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by rajatvmittal » Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:23 am
The first personal computers had severe hardware and software limitations similar to that of a modern wristwatch and so were unable to perform the complex operations necessary for today's processor-intensive applications.

The first personal computers had severe hardware and software limitations similar to that of a modern wristwatch
The first personal computers had severe hardware and software limitations similar to a modern wristwatch's
The severe hardware and software limitations of the first personal computers were similar to those of a modern wristwatch
The first personal computers' severe hardware and software limitations were similar to those of a modern wristwatch
The severe hardware and software limitations of the first personal computers were similar to that of a modern wristwatch



Is that a singular or plural?
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by anuprajan5 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:25 am
Answer A

that is used for singular nouns.
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by gmat6087 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:30 am
rajatvmittal wrote:The first personal computers had severe hardware and software limitations similar to that of a modern wristwatch and so were unable to perform the complex operations necessary for today's processor-intensive applications.

The first personal computers had severe hardware and software limitations similar to that of a modern wristwatch
The first personal computers had severe hardware and software limitations similar to a modern wristwatch's
The severe hardware and software limitations of the first personal computers were similar to those of a modern wristwatch
The first personal computers' severe hardware and software limitations were similar to those of a modern wristwatch
The severe hardware and software limitations of the first personal computers were similar to that of a modern wristwatch



Is that a singular or plural?
IMO B.
Reasons:

a) The first personal computers had severe hardware and software limitations similar to that of a modern wristwatch (limitations is plural so those is required instead of that)

b) The first personal computers had severe hardware and software limitations similar to a modern wristwatch's (compares limitations of pc to those of wrist watches and so is the best choice)

c) The severe hardware and software limitations of the first personal computers were similar to those of a modern wristwatch (here limitations is the subject which doesn't go with the intended meaning "so were unable to perform the complex operations". The computers were unable to perform not the limitations).

d) The first personal computers' severe hardware and software limitations were similar to those of a modern wristwatch (same as C "computers' severe hardware and software limitations" act as the subject)

e) The severe hardware and software limitations of the first personal computers were similar to that of a modern wristwatch (same as C and that of should be those of).


OA please.
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