USE OF BEING / OF / THERE GMAT PREP-1

[anoo.anand]

Hi please help to solve this SC (the first SC in prep -1 ) got wrong :(

please let me know , when is exaclty we can use BEING ...as in some of the recent tests the sentences with BEING are correct,

USE of "OF " ?? in which case is this correct ?

The investigations of many psychologists and anthopologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental process maintained by people from different cultures.

a) of there being little that is a significant difference
b) of there being little that is significantly different
c) of little that is significantly different
d) that there is little that is significantly different
e) that there is little of significant differences



Please give the reasonings also. :)

[sunny.jain]

First Split: Difference/different.

The meaning implies usage of Different.

X that is significantly different in A from B. --> sound better.

So A and E are out.

investigations ....support the generalization

either 'OF' or 'that', should be ok here.

Generalization of NOUN:
the generalization of there being little : wordy and seems wrong.

I am not able to figure out the proper noun here: there, being, noun or there being little.

Also if being is gerund, that means 'there' is possessive pronoun. but there is no antecedent of there in the sentence. I think usage of Being is correct if it use as gerund.

similarly :
the generalization of little : i think little is Adjective. little man, little water etc.

Option D)-

the generalization that there is little that...

considering Generalization an IDEA , that is restrictive modifier here because we need to know what generalization.
Investigation support : kind of subjunctive mood --> using bare form of verb : 'is'.

D sound OK to me.

[chuckberry007]

First Split: Difference/different.

I think it should be a significant difference, not different cos here it refer to a noun.

e) that there is little of significant differences---correct in my view.

What is OA?

[sunny.jain]

I think
Difference in X from Y : is WRONG

difference between X and Y is correct.


X Differed from Y
X distinguished from Y
X is different from Y

are correct form.

what is the OA?

[anoo.anand]

OA is D


but when do we select THAT and when do we select OF ?

the problem is in hoosing B and D ?

[RonPurewal]

but when do we select THAT and when do we select OF ?

that's idiomatic usage. it depends on the construction to which "that"/"of" is attached; as with other idiomatic usage, there is no general rule.

some constructions can even take both. for instance, you can have "the idea that CLAUSE" or "the idea of NOUN".
the idea that teens should be able to vote
the idea of suffrage for teenagers

so, unfortunately, it's totally on a case-by-case basis.

[arjeet.itbhu]

as discussed by many people, use of being is almost always wrong on GMAT. So just wanted to know under what conditions being as well as to be can be a correct choices.

[RonPurewal]

as discussed by many people, use of being is almost always wrong on GMAT. So just wanted to know under what conditions being as well as to be can be a correct choices.

generally, you shouldn't start modifiers with "being".
on the other hand, it's perfectly possible for "being" to be a noun form:
Swimming is fun. Being hit with a baseball bat is not fun.

see OG12 #101 for an example (we can't reproduce OG problems here).