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Galileo' theory

by satishchandra » Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:22 am
Galileo's theory that ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced those of Copernicus.
A. ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced those of Copernicus
B. ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced that of Copernicus
C. our solar system was indeed solar for Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced Copernicus'
D. our system was indeed solar, in which Earth and other planets revolved around the sun, reinforced those of Copernicus
E. Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun in our solar system reinforces that of Copernicus

[spoiler]OA: B[/spoiler]

Galileo's theory that ours was XXX----This construction itself looked skeptical to me.

Mike's statement that his is highest score in town does not seem to be true [The construction of this sentece, i think, is similar to the one given in SC problem above.] Is it correct?
Experts, can you write a few more sentences of this type?
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by mandarchougule » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:11 am
A. ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced those of Copernicus
B. ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced that of Copernicus
C. our solar system was indeed solar for Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced Copernicus'
D. our system was indeed solar, in which Earth and other planets revolved around the sun, reinforced those of Copernicus
E. Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun in our solar system reinforces that of Copernicus

A. those of - eliminate
B. looks ok hold. Non essential clause is within the commas.
C.unclear . eliminate
D.those of - eliminate
E. the event of reinforcement has happened in the past, hence the sentence should be in past tense. Moreover the clause "Earth...solar system" should be within commas as it is non essential.

B should be the answer.
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by patanjali.purpose » Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:22 pm
satishchandra wrote:Galileo's theory that ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced those of Copernicus.
A. ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced those of Copernicus
B. ours was indeed a solar system, in which Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced that of Copernicus
C. our solar system was indeed solar for Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, reinforced Copernicus'
D. our system was indeed solar, in which Earth and other planets revolved around the sun, reinforced those of Copernicus
E. Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun in our solar system reinforces that of Copernicus

[spoiler]OA: B[/spoiler]

Galileo's theory that ours was XXX----This construction itself looked skeptical to me.

Mike's statement that his is highest score in town does not seem to be true [The construction of this sentece, i think, is similar to the one given in SC problem above.] Is it correct?
Experts, can you write a few more sentences of this type?
This construction sounds awkward, but is correct. IMO Mike's statement that his is highest score in town does not seem to be true - correct sentence. Here, HIS and OURS are possessive pronoun, but in D we have OUR SYSTEM (a possessive adjective).

IMO D should have been "ours was indeed solar system, in which Earth and other planets revolved around the sun, reinforced those of Copernicus". Then only relative clause "in which..sun" can modify SYSTEM otherwise as D is written now, the clause it is modifying SOLAR (IMO is non-sensical). As written D is still the best option.

For example, Theirs will be green. Mine is white.

Read: https://esl.about.com/cs/beginner/f/f_pronouns.htm
Another important article: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/08/ ... -agreement

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by lunarpower » Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:27 pm
i received a private message regarding this thread.

the first thing to notice here is that the "correct" answer isn't written correctly -- the past tense is absolutely wrong here.
even though galileo's theory is from the past, it is a theory about conditions that obtain in general, without reference to any particular timeframe. for such timeless facts, the present tense is used. (the way the sentence is written, it implies that galileo's theory said that the solar system was like this during his time, and only during his time. that's not reasonable.)
another example:
medieval doctors were the first to discover that blood circulated through the body --> incorrect; this implies that blood no longer circulates in this way
medieval doctors were the first to discover that blood circulates through the body --> correct

so, beware; not a quality problem.
sigh...

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satishchandra wrote:Galileo's theory that ours was XXX----This construction itself looked skeptical to me.

Mike's statement that his is highest score in town does not seem to be true [The construction of this sentece, i think, is similar to the one given in SC problem above.] Is it correct?
this type of construction is legitimate, although i haven't seen it used by GMAC. (you're missing a "the" before "highest score" -- but the gmat doesn't test the use of articles, so you shouldn't really be worrying about that.)
on the other hand, i'm pretty sure that GMAC would allow it, since there are already precedents (e.g. OG12 #70) for constructions in which pronouns come before their antecedents.

the one way in which this sentence's construction does differ markedly from that of the official problems is in its use of the first person (i/we/me/us/my/mine/our/ours).
i don't think gmac ever uses the first person (or the second person "you/your/yours", as long as we're on the subject); i'm pretty sure that every official SC problem ever written by GMAC has been strictly in the third person. so, the use of "ours" here is not very faithful to the original source.
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by LalaB » Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:47 am
Galileo's theory <<that Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun in our solar system >> reinforces that of Copernicus

here how our sententce looks like. Galileo's theory ( in <<>> are the details of this theory) reinforces Copernicus's theory

E is the best
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