Recent breakthroughs in technology have made

[thanghnvn]

Recent breakthroughs in technology have made it possible that high-definition digital video cameras are able to capture material with a degree of fidelity that nearly compares to 35-millimeter film and to project it digitally in theaters with no resulting loss of image quality.

(A) it possible that high-definition digital video cameras are able to capture material with a degree of fidelity that nearly compares to
(B) it possible to have high-definition digital video cameras that can capture material at a degree of fidelity almost like that with
(C) it possible for high-definition digital video cameras to capture material with a degree of fidelity nearly comparable to that of
(D) possible high-definition digital video cameras that can capture material at a degree of fidelity almost like
(E) possible high-definition digital video cameras able to capture material with a degree of fidelity that nearly compares to that with
OA is C.
Could you help me select the answer?

I think
in A, "make it possible +that clause" is ungrammatial, not idiomatic. end of story. A is wrong.
in B "make it possible to have something" is not idiomatic. wrong pattern.
in D, "make possible cameras" is non sense. we can say," make possible the success on gmat" we can not say "make possible camaras" . though this pattern is grammatical, it is not acceptable because this pattern is not logic. this situation is focus of gmat sc and the knowing this situation is the key to success on gmat sc.
in E, the situation is similar to that in E.

am I correct?

[tim]

No.

[aflaamM589]

Ron,
Possible..can in B and D are also redundant, correct?

[RonPurewal]

Ron,
Possible..can in B and D are also redundant, correct?

no, because those are talking about 2 different possibilities.

it's like this:
Is it possible to construct a battery that can power a laptop for a whole month?
this isn't redundant; it's correctly written.
• "can power..." is about the capabilities of the battery itself.
• "is it possible...?" is about whether it's possible to make such a battery.

[aflaamM589]

first of all thank you so much for your reply.

Ron:
no, because those are talking about 2 different possibilities.

it's like this:
Is it possible to construct a battery that can power a laptop for a whole month?
this isn't redundant; it's correctly written.
• "can power..." is about the capabilities of the battery itself.
• "is it possible...?" is about whether it's possible to make such a battery.

why can't same reasoning be applied to able to
Is it possible to construct a battery that is able to power a laptop for a whole month?
if this is also not redundant then it means possible and able to capture is not redundant in A and E.
Is there something i am missing?


Allow me to ask another question regarding usage of like in D:

like, when used without comma, sets comparison with preceding noun.
Therefore in D, the comparison is between degree of fidelity and film

However, when like is used with comma i.e ,like, it sets comparison with subject.

is my understanding correct?

Thanks in advance.
Stay blessed

[RonPurewal]

note that it's more straightforward to eliminate B and D because they're nonparallel ("can capture ... and to project").

in any case, IN THIS CONTEXT, it's pretty easy to see that we're not talking about making cameras -- we're just talking about IMPROVING cameras.
so, IN THIS CONTEXT, it doesn't make any sense to use both "possible" and "can".

[RAHULS852]

Hi Sage/ Manhattan Expert,

I am still not clear about "possible" and "able" redundancy.
I removed (A) & (E) because "able" can't represent ability of a camera.

"ability" should define active ability of humans.

eg: (1) The cry of animal can not be heard by humans.(right)
(2) The cry of animal is not able to be heard by human. (wrong)
(3) Humans are not able to hear the cry of human. (right)

Is my understanding right ?

Regards,
Rahul Singh

[Sage Pearce-Higgins]

Your understanding is not quite right. The word 'able' is not only for human abilities; it's acceptable to write that 'this camera is able to take pictures in the dark'. We might just use 'can' for this example, but 'is able to' has the same meaning. In fact, the two have a large overlap in meaning. There are some situations in which it's not grammatically possible to use 'can', for example: 'I would like to can play the guitar.' (wrong). We'd write 'I would like to be able to play the guitar.'

(2) The cry of animal is not able to be heard by human. (wrong)

I agree with you that this sentence is incorrect. The reason is not that 'able' is just for humans, but that the intended meaning of this sentence is about humans' ability to hear the cry. Another sentence, however, would be correct: 'The cry of this animal is able to travel for miles through the jungle.' If you haven't already, check out this thread: https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... t5505.html

[RAHULS852]

Ok got your point about ability. I should check "whose ability". If ability of object makes sense then sentence would be fine.

This bullet is able to pierce the wall because wall's thickness was poor.
here 'ability of bullet" is fine.

Thanks Sage. Now this point is clear,

Regards,
Rahul Singh

[Sage Pearce-Higgins]

Good to hear that.