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by real2008 » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:45 pm
927. While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for home-owners, whose equity-in many cases representing a life’s savings-can plunge or even disappear.
(A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose
(B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
(C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their
(D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their(A)
(E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose

Why answer is A not B? Explanation...
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by reachac » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:51 pm
Use of 'can' and 'potentially' both in the sentence is redundant.

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Re:large investors

by Arabian Baba » Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:33 pm
B has odd construction, the first 'they' means 'depressed property values',

This is followed by 'their', usually this gives the impression that the same subject, 'they' is referred. Whereas, in this case, it is the object 'homeowners' who are referred.

This is done correctly in option A using whose which clearly refers to the Object.

Remember whose always refers to objects.

Other choices,
C has the same logic for elimination as B
D uses it, for a plural subject
E says that it can potentially devastrate homeowners, thus changing the meaning of the sentence, something that can be potentially devastrating might not necessarily potentially devastrate anyone, for that matter. :lol:

Crazy but thats GMAT English.

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