Tricky 1000SC Q150

netigen · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:41 am Post subject: Tricky 1000SC Q150

1000SC Q150

At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls’ high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level.

(A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are
(B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes
(C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are
(D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes
(E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes

Please help with this one.

C

jasonc · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:56 am Post subject:

lots of ambiguous pronoun

'which' shouldn't be used here

Cs the only one left

caution: I suck at SCs, I got a 44 raw on verbal missing only (I should say all lol) SCs.

pvnkreddy · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:

To me D is the correct answer.

We are talking about a community here, so "they" and "them" should not be used. That eliminates A and B.

Regarding C, "where 49 percent of the household incomes are ":
Percentage is singular, not plural.

Eg: 10 % IS the best I can give you, not 10% are the best...

So C is eliminated.

Between D and E, D is simpler...

Others, please correct me if I'm wrong!!!

Stuart Kovinsky · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject:

gmattitude · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject:

but why is it that WHERE is preferred to WHICH HAS ?

stubbornp · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject:

Stuart Kovinsky · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject:

missionmba · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject:

i am still confused

where --> used to indicate place
which --> non restrictive claues

community where doesnt sound good