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Sumit69 · Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:23 pm

Many writers of modern English have acquired careless habits that damage the clarity of their prose, <but these habits can be broken >if they are willing to take the necessary trouble.

(A) but these habits can be broken
(B) but these habits are breakable
(C) but they can break these habits
(D) which can be broken
(E) except that can be broken

What shd be the answer to this? Please explain. i got it wrong

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k_pankaj_r · Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:41 pm

I think the ans is 'C'...

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nauman · Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:01 pm

I think A is correct.

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k_pankaj_r · Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:32 pm

but A has 'be'..which is normally incorrect in gmat..not sure though..

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Kuba · Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:14 am

I think C is correct. It clarifies the ambiguous prounouns "they". In A,B for example, "they" is ambiguous, because it may refer to writers or habits...So I'd go for C.

Many writers of modern English have acquired careless habits that damage the clarity of their prose, <but these habits can be broken >if they are willing to take the necessary trouble.

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jaspetrovic · Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:32 pm

I agree with Kuba. The answer is C.

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Cybermusings · Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:52 am

I would go with D...whats the OA

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vigh_mahesh · Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:20 am

I think its B. A is passive, C D and E, reference of pronoun is ambiguous
What is the OA

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RAGS · Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:08 am

I think it should be C here but is used as a conjunction and hence both parts should be parallel
so the first part says Writers have habits so the second part should say they can break these habbits

sumit please post the ans

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leo · Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:39 pm

OA is C

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