On the tournament roster are listed several tennis students, most all of which play as good as their instructor
A.most all of which play as good
B.most all of whom play as good
C.almost all of which play as well
D.almost all of whom play as good
E.almost all of whom play as well
OA:E
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VR:On the tournament roster are listed several tennis
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Which can't refer to humans. Note: 'Whose' can..
Most of vs almost .. I think almost all of whom 'sounds right'..
Play good or play well ..
Play is a verb, we need adverb well n not the adjective good.
Most of vs almost .. I think almost all of whom 'sounds right'..
Play good or play well ..
Play is a verb, we need adverb well n not the adjective good.
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everything posted above is correct.
most of which/whom --> legit construction ( quantity + prep + which/whom)
all of which/ whom --> legit construction ( same )
almost all of whom/which --> legit
most all of which/whom --> incorrect construction / contradictory set of words
either it is all or it is most--not both simultaneously
most of which/whom --> legit construction ( quantity + prep + which/whom)
all of which/ whom --> legit construction ( same )
almost all of whom/which --> legit
most all of which/whom --> incorrect construction / contradictory set of words
either it is all or it is most--not both simultaneously
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In A and B, most -- which means NOT all -- and all are contradictory.NandishSS wrote:On the tournament roster are listed several tennis students, most all of which play as good as their instructor
A.most all of which play as good
B.most all of whom play as good
C.almost all of which play as well
D.almost all of whom play as good
E.almost all of whom play as well
Eliminate A and B.
On the GMAT, which cannot serve to refer to people.
Thus in C, which cannot serve to refer to students.
Eliminate C.
D: play as good
Here, good (adjective) incorrectly serves to modify play (verb).
INCORRECT: to play good
CORRECT: to play WELL
Eliminate D.
The correct answer is E.
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Hi GMATGuruNY ,In A and B, most -- which means NOT all -- and all are contradictory.
Eliminate A and B.
On the GMAT, which cannot serve to refer to people.
Thus in C, which cannot serve to refer to students.
Eliminate C.
D: play as good
Here, good (adjective) incorrectly serves to modify play (verb).
INCORRECT: to play good
CORRECT: to play WELL
Eliminate D.
The correct answer is E.
Just a quick question.
isn't E changing the meaning? If not, then what will be the intended meaning.
Please explain.
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Quantitative aspects of meaning in SC are non issue.
have a look at some other official SC questions in which quantitative aspect of meaning was changed.
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have a look at some other official SC questions in which quantitative aspect of meaning was changed.
According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice
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a. Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have dertermined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as
b. due to poaching and increased cultivation in their natvie habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, researchers have determined, making them many times more rare than
c. There are fewer than 100 Arabian leopoard left in the wild due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined, which makes the leopards many times more rare compared to
d. Researchers have determined that, because of being poached and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, thus making them many more times as rare as
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Some psychiatric studies indicate that among distinguished artists the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in the population at large.
(A) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in
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Is the pronoun 'their', while preceding the modified object[Arabian leopards], rightly used because the meaning is clear Or because the distance between 'their' and 'leopards' is less than that between 'their' and 'reseachers' ?Ali Tariq wrote:
Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have dertermined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as China's giant panda.
a. Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have dertermined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as
b. due to poaching and increased cultivation in their natvie habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, researchers have determined, making them many times more rare than
c. There are fewer than 100 Arabian leopoard left in the wild due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined, which makes the leopards many times more rare compared to
d. Researchers have determined that, because of being poached and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, thus making them many more times as rare as
e. Researchers have determined that, because of poaching and increased cultivation in thier native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times more rare than
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Is the pronoun 'their', while preceding the modified object[Arabian leopards], rightly used because the meaning is clear Or because the distance between 'their' and 'leopards' is less than that between 'their' and 'reseachers' ?Ali Tariq wrote:
Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have dertermined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as China's giant panda.
a. Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have dertermined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as
b. due to poaching and increased cultivation in their natvie habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, researchers have determined, making them many times more rare than
c. There are fewer than 100 Arabian leopoard left in the wild due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined, which makes the leopards many times more rare compared to
d. Researchers have determined that, because of being poached and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, thus making them many more times as rare as
e. Researchers have determined that, because of poaching and increased cultivation in thier native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times more rare than
Ans is E
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Pronoun used in the initial modifier can have the first word(noun) of clause (that the initial modifier modifies) as referent ,or can have referent in the initial modifier itself.Is the pronoun 'their', while preceding the modified object[Arabian leopards], rightly used because the meaning is clear Or because the distance between 'their' and 'leopards' is less than that between 'their' and 'reseachers' ?
Here we have the first case: referent is the first word.
SC above has the inverted order.
E)that, because of poaching and increased cultivation in thier native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild
OR
E)that, because of poaching and increased cultivation in thier native habitats, fewer than 100 Arabian leopards are left there in the wild
Red one is initial modifier.
Orange one is the clause that initial modifier modifies.
their is the pronoun in initial modifier.
leopards is the referent.
fewer than 100 is quantitative adjective:
How many?
fewer than 100.
Arabian is qualitative adjective.
Which leopards/ which ones?
Arabian leopards/ Arabian ones.
