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by armaan700+ » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:29 pm
In cold-water habitats, certain invertebrates and fish convert starches into complex carbohydrates called glycerols, in effect manufacturing its own antifreeze.
(A) in effect manufacturing its own antifreeze
(B) effectively manufacturing antifreeze of its own
(C) in effect manufacturing their own antifreeze.
(D) so that they manufacture their own antifreeze
(E) thus the manufacture of its own antifreeze

Y not D ,
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by madhur_ahuja » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:45 pm
so that is used to indicate purpose. Here the intention is not purpose. It is something an advantage which is arising out indirectly.

For Ex,

People live in cold areas and in effect become whitish in color.

Here it would be wrong to say that

People live in cold areas so that they become whitish in color.
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by gmat_2010 » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:06 am
Is it C? What's the OA?

The process manufactured the anti-freeze. They don't convert starch in carb to produce something that could be used as anti-freeze (produce something so that they could produce anti-freeze)
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by Shawshank » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:20 am
IMO -- C

"D" looks more wordy..
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by armaan700+ » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:23 am
OA IS C
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by Onell » Mon Dec 13, 2010 5:34 pm
gmat_2010 wrote:Is it C? What's the OA?

The process manufactured the anti-freeze. They don't convert starch in carb to produce something that could be used as anti-freeze (produce something so that they could produce anti-freeze)
Why the modifier "in effect manufacturing its own antifreeze" is placed close to glycerols when it should be close to invertebrates?
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by ikaplan » Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:25 am
To me, D looks wordy- think of the tripartite compound 'that', 'they', their'

Additionally, original sentence states 'in effect'; D misses this point and states that invertebrates produce Y.

IMO C is the correct answer
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by tomada » Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:12 am
Perceived wordiness aside, (D) has an entirely different meaning than (C). As someone stated, (C) indicates that the production of internal "antifreeze" is an unintended biological by-product of processing carbohydrates. (D) indicates that the fish and invertebrates are actively trying to produce this internal "antifreeze", and actively process the carbohydrates in such a manner as to achieve that goal.
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by sungoal » Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:15 am
choice D has pronoun ambiguity. In choice D, the pronoun "they" can refer to glycerols aslo. So incorrect..
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:56 pm
tomada wrote:Perceived wordiness aside, (D) has an entirely different meaning than (C). As someone stated, (C) indicates that the production of internal "antifreeze" is an unintended biological by-product of processing carbohydrates. (D) indicates that the fish and invertebrates are actively trying to produce this internal "antifreeze", and actively process the carbohydrates in such a manner as to achieve that goal.
This is the main issue as I see it. "so that" has the same force as "in order to", and invertebrates and fish just don't have the ability to plan.

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by Target2009 » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:45 am
IMO - C invertebrates and fish ==> their
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