So-called green taxes, which exact a price for the use of polluting or nonrenewable fuels, are having a positive effect on the environmental and natural resource base of countries as varied as China, the Netherlands, and Hungary. A as varied as B as varied as are C as varied as those of D that are as varied as E that are varied as are Can someone please explain the choices in detail. I am really confused how Choice A is the correct answer. I can see that D can also be correct. B also appears to be correct to me. I could confidently only remove C as the answer. Please help.
ANS: A A) "as varied as" correctly refers to countries C) "as varied as those of" refers to environment and natural resource.So saying 'those of' is redundant since China, etc. are obviously examples of countries.
So-called green taxes, which exact a price for the use of polluting or nonrenewable fuels, are having a positive effect on the environmental and natural resource base of countries as varied as China, the Netherlands, and Hungary. A as varied as B as varied as are C as varied as those of D that are as varied as E that are varied as are Can someone please explain the choices in detail. I am really confused how Choice A is the correct answer. I can see that D can also be correct. B also appears to be correct to me. I could confidently only remove C as the answer. Please help.
I thought its D, but then saw the other posts. Can some one explain why D is not the right choice please??
So-called green taxes, which exact a price for the use of polluting or nonrenewable fuels, are having a positive effect on the environmental and natural resource base of countries as varied as China, the Netherlands, and Hungary.
The sentence shows a comparison. The green taxes are having a positive effect on environmental and natural resource base of many countries, countries of all sorts ranging from China, Netherlands, and Hungary.
As you can see "as varied as" simply provides the impression that these green taxes are having similar positive effect on many countries regardless of how different these countries are. This sentence also gives the impression that there may be many more such countries that are seeing the positive effect. China, Netherlands, and Hungary are provided as examples showing the "range" of countries that have seen such positive impact.
A as varied as - Correct. The choice expresses the meaning correctly.
B as varied as are - Incorrect. Notice the terms being compared COUNTRIES as varied as EXAMPLES of COUNTRIES. In this choice by putting "are", the sentence now states that countries that are affected are each as varied AS IS China, AS IS Netherlands, and AS IS Hungary. With this usage, the original intent of the sentence is lost. The original intent was that China, Netherlands, and Hungary - forms a set of countries. This set includes a vast range of countries that are different from one another. Choice B on the other hand expresses the meaning that indicates that each country by itself is varied (I am not sure what exactly that means). Lets take another example here:
Tom's current job includes job functions as varied as research, marketing, and customer management. - Emphasizes on the set on the whole being varied. More like a basket containing these different job functions.
Tom's current job includes job functions as varied as are research, marketing, and customer management. - Emphasizes on the fact that each of the mentioned job functions have varied structure by itself. More like each job function is in its own basket and each basket has a variety by itself. C as varied as those of - Incorrect. Referent of "those" is "countries". This results in following comparison:
countries as varied as countries of China, Netherlands, and Hungary. As you can see, "countries of COUNTRY" is non-sensical.
D that are as varied as - You can eliminate this choice on the grounds of it being wordy - "that are" is unnecessary. Choice A is more precise.
E that are varied as are - Incorrect for reasons similar to choice B.
Help needed guyz! 1.In his research paper, Dr. Josh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis. (A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis (B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis (C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis (D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis (E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease
Not sure if this is a typo, but if you are suggesting that those of refers to environment and natural resource, then it is not correct for the following reasons:
1. environment and natural resource is singular, while those is plural. A plural pronoun cannot refer to a singular noun
2. What is varied (in the context of the sentence) is the countries and not environment and natural resource.
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I thought its D, but then saw the other posts. Can some one explain why D is not the right choice please??
We use "that" in order to introduce a clause. In this sentence the intention is to give examples. Hence the usage of "that" is incorrect here. btw use of That will restrict the comparison too.
Help needed guyz! 1.In his research paper, Dr. Josh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis. (A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis (B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis (C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis (D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis (E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease
BDE are do not follow proper idioms.
In A :mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis...their creates confusion
Help needed guyz! 1.In his research paper, Dr. Josh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis. (A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis (B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis (C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis (D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis (E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease
"Distinguish between X and Y " and "Distinguish X from Y" are only correct idiomatic expressions so options B,D and E are wrong.In A, 'their being' is awkward , so my choice is C.. . what's OA btw?
In his research paper, Dr. Josh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis. (A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis (B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis (C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis
The correct answer is C as most of you have pointed out.
There is one thing about this question that needs to be stated - idiom distinguish X from Y.
Typically this idiom is an acceptable idiom. However, because OG defines further what is acceptable and what is not, we should make a note that this idiom is not considered correct per OG. This question is Q#107 in OG11. And one of the two reasons to eliminate Choice A is "incorrect idiom".
So till we do not get another official question in which "distinguish X from Y" is considered correct, we must include this idiom in the list of UNacceptable idioms.
Furthermore as you all pointed out, "their" in Choice A is wordy & awkward. That is correct. I would add one more thing to it. I usually replace the pronouns with the antecedents and see if the sentence makes sense. See for yourself what happens when we do the replacement.
A. mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease = mood swings may be violent without mood swings being grounded in mental disease - AWKWARD SENTENCE
C. mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease = mood swings may be violent without being grounded in mental disease
Help needed guyz! 1.In his research paper, Dr. Josh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis. (A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis (B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis (C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis (D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis (E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease
A ----> "their" ambiguous B ----> Idiom error C ----> Correct D ----> Same as B E -----> Same as B
Would it be right be a right sentence: Are the questions from Surds and Logarithm common in GMAT? I'm wondering if this can be a right substitute for it: Is the question from Surds and Logarithm common in GMAT?
