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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:03 am
mundasingh123 wrote:GMATGuruNY How do we eliminate A .
In A, B and C, declining values (plural) does not agree with is (singular).
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by mundasingh123 » Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:08 am
GMATGuruNY wrote:
mundasingh123 wrote:GMATGuruNY How do we eliminate A .
In A, B and C, declining values (plural) does not agree with is (singular).
Sorry GmatGuru, I forgot the singular verb
What i mean is whether the modifier "the collateral " correctly modifies Land does "the collateral ... " modify Declining Values .
Declining values for farm equipment and land, the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season,
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by agautam » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:34 pm
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SmarpanGamt wrote: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.

(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

Problem from Modifiers : Confused bwt D and E please explain
A preposition should be as close as possible to the noun that it's modifying:

Wrong: This is the table I placed the book on.

I placed the book on the table, so the preposition on and the noun table should be closer.

Correct: This is the table on which I placed the book.

The pronoun which is standing in for the table, so on which = on the table.

Using this reasoning, we can see in the SC above that answer choice E is better than answer choice D:

(D) which farmers use as collateral to borrow against

The farmers borrow against the collateral, so the preposition against and the noun collateral should be closer.

(E) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season

The pronoun which is standing in for the collateral, so against which = against the collateral.

Since (E) places the preposition against closer to the noun that it's modifying (the collateral), answer choice E is correct.

I got to the ans by applying the rule that which should only modify the noun next to it which is the "land" and because we are talking about both the farm equipment and the land hence which should not be used in this case. Please comment
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by jabhatta » Fri May 23, 2014 2:19 am
Hi,

I understand why D is not the correct answer.

When i did this, i was choosing between A and E.

I thought the "Is" was referring to Collateral and not the "Values" in the sentence and hence choose A.

How did you be sure, the "Is" refers to values and not collateral ?
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by theCodeToGMAT » Fri May 23, 2014 4:50 am
jabhatta wrote:Hi,

I understand why D is not the correct answer.

When i did this, i was choosing between A and E.

I thought the "Is" was referring to Collateral and not the "Values" in the sentence and hence choose A.

How did you be sure, the "Is" refers to values and not collateral ?


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.

The part in Red is an Appositive Modifier.. Also, it's clear that it's is been placed between two commas.

So, if we ignore this then:

Declining values for farm equipment and land is going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.
"Declining Values" is the subject for "is" though not SVA
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by goldenpath » Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:29 pm
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by manihar.sidharth » Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:30 am
Quick question about option D :
which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, are

Does which in option D modifies "equipment and land" or only land.
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Apr 01, 2015 2:47 am
manihar.sidharth wrote:Quick question about option D :
which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, are

Does which in option D modifies "equipment and land" or only land.
The intended referent for which is farm equipment and land.
This meaning can be gleaned from context:
Declining values for FARM EQUIPMENT AND LAND are going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit.
Why should we be concerned?
Because farmers borrow against FARM EQUIPMENT AND LAND to get through the harvest season.
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