The financial credit crisis of 2007 and 2008 demonstrated...

[ruldaworld07]

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[RonPurewal]

the point of the extra "that" here is to clarify, or to get rid of ambiguity.

basically, the deal is this:
I told her that X happened and that Y happened.
--> this sentence can only mean one thing: "i told her two things."

on the other hand, if i'm looking at this sentence...
I told her that X happened and Y happened
then there are 2 interpretations:
1/ I told her that X happened and Y happened
2/ I told her that X happened and Y happened

i.e., in interpretation #1, i'm telling her two things again. in interpretation #2, i'm telling her one thing, and then something else happens separately.

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incidentally, if you have the 10th edition of the official guide, this problem is basically identical to problem #98 in that edition. (the problem was removed from subsquent editions, suggesting that it's not as important as problems that are still included.)

in fact, the problems are the same, verbatim, except in that "the financial credit crisis of 2007-8" replaces a different phrase in the non-underlined part.
i think we'll alert GMAC about this issue.

[DiJ92]

Dear Ron

I have a question with choice B. Apparently, the two things that the financial crash demonstrated are connected: the capital market are more integrated so that events in one part of the global village may be transmitted the rest of the world instantaneously. These two events or actions are related and in sequence. Why the correct answer use and the connect these two actions? And means that these two events are independent and separate.

Please evaluate my statements. Thank you so much.

[RonPurewal]

we've discovered that this problem has been taken from the paid GMATPrep "prep packs".

we can't host paid GMAC material on this forum, so, the problem has been redacted, and this thread is now locked.

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