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Pronoun Error - The European

by Uva@90 » Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:56 am
Hi All,

Could you pls help me with this question,

The European Standard Bank holds $19 million in subprime loans that are seriously delinquent or in such trouble that payments are not expected to be paid when they will be due.

A) payments are not expected to be paid when they will be
B) they do not expect payments when
C) it does not expect payments when it is
D) it does not expect payments to be made when they are
E) payments are not to be expected to be paid when

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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:38 am
Uva@90 wrote:Hi All,

Could you pls help me with this question,

The European Standard Bank holds $19 million in subprime loans that are seriously delinquent or in such trouble that payments are not expected to be paid when they will be due.

A) payments are not expected to be paid when they will be
B) they do not expect payments when
C) it does not expect payments when it is
D) it does not expect payments to be made when they are
E) payments are not to be expected to be paid when
In A and E, payments and paid are redundant.
Eliminate A and E.

B: they do not expect payments
Here, they (plural) does not agree with The European Standard Bank (singular).
Eliminate B.

C: payments when it is due
Here, it (singular) does not agree with payments (plural).
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.
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by Uva@90 » Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:00 pm
GMATGuruNY wrote:
Uva@90 wrote:Hi All,

Could you pls help me with this question,

The European Standard Bank holds $19 million in subprime loans that are seriously delinquent or in such trouble that payments are not expected to be paid when they will be due.

A) payments are not expected to be paid when they will be
B) they do not expect payments when
C) it does not expect payments when it is
D) it does not expect payments to be made when they are
E) payments are not to be expected to be paid when
In A and E, payments and paid are redundant.
Eliminate A and E.

B: they do not expect payments
Here, they (plural) does not agree with The European Standard Bank (singular).
Eliminate B.

C: payments when it is due
Here, it (singular) does not agree with payments (plural).
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.
Mitch,

Thanks a bundle :)

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Uva
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