For centuries, people on sea voyages washed their clothes by placing the dirty laundry in a strong cloth bag, then toss it overboard, and let the ship drag the bag for hours.
A. then toss it overboard, and let
B. then toss them overboard, and they let
C. tossing it overboard, and letting
D. tossing them overboard, and let
E. tossing it overboard, and let
OA:C
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Why option D is wrong is it because tossing refers to bag so it is right?
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melguy
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The clothes were placed in a bag. Bag is singular and them cannot be used for a bag.NandishSS wrote:For centuries, people on sea voyages washed their clothes by placing the dirty laundry in a strong cloth bag, then toss it overboard, and let the ship drag the bag for hours.
A. then toss it overboard, and let
B. then toss them overboard, and they let
C. tossing it overboard, and letting
D. tossing them overboard, and let
E. tossing it overboard, and let
OA:C
Source: GMATPrep
Why option D is wrong is it because tossing refers to bag so it is right?
In SC the best thing you could do is to eliminate the wrong options and not try and justify the that a certain answer is correct.
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pronoun and parallelism tested
tossing what -> "a bag" -> it should be used not them
B and D are eliminated
by placing, tossing , and letting -> all three action should be in parallel
SO C
tossing what -> "a bag" -> it should be used not them
B and D are eliminated
by placing, tossing , and letting -> all three action should be in parallel
SO C
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