atulmangal wrote:Golding's most famous novel concerns little boys, once a well-behaved and civilized group, whose resort to murder and savagery during their brief time on a tropical island without adult supervision.
A)once a well-behaved and civilized group, whose
B)once well-behaved and civilized, who
C)once a well-behaved and civilized herd, who
D)once civilized and well-behaved, whose
E)behaved and civilized, who
Above is the correct version of this SC. The original post did not reproduce the answer choices correctly.
In A and D, the subject
boys lacks a verb, resulting in a sentence fragment. Eliminate A and D.
E changes the meaning. Omitting
once implies that the boys are
behaved and civilized when they
resort to murder. The intended meaning is that the boys were
once well-behaved and civilized but are not well-behaved and civilized when they resort to murder. Eliminate E.
In C, the introduction of
herd changes the meaning. Also, the referent of
who is unclear.
Who seems to refer -- incorrectly -- to
herd, but the plural pronoun
their implies that
who refers to
boys. If the referent of a pronoun is unclear, and another answer choice avoids the ambiguity, eliminate the answer choice with the ambiguity. Eliminate C.
The correct answer is
B.
Please note that the SC above does not have the feel of a real GMAT SC. The differences among the answer choices are too subtle.
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