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OG 10 Can we use where pronoun for a community .

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by mundasingh123 » Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:41 am
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At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls' high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level.
(A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are
(B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes
(C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are
(D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes
(E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes

I thought where could only refer to a place . Whats wrong with D ?
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by GmatKiss » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:28 am
mundasingh123 wrote:OG
At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls' high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level.
(A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are
(B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes
(C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are
(D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes
(E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes

I thought where could only refer to a place . Whats wrong with D ?
IMO:C

where
in C - used for physical location
If D was, in which 49 percent of the household incomes are, it would have been a contender!

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by VivianKerr » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:30 am
"Community" can be an abstract idea OR a physical location.
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by GmatKiss » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:37 am
VivianKerr wrote:"Community" can be an abstract idea OR a physical location.
Hi,

Thanks for it.
I feel the community resides in the physical location At Shiprock, New Mexico
Please correct me if am wrong!

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by mundasingh123 » Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:13 pm
VivianKerr wrote:"Community" can be an abstract idea OR a physical location.
i thought commnunity meant a group of people living together
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by abhicoolmax » Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:32 am
VivianKerr wrote:"Community" can be an abstract idea OR a physical location.
Are you implying "where" is NOT ONLY used for physical location, but ALSO used for "abstract ideas"?

OG103 uses "where" for Societies, and this question used "where" for Communities?

What else can "where" refer to? What do you mean by abstract ideas - more eg. please? Somebody please help. Thanks.
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by BeatG » Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:09 am
GmatKiss wrote:
VivianKerr wrote:"Community" can be an abstract idea OR a physical location.
Hi,

Thanks for it.
I feel the community resides in the physical location At Shiprock, New Mexico
Please correct me if am wrong!

Thanks,
GK
That is right. Here it is mentioned physical location....Please i need clear explanation.

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by navami » Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:24 am
IMO C.
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