Sentence Correction

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The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.

(A) The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(B) The United States petroleum industry’s cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry’s cost of meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United States petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

[spoiler]OA-E(IMO-C)[/spoiler]

IMO C too...
cost of is better than cost to

rahulg83 wrote:IMO C too...
cost of is better than cost to

I searched on the net and found this link:

https://gmatsentencecorrection.blogspot. ... 9-840.html.

There it is said that there is some tense issue in "C"....

Can someone please elaborate how there is tense issue in "C".

gmat740 wrote:840

The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.

(A) The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(B) The United States petroleum industry’s cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry’s cost of meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United States petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

[spoiler]OA-E(IMO-C)[/spoiler]

Possesive : Industry´s ... is always wrong for gmat.
Idiom: cost to x of y
Tense: end of the decade future tense

Agree with E

"United States petroleum industry’s cost" is unidiomatic and awkward, "cost to.." more preferable.

Vinayak

I searched on the net...

looks that both cost to/of is acceptable in GMAT...

https://gmatclub.com/forum/list-of-idiom ... -8281.html

Can someone please elaborate "end of the decade"...causes tense error in "C" ?

goelmohit2002 wrote:I searched on the net...

looks that both cost to/of is acceptable in GMAT...

https://gmatclub.com/forum/list-of-idiom ... -8281.html

Can someone please elaborate "end of the decade"...causes tense error in "C" ?

That´s because you can say cost of x to y or cost to y of x

Hi
If you look closely at the meaning you can infer that

"It is estimated" and "by the end of the decade" should come together in the correct choice.

Also in (C) if you are "using by the end of decade" then future tense should be used.