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sohailmbaprep: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 59; Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:18 pm

by sohailmbaprep » Mon May 13, 2013 9:41 pm

Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.

a) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far

b )still remain concerned about the prospects of inflation; there are as yet few signs that increasing energy prices are currently driving up the cost of other goods

c)remain concerned about the prospect for inflation, even though as yet few signs of higher energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods so far

d)still remain concerned about inflation, even though there are currently few signs that increasing energy prices drive up the cost of other goods

e)remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, despite the dearth of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods

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fcabanski: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 104; Joined: Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:23 pmFollowed by: 4 members; Thanked: 36 times

by fcabanski » Mon May 13, 2013 10:08 pm

The underlined portion is wrong - eliminate A. Preposition + noun + verb-ing is not correct.

of (prep) increasing energy prices (noun...modified by increasing) driving

B. #1 reason to eliminate B..."still remain". If someone remains concerned, that implies they were concerned in the past and haven't stopped being concerned. "Still" is redundant. The use of two independent clauses creates ambiguity about the relationship between the two clauses. Are they still concerned because there are few signs, or are they still concerned despite only few signs? Eliminate B.

C. Makes it appear signs are driving up energy costs. Idiom - prospect of inflation is correct, prospect for inflation isn't.

D. "Still" is still redundant. Eliminate D.

E. Sherlock Holmes chooses E. "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth." For GMAT Sherlock says "Once you eliminate the incorrect choices, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the correct answer."

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