GMAT Question of the Day : Sentence Correction

SS
#1. February 11th, 2008, at 9:39 AM.

A

daveparthiv
#2. February 11th, 2008, at 10:51 AM.

I think the answer shud be D.
I am doubtful about “so as” usage.

In D, “it” correctly refers to Council.
Hence, IMO D…

What’s the answer?

sm
#3. February 11th, 2008, at 8:56 PM.

A

NC
#4. February 11th, 2008, at 11:44 PM.

I think it is D. so that it could…is better than ” so as to” with “it” referring correctly to Govt. council.

Nitin
#5. February 12th, 2008, at 12:03 AM.

I think A is the correct answer .
D will make it confusing as we are not sure what “It” will representing here.

Anand
#6. February 12th, 2008, at 12:13 AM.

i think its D. Take GMAT team, thoughts?

Ashok
#7. February 12th, 2008, at 10:21 AM.

I think D. “It” refers to the council & “they” would refer to the ministers.

mansigadi
#8. May 11th, 2008, at 6:38 PM.

my oppinion D

Anand
#9. May 11th, 2008, at 8:47 PM.

A

Ankur Chawla
#10. May 12th, 2008, at 1:22 AM.

I’ll mark A

Reason

B) gets eliminated, cos of THEY
C) Same reason, as of B’s
D) It - pronoun ambiguity
E) Idiom - Instead of In Order that, it should be IN ORDER TO

thr. A

take gmat team, please confirm………

Thanking you

Anu
#11. May 12th, 2008, at 1:52 PM.

i think its C

Anu
#12. May 12th, 2008, at 1:53 PM.

Sorry…i wanted to mention D…i go with D as the answer

Maulik
#13. May 12th, 2008, at 3:33 PM.

A

Pash
#14. May 12th, 2008, at 3:35 PM.

A.

Ritula
#15. May 12th, 2008, at 3:52 PM.

I think it should be A.

Deepak
#16. May 12th, 2008, at 6:36 PM.

I tink the ans for the above q is option C.

Deepak
#17. May 12th, 2008, at 6:37 PM.

My take for this SC is option C.

Shashwat
#18. May 12th, 2008, at 7:06 PM.

I ll say, (A)

Take gmat team, please answer “so as to” solve the confusion

Reetu Singh
#19. May 12th, 2008, at 8:21 PM.

A

robin
#20. May 12th, 2008, at 11:30 PM.

according to me, A is the ans as in D it is not clear what does ‘it’ refers to…

Frank
#21. May 13th, 2008, at 1:00 AM.

‘D’ is not amibigous since… government council is singular and requires an ‘it’..The ministers would require the plural form so there is no ambiguity as it could only be the council

Shivani
#22. May 13th, 2008, at 9:15 AM.

The correct answer is

“C “

urefriendforever
#23. May 13th, 2008, at 2:31 PM.

i go with D..
i think the original translates to the following

The governing council met over the weekend to continue talks over appointing ministers to run the government “in order to avoid” public anger at deteriorating services

Now this gives two interpretations

a) the govening council met to appoint ministers because it wanted o avoid public anger i.e stating purpose of the meeting

b) the governing council met to appoint ministers to run the government to avoid public anger…i.e stating purpose of the ministers appointment to run the government to avoid public anger.

since, governing council is the subject and is singular D seems to be the best choice, because it uses it ..singular and also clears ambiguity by clearly stating that interpretation ‘a’, as mentioned above is the correct one.

Take GMAT your response??

vccuttie
#24. May 13th, 2008, at 7:11 PM.

I think the answer is A but i am a little shaky. I do agree however that the usage of They is inappropriate

Deeks
#25. May 13th, 2008, at 7:39 PM.

D

Rajib Banerjee
#26. May 13th, 2008, at 7:50 PM.

D

Manisha
#27. May 14th, 2008, at 12:14 PM.

D

Amar
#28. May 15th, 2008, at 4:04 PM.

A

SD
#29. May 15th, 2008, at 5:58 PM.

d definitely… is the answer

imran
#30. May 16th, 2008, at 2:10 AM.

I think it is D, “it” clearly refers to the governing council, which is singular and clears up any ambigiousness. Please confirm.

Atul
#31. June 2nd, 2008, at 3:38 PM.

D

Yash
#32. June 2nd, 2008, at 11:25 PM.

D sounds promising. Wht say TGT?

Dharm
#33. June 3rd, 2008, at 8:16 PM.

I think Option D is the correct one.

yemD
#34. June 11th, 2008, at 2:08 PM.

I think the ans is C.

‘they’ is not ambiguous in C. they refers only to ministers, not to the council.
council should be referred by ‘it’.

khushali
#35. July 25th, 2008, at 1:34 AM.

i would choose the option D
pls the g team could u confirm the same

vivek
#36. July 25th, 2008, at 12:27 PM.

I will go with D

Nidhi
#37. July 25th, 2008, at 1:20 PM.

the answer is D, concise and clear!!!

A is wrong ’cause so as to is wrong usage
B uses plural they
C same as C
E in order to -is wordy

jay
#38. July 25th, 2008, at 3:14 PM.

D
B,C & E use the pronoun “they” which incorrectly refers to the
singular noun “Council”.
In A “so as to” is awkward. “so” and “as” mean the same thing.

jsrvprasad
#39. July 25th, 2008, at 9:50 PM.

so as to is correct idiom

jaspreet
#40. July 25th, 2008, at 11:08 PM.

According to me the answer is D

shyam
#41. July 26th, 2008, at 3:15 PM.

I go with D .

Crack Gmat 08
#42. July 27th, 2008, at 9:47 PM.

D-
correct use of pronoun it in case of D as ‘it’ refers to council of ministers.

E has incorrect use of idiom

yash
#43. July 27th, 2008, at 10:42 PM.

I go with A…final and sure.

In D, “it” could mean both governmnet council or the government.

mag
#44. July 28th, 2008, at 12:45 AM.

D is correct even though it refers to pronoun ambiguity because of government and council

Deepak
#45. July 28th, 2008, at 7:17 PM.

C

Immanuel Ashok
#46. July 29th, 2008, at 9:18 AM.

A is the correct answer!

nagaraj
#47. July 31st, 2008, at 8:02 PM.

C

Kannupriya
#48. August 1st, 2008, at 7:53 AM.

“So as to” - idiom is always followed by an infinitive. It has the meaning “in order to”. Hence Ans is “A”

Kannupriya
#49. August 1st, 2008, at 7:54 AM.

A

Pooja
#50. August 5th, 2008, at 2:28 PM.

A