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by nikhilsrl » Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:29 am
The ability of scientists to provide models of the atmosphere's complex responses to changing conditions, like seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions, have become ever more accurate.

a) The ability of scientists to provide models of the atmosphere's complex responses to changing conditions, like seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions, have become ever more accurate.
b) The ability of scientists has become ever more accurate in providing models of the atmosphere's complex responses to changing conditions, such as seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions.
c) Scientists have become able to provide ever more accurate models of the atmosphere's complex responses to such changing conditions as seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions.
d) Scientists have become ever more accurate in their ability for providing models of the atmosphere's complex responses to changing conditions, like seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions.
e) Scientists ability to provide models of the atmosphere's complex responses to such changing conditions as seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions have become ever more accurate.

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OA is C, why not B?


Since we have to use "such as " for examples instead of "like", we are left with B, C& E. In C, "become able to" appeared awkward.[/spoiler]
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by AIM GMAT » Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:33 am
a) The ability of scientists to provide models of the atmosphere's complex responses to changing conditions, like seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions, have become ever more accurate.

b) The ability of scientists has become ever more accurate in providing models of the atmosphere's complex responses to changing conditions, such as seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions.

c) Scientists have become able to provide ever more accurate models of the atmosphere's complex responses to such changing conditions as seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions.

d) Scientists have become ever more accurate in their ability for providing models of the atmosphere's complex responses to changing conditions, like seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions.

e) Scientists ability to provide models of the atmosphere's complex responses to such changing conditions as seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions have become ever more accurate.
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:03 am
Hi AIM_GMAT,

You have marked "Scientists ability to" red in E but don't you think that "ability to" is the idiom..................can you please provide more insight into why E is wrong????

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by AIM GMAT » Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:11 am
aspirant2011 wrote:Hi AIM_GMAT,

You have marked "Scientists ability to" red in E but don't you think that "ability to" is the idiom..................can you please provide more insight into why E is wrong????
e) Scientists ability to provide models of the atmosphere's complex responses to such changing conditions as seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions have become ever more accurate.


And one more point to consider that scientist can become more accurate and not scientist's ability .

Hope that is correct .
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by nikhilsrl » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:47 am
AIM GMAT wrote:
aspirant2011 wrote:Hi AIM_GMAT,

You have marked "Scientists ability to" red in E but don't you think that "ability to" is the idiom..................can you please provide more insight into why E is wrong????
e) Scientists ability to provide models of the atmosphere's complex responses to such changing conditions as seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions have become ever more accurate.


And one more point to consider that scientist can become more accurate and not scientist's ability .

Hope that is correct .
AIM GMAT, I still did not get it. Why cant the ability be more accurate. That's why I chose B.

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by AIM GMAT » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:30 am
b) The ability of scientists has become ever more accurate in providing models of the atmosphere's complex responses to changing conditions, such as seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions.

c) Scientists have become able to provide ever more accurate models of the atmosphere's complex responses to such changing conditions as seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions.


Lets evaluate B and C .

B says that "ability" become more accurate . This is wrong an "ability" cant be accurate because ability is not measurable .

C says scientist able to provide more accurate models . "MOdels" are accurate .

My earlier quote was wrong , its not scientist who are accurate , its models made by scientist what is more accurate:
And one more point to consider that scientist can become more accurate and not scientist's ability .



Hope that helps , this question taught me to read more precisely and carefully . Sorry guys for the mistake in earlier post . :(
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by HSPA » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:41 am
ability is singular .. instead of "have" it should have been "has"

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