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by suchoudh » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:14 pm
The biggest economic advancement that U.S. and South Korea have attempted - a free trade agreement signed in April 2007 - hasn't been completed because it awaits ratification by its respective lawmakers.

a) it , its
b) they, their
c) it , their
d) they, its

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by prachich1987 » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:53 pm
suchoudh wrote:The biggest economic advancement that U.S. and South Korea have attempted - a free trade agreement signed in April 2007 - hasn't been completed because it awaits ratification by its respective lawmakers.

a) it , its
b) they, their
c) it , their
d) they, its

Please explain your answers.
First underlined portions refers to U.S & South Korea---Hence it should be they
The second underlined portion refers to their lawmakers----Hence it should be their
Further , another reason we can't use 'it' here is that it can refer to agreement in that case

IMO : B

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by suchoudh » Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:50 am
prachich1987 wrote: IMO : B
Sorry it is not B.
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by prachich1987 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:07 am
suchoudh wrote:
prachich1987 wrote: IMO : B
Sorry it is not B.
I got it..nice question
Here it refers to the advancement & not to the countries
It has to be C
Please advise the OA
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by Target2009 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:13 pm
Sentence Looks correctly written.
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by ankurmit » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:18 pm
Subject is " a free trade agreement"

IMO A is answer
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by suchoudh » Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:12 am
OA is C. But, I think the answer is wrong. IMO, the answer should be A.

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by santoshs » Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:06 am
Answer is C

The biggest economic advancement that U.S. and South Korea have attempted - a free trade agreement signed in April 2007 - hasn't been completed because it awaits ratification by its respective lawmakers.

It - represent "a free trade agreement" (Singular)

their - represent lawmaker from both from US and South Korea (Plural)

"Its" is a singular verb from
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by abhimanyu.tanwar » Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:34 am
The biggest economic advancement that U.S. and South Korea have attempted - a free trade agreement signed in April 2007 - hasn't been completed because it awaits ratification by its respective lawmakers.

a) it , its
b) they, their
c) it , their
d) they, its

the sentence says it awaits .... they awaits is not correct hence we can rule out B and D
now the second one "its" ... read the sentence's last part again "its respective lawmakers" ..the word respective tells us that its plural .. hence "they" must be used ...the option that satisfies both is C

IMO C
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by suchoudh » Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:24 am
Ok, please answer which of these sentences is correct?

The dam is operated jointly by three nations; the decision to release more water has to be taken by the dam's operators.
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The dam is operated jointly by three nations; the decision to release more water has to be taken by the nations' operators.

I think it is the former that is correct. Similarly with the original question, I think the sentence as it stands is correct.
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by tintinusa » Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:14 pm
The question is interesting but why to post such question which will never be quizzed in GMAT
"If you can't explain something simply, you don't understand it well." - A.E
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by Tani » Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:20 pm
THe advancement is awaiting ratification - not the lawmakers. Therefore A
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by prachich1987 » Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:57 pm
Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:THe advancement is awaiting ratification - not the lawmakers. Therefore A
Thanks Tani.
This clears the doubts about the first blank space.
what about the second blank space?

why its lawmakers & not their lawmakers
How can an advancement have lawmakers?

I always face difficulties while using verbs for non-living things.
Is the below statement correct
"A Private message has arrived" Can we make such statements message being a non-living thing?
Please help.
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by Tani » Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:28 pm
The advancement is the trade agreement. The trade agreement was proposed/drafted by lawmakers.
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