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by jamesk486 » Thu May 17, 2007 2:31 pm
Being able to predict the strength and the direction of an earthquake could save lives and million of property damage.
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B The capability for predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
C The ability to predict the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
D The ability of predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
E The ability for predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake could save lives

A is correct..but isn't being wrong? when is "being" ok to use?
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by jayhawk2001 » Thu May 17, 2007 3:55 pm
jamesk486 wrote:Being able to predict the strength and the direction of an earthquake could save lives and million of property damage.
A
B The capability for predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
C The ability to predict the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
D The ability of predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake would mean that lives are saved
E The ability for predicting the strength and the direction of an earthquake could save lives

A is correct..but isn't being wrong? when is "being" ok to use?
You need "save lives and million of property damage". That leaves
us with A and E.

E is incorrect as it uses "ability for predicting". Purpose here is
best indicated by "to predict".

A seems to be correct. Being is used in its right form here.
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by aim-wsc » Thu May 17, 2007 6:24 pm
When I first read the original sentence I felt it as awkward but comparing it with the choices (...choices are at worst :lol: ) Ais better (or less worse)
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by Cybermusings » Mon May 21, 2007 5:00 am
A is the best option
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by 800GMAT » Mon May 21, 2007 1:33 pm
the sentence tests parallelism in the latter part of the sentence.

ability should be followed by an infinitive.eliminate D and E

save x and y....x and y need to be parallel. only A and E follow parallelism. E is already eliminated

That leaves us with A, the right answer!
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by peter.p.81 » Tue Apr 08, 2014 12:24 am
I'll go with A
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