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by rishijhawar » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:02 am
Unlike most other species of cat, regardless of being domesticated or not, the claws of the cheetah are not retractable and so it is more like a dog in that way.
-regardless of being domesticated or not, the claws of the cheetah are not retractable and so it is more like a dog in that way
-domestic or wild, the cheetah does not have retractable claws and so is more like a dog in that respect
-regardless of domestication or not, the cheetah's claws are not retractable and so it more like a dog in that respect
-domestic or wild, the claws of the cheetah are not retractable and so it is more like a dog in that way
-domestic or wild, the cheetah does not have retractable claws and so they are more like a dog's in that respect
[spoiler]OA B. IMO E as I thought pronoun 'they' need to match 'have'[/spoiler]
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by need720+ » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:59 am
Unlike most other species of cat, regardless of being domesticated or not, the claws of the cheetah are not retractable and so it is more like a dog in that way.
-regardless of being domesticated or not, the claws of the cheetah are not retractable and so it is more like a dog in that way (Incorrect comparison... Claws vs cats)
-domestic or wild, the cheetah does not have retractable claws and so is more like a dog in that respect
-regardless of domestication or not, the cheetah's claws are not retractable and so it more like a dog in that respect (Incorrect comparison... Claws vs cats)
-domestic or wild, the claws of the cheetah are not retractable and so it is more like a dog in that way
(Incorrect comparison... Claws vs cats)
-domestic or wild, the cheetah does not have retractable claws and so they are more like a dog's in that respect (Incorrect.. Changing the meaning.. in the original sentence, Cheetah is being compared to dog, but in this option, cheetah's claws are being compared with dog's. We are They here refers to claws(plural antecedent)).

IMO B

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by Brian@VeritasPrep » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:03 am
One other thought on this one - when you really think about what "they" in choice E refers to, it's "retractable claws", right? Well, the sentence says that a cheetah doesn't have retractable claws - so really that "they" doesn't refer to anything at all. It's an illogical statement since "they" is trying to refer back to something that has already been said to not exist.

Note that, in E, the sentence doesn't say "the cheetah's claws are not retractable" - in that event, we'd at least know that the cheetah has claws. But as E is written we actually don't know that the cheetah has claws at all - all we know is what it does not have: retractable claws.

That's pretty subtle, but at least worth noting...
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by 2011mbaspirant » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:18 am
Why not D? IMO D is the right answer.
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by rishimaharaj » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:30 am
Hello 2011MBAspirant,

At first, I too thought the answer was D, but it is incorrect because the clause needs to have "cheetah" as the subject, not claws, since we are comparing cheetahs, other species of cats, and dogs.

Also, "it" in choice D is ambiguous and can mean either to the claws being like a dog, or to the cheetah being like a dog.

Hope this helps,
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