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contrast or not ???

by AIM GMAT » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:13 am
[spoiler]Is contrast required in this SC , if not then y ? How shud we decide when and where contrast id required , any specific rule for that or just go with what seems right to ear ? [/spoiler]

Last summer Google awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities
research, and last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million ondigital projects.

A. awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities
research, and last year the National Endowment for the Humanities
spent $2 million on

B. awarded $1 million for professors involved in digital humanities research, and
last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million for

C. had awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities
research, and last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2
million on

D. awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities research,
but last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million for

E. awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities research,
whereas last year the National Endowment for the Humanities was spending
$2 million on
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:20 am
Confused between A and E.

Would pick E over A because I feel 'whereas' of B seems creates the contrast which is the original intention of author.

Still looking for strong observations on how to decide to use contrast or not!
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by HSPA » Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:26 am
IMO C
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by AIM GMAT » Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:34 am
HSPA wrote:IMO C
HSPA can u explain why u chose C ?
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by HSPA » Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:22 am
Rs.54K Crore was spent on roads by govt. "Spent on" is what i chose first

A,C,E are in...

when using two past statements.. how to know which is the deeper past.. I thought that the past perfect was helping me a bit

It is a calculated intution... So what is the OA and OE
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by AIM GMAT » Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:26 am
The OA is A .

And for C it says that no two things taking place at different times in past so we dnt require past perfect tense.

I was confused for the usage of "AND" or "BUT" in this case . Is contrast require here or not ? What decides the opting for contrast or not oping for the same ? What you have to say on this ?
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by HSPA » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:12 am
last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million ondigital projects. (this making complete sense)

what is this AND/BUT question of yours? I havent understood it.

NE spent 2K but G gave only 1K... is this what you want to write.
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by AIM GMAT » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:24 am
Yeah somewhat like that only i wanted to say , but i am convinced with A now , and use of "AND" is required here not "BUT" , i was skeptical for option A and instead opted for D.
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:26 am
AIM GMAT wrote:[spoiler]Is contrast required in this SC , if not then y ? How shud we decide when and where contrast id required , any specific rule for that or just go with what seems right to ear ? [/spoiler]

Last summer Google awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities
research, and last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million ondigital projects.

A. awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities
research, and last year the National Endowment for the Humanities
spent $2 million on

B. awarded $1 million for professors involved in digital humanities research, and
last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million for

C. had awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities
research, and last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2
million on

D. awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities research,
but last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million for

E. awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities research,
whereas last year the National Endowment for the Humanities was spending
$2 million on
Eliminate answer choices for reasons that cannot be disputed.

In B, awarded $1 million for professors is an idiom error. The correct idiom is award X to Y. Eliminate B.

In C, the past perfect had awarded is incorrect. In E, the past progressive was spending is incorrect. All the verbs should in the same tense -- in this case, the simple past tense -- unless a change in tense is needed. Eliminate C and E.

In D, spent $2 million for research is an idiom error. The correct idiom is spend X on Y. Eliminate D.

The correct answer is A.

The conjunction and is correct if the intention is to emphasize the similarities between the two actions. A conjunction such as whereas is appropriate if the intention is to emphasize the differences between the two actions. If we're unsure about the intention of the sentence, we should look for other reasons to eliminate answers -- reasons that cannot be disputed.

Also, if you're stuck between A and another answer choice, and you cannot articulate a clear error in A, eliminate the other answer choice and choose A. It's safer to choose the original sentence.
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by Target2009 » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:20 pm
GMATGuruNY wrote: In D, spent $2 million for research is an idiom error. The correct idiom is spend X on Y. Eliminate D.

The correct answer is A..
Thanks !!.. Even I was picking D over A for "But" ..
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by akrish1982 » Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:28 pm
this sentence seems to have picked from NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/arts/ ... wanted=all

Last summer Google awarded $1 million to professors doing digital humanities research, and last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million on digital projects.


is Involved with correct??? involved in sounds correct to me, involved with sounds odd.
please help me here...
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by 7777 » Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:03 pm
AIM GMAT wrote:[spoiler]Is contrast required in this SC , if not then y ? How shud we decide when and where contrast id required , any specific rule for that or just go with what seems right to ear ? [/spoiler]

Last summer Google awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities
research, and last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million ondigital projects.

A. awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities
research, and last year the National Endowment for the Humanities
spent $2 million on

B. awarded $1 million for professors involved in digital humanities research, and
last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million for

C. had awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities
research, and last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2
million on

D. awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities research,
but last year the National Endowment for the Humanities spent $2 million for

E. awarded $1 million to professors involved with digital humanities research,
whereas last year the National Endowment for the Humanities was spending
$2 million on
first of all, both are completed actions in the past;moreover,in this case,there is no need to present them by using one past perfect and one simple past.both tenses in the simple past tense are correct.
second,the idiom is x awarded y to z.
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by gmatdriller » Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:54 am
Is "LAST SUMMER" in the same time frame as "LAST YEAR"?
Logically trying to see why C is wrong /right with the use of "had."

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by Lifetron » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:42 am
Good one !

Since the time periods are given, we don't need tense changes to point out the time differences. Simple past will do in both cases. That is more parallel too!

A is simple and to-the-point ! Choose A
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by Lifetron » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:51 am
You don't have to find that out. Actually when you are given specific time periods, as in this question, you don't need tense changes to indicate the difference in time. It is already given to you. You now have to aim for the most parallel structure. When you don't know the sequence of events, you need to use past perfect and past tense. I read this somewhere. Hope this helps!
gmatdriller wrote:Is "LAST SUMMER" in the same time frame as "LAST YEAR"?
Logically trying to see why C is wrong /right with the use of "had."

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