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by gmat740 » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:11 pm
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Those who enter marathons soon learn that, to succeed in these grueling competitive events, runners must be in excellent condition, have unshakable self-confidence, and, most important of all, know how to pace yourself.
(A) know how to pace yourself
(B) is knowing how to pace yourself
(C) know how to pace themselves
(D) you must pace yourself
(E) they must know how to pace themselves

[spoiler]OA-C
IMO-E[/spoiler]

why is E wrong?
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Re: marathons

by BlindVision » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:29 pm
gmat740 wrote:861
Those who enter marathons soon learn that, to succeed in these grueling competitive events, runners must be in excellent condition, have unshakable self-confidence, and, most important of all, know how to pace yourself.
(A) know how to pace yourself
(B) is knowing how to pace yourself
(C) know how to pace themselves
(D) you must pace yourself
(E) they must know how to pace themselves

[spoiler]OA-C
IMO-E[/spoiler]

why is E wrong?
For answer "C": runners must: know how to pace themselves

or

"E": runners must: they must know how to pace themselves

"C" sounds like the better choice. :D
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Re: marathons

by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:44 am
gmat740 wrote:861
Those who enter marathons soon learn that, to succeed in these grueling competitive events, runners must be in excellent condition, have unshakable self-confidence, and, most important of all, know how to pace yourself.
(A) know how to pace yourself
(B) is knowing how to pace yourself
(C) know how to pace themselves
(D) you must pace yourself
(E) they must know how to pace themselves

[spoiler]OA-C
IMO-E[/spoiler]

why is E wrong?
IMO C is better because of parallelism...

PQR must know X, Y, Z.

in X, Y there is no they. But in "E" option there is they....so parallelism broken.
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