem hesitant to invest in new businesses.

B is still right.

Having said that, in my opinion this is a poorly written sentence.

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by kvcpk » Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:22 am

niksworth wrote:
kvcpk wrote: B compares correctly. it uses "those in venture capital" which refers to people.
Small nitpicking here. I think 'those' refers to lenders in venture capital.

1. Contrary to those in venture capital, banking lenders seem hesitant to invest in new businesses.
Filling in for those,
2. Contrary to lenders in venture capital, banking lenders seem hesitant to invest in new businesses.

B is still right.

Having said that, in my opinion this is a poorly written sentence.

Agree with you niks.