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Some of its inventions have been (i) __________, like intern [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 28 Oct 2019, 01:52
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Some of its inventions have been (i) __________, like internet-connected teapots, or an app that sold people coins to use at laundromats. But others are world-beaters: microprocessor chips, databases, and smartphones all trace their lineage to the Valley.



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exorbitant
ludicrous
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Originally posted by Rahuldak on 27 Oct 2019, 06:46.
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Re: Some of its inventions have been (i) __________, like intern [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2019, 01:53
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Some inventions are laudable (good but not so much money earned from them) but others have been a great success.

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Re: Some of its inventions have been (i) __________, like intern [#permalink] New post   26 May 2021, 18:44
Hello Carcass !

Why can't we write ludicrous?

I mean, why we cannot interpret the sentences as first neg and then pos?

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Re: Some of its inventions have been (i) __________, like intern [#permalink] New post   27 May 2021, 00:36
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Hello Carcass !

Why can't we write ludicrous?

I mean, why we cannot interpret the sentences as first neg and then pos?

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because the word means ridiculous. I do not think is the meaning of the sentence

The sentence says: certain inventions are so so and we can even not have them. They are not necessary.

BUT others are outstanding and critical for our advance

E is the answer
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Re: Some of its inventions have been (i) __________, like intern [#permalink] New post   27 May 2021, 22:06
Should not it be B because there is a BUT in there which suggests a contrast and world beaters is on the extreme positive side, so if we go by the rules we end up at ludicrous which is extreme negative.
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Re: Some of its inventions have been (i) __________, like intern [#permalink] New post   27 May 2021, 22:15
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Should not it be B because there is a BUT in there which suggests a contrast and world beaters is on the extreme positive side, so if we go by the rules we end up at ludicrous which is extreme negative.


Aside from the fact that the grammatical constriction of the sentence is unclear.

The pronoun its at the very beginning should refer to the valley that should be the subject. Which is placed at the end of the sentence

Only For this, well far from a GRE sentence, I would be suspicious about the genuinity of the questions
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Re: Some of its inventions have been (i) __________, like intern [#permalink] New post   05 Oct 2021, 09:44
the sentence (all trace their lineage to the Valley.) proved that non of the options is right
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Re: Some of its inventions have been (i) __________, like intern [#permalink] New post   06 Oct 2021, 11:53
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Why can't it be pragmatic
the sentence (all trace their lineage to the Valley.)
Shows that those inventions are possible by because of latter mentioned inventions

Can you explain on this?

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