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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:36 am
Caribou are wary animals with excellent hearing, so stalking them over the treeless landscape, getting close enough to kill it with nothing but a handheld lance, as Dorset people did, required exceptional hunting skill.

(A) so stalking them over the treeless landscape, getting close enough to kill it
(B) so to stalk them over the treeless landscape and get close enough to kill one
(C) so in order to stalk them over the treeless landscape and get close enough to kill one
(D) and so in order to stalk it over the treeless landscape, getting close enough to kill it
(E) and so stalking them over the treeless landscape and getting close enough in order to kill it
In A, D and E, it (singular) does not agree with caribou (plural).
Eliminate A, D and E.

In C, required (verb) lacks a subject.
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is B.
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by Abhijit K » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:47 am
What is the subject to the sentence in B?
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:11 am
Abhijit K wrote:What is the subject to the sentence in B?
An infinitive (to + verb) can serve as a NOUN.

B: To stalk them...and get close enough...required exceptional skill.
Here, to stalk them and get close enough serves as the subject of required.

C: In order to stalk them...and get close enough...required exceptional skill.
Here, in order to stalk them and get close enough is a MODIFIER and thus cannot serve as the subject of required.
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