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by GmatKiss » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:26 am
Although just inside the orbit of Jupiter, amateur astronomers with good telescopes should be able to see the comet within the next few weeks.

(A) Although just inside the orbit of
(B) Although it is just inside the orbit of
(C) Just inside the orbit of
(D) Orbiting just inside
(E) Having orbited just inside

OA is B
[spoiler]I thought "it" is likely to refer "amateur astronomers" and hence eliminated B![/spoiler]
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by shankar.ashwin » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:38 am
Actually B is the only option in which 'it' refers to comet, all other option seem to directly be modifying the astronomers, whereas B uses it to talk about some other object
GmatKiss wrote:Although just inside the orbit of Jupiter, amateur astronomers with good telescopes should be able to see the comet within the next few weeks.

(A) Although just inside the orbit of
(B) Although it is just inside the orbit of
(C) Just inside the orbit of
(D) Orbiting just inside
(E) Having orbited just inside

OA is B
[spoiler]I thought "it" is likely to refer "amateur astronomers" and hence eliminated B![/spoiler]
Please help me understand this question!
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by cans » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:42 am
IMO B
astronomers is noun and plural and thus won't be modified by it...
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by VivianKerr » Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:29 am
I can see how you got confused, but "it" is singular and "astronomers" is plural, so "it" must logically modify "comet," especially because in terms of meaning the only thing that is logically "inside the orbit of Jupiter" is the "comet."

A, C, D, and E all make it seem like the astronomers are inside Jupiter's orbit! To understand the question, you have to look at the meaning.
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by GmatKiss » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:20 am
VivianKerr wrote:I can see how you got confused, but "it" is singular and "astronomers" is plural, so "it" must logically modify "comet," especially because in terms of meaning the only thing that is logically "inside the orbit of Jupiter" is the "comet."

A, C, D, and E all make it seem like the astronomers are inside Jupiter's orbit! To understand the question, you have to look at the meaning.
I got it, thanks a ton Vivian :)

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by B166418 » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:15 am
Now I have a question here
Don't we use "Although" when there is change in direction of meaning or when there is another part of sentence
for e.x
Although there was a traffic jam but we reached on time
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