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cooldude: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 108; Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:31 am; Thanked: 1 times

by cooldude » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:57 pm

here oa is E;but wats wrong with d?in d use use of which makes it clear that land and equipment r used by farmers as colaterla;plz cprrect me where i m wrong

234. Declining values for farm equipment and land, the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, is going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.
(A) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, is
(B) which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, is
(C) the collateral which is borrowed against by farmers to get through the harvest season, is
(D) which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, are
(E) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, are

Source: Beat The GMAT — Sentence Correction | Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:57 pm

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by prachipareekh » Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:17 am

In D use as collateral and borrow against have the same meaning - redundant.

Hope you get it now.

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by erjamit » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:23 am

Declining values for farm equipment and land, is a modifier that modifies the collateral and not the farmers...

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by [email protected] » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:56 pm

According to me A is the right answer... I really don't know why is E the OA,

Could someone help understand the answer...

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by avik.ch » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:11 am

This is an Og-10 question. The OA is E.

This can be simply solved by applying subject verb agreement :

Subject : Declining values ( plural)
Main verb should be in plural form : are

left with D and E.

As per the original meaning - the collateral consists of both farm equipment and land.
in D : "which" refer to land only , but collateral consists of both farm equipment and land and not land alone.

Hope this helps !!

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