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Disease, pollution, and overfishing

by gmatdriller » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:03 am
Disease, pollution, and overfishing have devastated the bountiful oyster
harvests that once sustained the residents of the Chesapeake Bay area.

A: ....
B: in and around the Chesapeake Bay
C: of the Chesapeake Bay
D: around the vicinity of the Chesapeake Bay
E: living in and around the Chesapeake Bay area

Do we say,
"residents of San Jose" or
"residents of San Jose area?

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by gmatblood » Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:05 am
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by VivianKerr » Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:15 pm
A "bay" is a body of water, and people don't reside in water. Logically, we need the word "area" for the sentence to make complete sense.
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by ArunangsuSahu » Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:14 am
It 's always said "Bay Area"
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by gmatdriller » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:24 pm
that was an oversight, i think; did not pay attention to the meaning
of the word "bay."
Rather, I simply imagined "Chesapeake Bay" to be the name of a place.

Like saying,
"residents of California city." We defintely don't need to say
"residents of california city area.
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