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by real2008 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:21 am
On the Great Plains, nineteenth-century settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without timber and nails.
(A) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without
(B) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, did it without
(C) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making them while not having
(D) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making do without
(E) settlers’ homes were built of mud and grass, making do without


why not C?
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by real2008 » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:06 am
somebody there..........................
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by susamleesmith » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:21 am
I think it is B. The parallelism works here...
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by real2008 » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:28 am
susamleesmith wrote:I think it is B. The parallelism works here...
sorry buddy! it is D.
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by gmat_dest » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:09 am
Can't be B. 'it' can't be used here.

As regards C, I think them does not have a proper antecedent.
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by gmat740 » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:12 am
Do it is always wrong in GMAT
On the Great Plains, nineteenth-century settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without timber and nails.
(A) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without
(B) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes,did it without
(C) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making them while not having bold part has wordy construction
(D) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making do without
(E) settlers’ homes were built of mud and grass, making do without
Possessive poison subject is "settler" who built their homes and not their homes

Hope this Helps
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by kishore99 » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:59 am
A&B Wrong -- "it" doesn't agree with plural "homes"
C Wrong -- "making them while not having", here 'them" refers to settlers (we are making houses not settlers).
D -- Correct
E Wrong-- Here subject is "Homes". Homes making ... doesn't make sense
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by dumb.doofus » Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:13 pm
The correct idiom is "make do with/without".

D and E fit the bill. E is incorrect coz settlers should be the subject as they built the homes.

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by suo1987 » Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:46 pm
D seems correct to me :)
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:55 pm
gmat740 wrote:Do it is always wrong in GMAT
Hi Karan,

Do it is not wrong in GMAT...."do it" is only wrong when "it" tries to replace a verb/action..when "it" replaces noun...then it is perfectly ok to use the same...

Manhattan gives an example to illustrate this too...

"This is your assignment. You should do it by tommorow evening"

Here "it" is clearing refering to assignment....
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by raghu.b » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:13 pm
On the Great Plains, nineteenth-century settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without timber and nails.
(A) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without

Here it is testing for pronoun reference error. Here the reference is made for "build their homes" which is plural. So "it" cant be used

(B) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, did it without

Same as A

(C) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making them while not having

(D) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making do without
(E) settlers’ homes were built of mud and grass, making do without

making - do is redundant so D&E out[/b]
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:46 pm
kishore99 wrote: C Wrong -- "making them while not having", here 'them" refers to settlers (we are making houses not settlers).
Can you please elaborate a bit more....why "them" does not refer to houses ?
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by rah_pandey » Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:52 am
What is the source of this question?
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