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netigen: Legendary Member; Posts: 631; Joined: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:57 pm; Thanked: 29 times; Followed by:3 members

When to use being in GMAT?

by netigen » Sat May 17, 2008 1:54 pm

I was stuck between B and D and went with B because of the being rule.

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by s_raizada » Sat May 17, 2008 4:18 pm

B - sentence fragement

Because introduces a dependent clause. What is the subject of verb 'does' in the sentence. It you say 'it is genetically engineered' is the subject of verb 'does' then we have a sentence with a dependent clause.

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