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Rivaling Pyramids

by schumi_gmat » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:26 am
Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them

A. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them
B. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it
C. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
D. 700,000 artisans took more than 36 years to complete
E. to complete them too 700,000 artisans more than 36 years


OA - B
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by louvre » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:40 am
I simplified it this way...

the army ......IS more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete IT.


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by anju » Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:35 pm
louvre wrote:I simplified it this way...

the army ......IS more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete IT.


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You are correct. that's the best way to approach
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by nitin86 » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:35 am
louvre wrote:I simplified it this way...

the army ......IS more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete IT.


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Why B is better than C ??
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by ddo » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:16 am
C

for whatever they needed 36 year to complete you need a pronoun:"IT"
But the sentence never mentions what... so IT is vague, isnt it?
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by ddo » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:16 am
sorry, I meant B
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by lilu » Fri May 01, 2009 2:54 pm
Just had this question on the GMATPrep test; the official answer is C
to complete(without it)
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by Vemuri » Sat May 02, 2009 1:14 am
lilu wrote:Just had this question on the GMATPrep test; the official answer is C
to complete(without it)
Thanks lilu. I was getting confused with this SC because it had no reference to the pyramid or place where the Chinese emporer was placed for his afterlife journey. So, "it"actually refers to nothing. So, B has a pronoun antecedent error.
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