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exporter of honey

by rohittk » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:12 am
Please can someone identify the correct option with explanations.

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In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world’s leading exporter of honey,
with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going to theUnited States.
A. with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going
B. with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it
that goes
C. with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it
going
D. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes
E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going
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Re: exporter of honey

by goelmohit2002 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:38 pm
rohittk wrote:Please can someone identify the correct option with explanations.

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Q15:
In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world’s leading exporter of honey,
with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going to theUnited States.
A. with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going
B. with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it
that goes
C. with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it
going
D. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes
E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going
IMO E....since this is a ongoing action so we need present progressive.

so A, B, C = out.
D = no referent for it.
E = Correct
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by pandeyvineet24 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:52 pm
Agree with E
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Re: exporter of honey

by shahdevine » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:56 pm
rohittk wrote:Please can someone identify the correct option with explanations.

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Q15:
In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world’s leading exporter of honey,
with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going to theUnited States.
A. with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going
B. with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it
that goes
C. with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it
going
D. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes
E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going
lmao is E.

"selling nearly..." modifies Argentina most logically.
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by nanda323 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:20 am
in the option E
with almost half going
is it specifying what is going
as with is a preposition.
is that phrase with almost half going is correct.
can some body explain me this thing
i am not getting it:(

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by vikaspanghal » Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:53 am
nanda323 wrote:in the option E
with almost half going
is it specifying what is going
as with is a preposition.
is that phrase with almost half going is correct.
can some body explain me this thing
i am not getting it:(

thanks,nanda
Guys i think the answer is D. Please see the official link from where this sentence has been picked:

https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/c ... 27724.html

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by raghavakumar85 » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:24 am
rohittk wrote:Please can someone identify the correct option with explanations.

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Q15:
In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world�s leading exporter of honey,
with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going to theUnited States.
A. with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going
B. with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it
that goes
C. with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it
going
D. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes
E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going

IT is not correct here.. not sure to what IT is referring to. E sounds better.
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by brick2009 » Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:01 am
@ the original poster.. are you sure you didint miss the IT in choice E

Because without IT in E... that sentence is vague...

D has IT..but GONE is incorrect..as the action is present..and still going on.

So i think ans is E, but E is missing IT to refer to honey..


can anyone please tell me:

what is the subject of the sentence???? Honey or Argentina???

how do you identify the subject??? in such long sentence???
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by tanviet » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:33 am
check grammar

"haft of which " in A is not a clause. wrong

"haft of it that gose" in B is not a clause. wrong

check meaning

"it" in C is ambiguous

"haft of it goes" is parallel to "Ahentina has becom". No logic

E is left
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by maihuna » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:23 am
duongthang wrote:check grammar

"haft of which " in A is not a clause. wrong

"haft of it that gose" in B is not a clause. wrong

check meaning

"it" in C is ambiguous

"haft of it goes" is parallel to "Ahentina has becom". No logic

E is left
But almost half going means what? I think half going is incorrect. Can any one point some standard uses of the same.
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by gmatmachoman » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:02 am
IMO E..

Just now skimmed through the source but I am confused abt the " subject".

Seems Honey is the subject & "it" refers to "Honey"
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by hrishi19884 » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:39 am
YES option "E" is correct.


Here it is what has been written in the article.


"They don't have any export industry to speak of at all," Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill said dismissively in an interview with the magazine The Economist last summer. "And they like it that way."

But here on the humid pampas, where fields of alfalfa and clover stretch to the horizon, the emergence of a flourishing honey industry belies that notion. In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world's leading exporter of honey, selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half of it going to the United States.

The United States, however, has not greeted this with praise or support. Instead, responding to complaints of dumping by American honey producers (complaints that honey importers in the United States call unfounded), it placed tariffs of up to 66 percent on Argentine honey, effectively shutting it out of the market.

The decision, which went into effect in November, has dealt a serious blow to an industry that earned $86.6 million in much-needed foreign exchange in 2000 and provides a livelihood to thousands of farmers. Though the Argentine government has done little to mount a defense or appeal, officials argue that Argentine beekeepers are being unfairly punished for being more efficient. "

Now, there should be no confusion :-)[/img]
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by ssgmatter » Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:46 am
In option E, is WITH the modifier and if yes then what it is modifying?

Please explain with some reason
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by FightWithGMAT » Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:38 am
rohittk wrote:Please can someone identify the correct option with explanations.

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Q15:
In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world�s leading exporter of honey,
with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going to theUnited States.
A. with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going
B. with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it
that goes
C. with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it
going
D. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes
E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going
What "with" refers to in A and E???

Can somebody explain this?

Ron, your expert comments are needed here :)
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by maddy2u » Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:57 am
I believe it should be E .. :-)
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