Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are
mountain dwellers, while they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United States
except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest.
A. Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are
mountain dwellers, while
B. The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem that they
are mountain dwellers, but
C. It would seem that elk would be mountain dwellers because of their living now solely almost in
the Rocky Mountains, but still
D. Now living almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, it would seem that elk were mountain
dwellers, although
E. It seems that elk would be mountain dwellers from the fact that they now live solely almost in the
Rocky Mountains, since
b
Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which wou
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A - 'which' wrongly refers to mountains instead of the actual living.Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United States except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest.
A. Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while
B. The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem that they are mountain dwellers, but
C. It would seem that elk would be mountain dwellers because of their living now solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, but still
D. Now living almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, it would seem that elk were mountain dwellers, although
E. It seems that elk would be mountain dwellers from the fact that they now live solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, since
C - 'living now solely almost' - Awkward
D - 'were' is wrong
E - 'since' doesn't give the necessary contrast
Hence B !
Hi Mitch,
Could help me with doubts highlighted in blue:
A. Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that
elk are mountain dwellers, while
Is usage of while correct here? While can have "although" and "at the same time" meaning, right?
B. The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem
that they are mountain dwellers, but
C. It would seem that elk would be mountain dwellers because of their living now
solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, but still
Here there is no relative or infinitive clause, what does it refer to?
Is Because of + Pronoun +Verbing (because of their living) also incorrect?
D. Now living almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, it would seem that elk were
mountain dwellers, although
E. It seems that elk would be mountain dwellers from the fact that they now live
solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, since
Here, it refers to "from the fact that..." or "that.."
In the first case if I put back what it refers to, it sounds weird. Is usage of it wrong here?
Could help me with doubts highlighted in blue:
A. Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that
elk are mountain dwellers, while
Is usage of while correct here? While can have "although" and "at the same time" meaning, right?
B. The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem
that they are mountain dwellers, but
C. It would seem that elk would be mountain dwellers because of their living now
solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, but still
Here there is no relative or infinitive clause, what does it refer to?
Is Because of + Pronoun +Verbing (because of their living) also incorrect?
D. Now living almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, it would seem that elk were
mountain dwellers, although
E. It seems that elk would be mountain dwellers from the fact that they now live
solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, since
Here, it refers to "from the fact that..." or "that.."
In the first case if I put back what it refers to, it sounds weird. Is usage of it wrong here?
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This is not necessarily true. Take the following sentence, for example:aaggar7 wrote:"which" always modifies the noun just before "which"
Emily Dickinson's letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan's marriage to Emily's brother and ending shortly before Emily's death in 1886, outnumber her letters to anyone else.
In this GMAT sentence, the comma which refers not to the person but to the letters. Since comma which refers not to people but to things, there is no ambiguity in this sentence.
However, I do agree that in the above problem sentence the comma which is ambiguous.
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