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by force5 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:03 am
As the prairies of the Midwest dried up because of drought and over- farming, many settlers of the time where land was barren and homes had been seized in foreclosure moved further westward in search of food and employment.
(A) where land was barren and homes
(B) where their land was barren and their homes
(C) with more barren land and homes that
(D) whose land was barren and whose homes
(E) having barren land and homes that

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OA - D
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by clock60 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:14 am
i like D
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by AIM GMAT » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:47 am
IMO D too .
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by nitin9003 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:05 am
I think the answer is E
because the sentence says settles of the time
which is plural and so i have doubt if whose can refer to plural subjects
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by force5 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:21 am
guys i appreciate the replies. can i have some more productive discussion on this. Some more explanations and reasoning would help.
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by Chaitanya_1986 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:06 am
As the prairies of the Midwest dried up due to drought and over- farming, many settles of the time where land was barren and homes had been seized in foreclosure moved further westward in search of food and employment.
(A) where land was barren and homes
(B) where their land was barren and their homes
(C) with more barren land and homes that
(D) whose land was barren and whose homes
(E) having barren land and homes that

Firstly, Where is wrong here because where will modify places, area etc....

So A,B are Gone

C and E are wrong because of the Word THAT , means that had been seized in foreclosure moved further westward in search of food and employment.

So only option left is D and which is the correct answer....

I think we could also have a small discussion on how whose usuage is justified ????

whether we have to take it since it is left out? or this usuage is correct?

Before that i think we should know the OA id D or not??? Wont we?
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by force5 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:20 am
and why do you think "that" is incorrect here and that too in both C and E??
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by AIM GMAT » Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:26 am
(A) where land was barren and homes
(B) where their land was barren and their homes
(C) with more barren land and homes that -- I feel use of with awkward here
(D) whose land was barren and whose homes
(E) having barren land and homes that -- It can be split as having barren land and having homes that had been seized in foreclosure moved further westward in search of food and employment. -- Here it seems as if homes moved further and not the settlers .
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by pemdas » Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:54 am
i need to seek an expert advice re the sentence itself :(
force5 wrote:As the prairies of the Midwest dried up due to drought and over- farming, many settles of the time where land was barren and homes had been seized in foreclosure moved further westward in search of food and employment.
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by vidhya16 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:35 am
IMO - D. Settles - should be assumed as people who settled in that region.
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by lunarpower » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:28 pm
pemdas wrote:i need to seek an expert advice re the sentence itself :(
force5 wrote:As the prairies of the Midwest dried up due to drought and over- farming, many settles of the time where land was barren and homes had been seized in foreclosure moved further westward in search of food and employment.
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Source- Kap
OA - to follow
i received a PM regarding the question of "due to" -- yes, "due to" is used incorrectly in the non-underlined part of this sentence.

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here's the easiest way to figure out "due to":

"due to" means "caused by".
if you can't replace "due to" with "caused by", then it's wrong.
also, "due to" must modify a NOUN.

for instance:

i was late due to the construction --> incorrect (because you can't say "i was late caused by the construction")

(i was late because of the construction --> correct.)


the traffic jam was due to an obstruction in the left lane --> correct
the traffic jam due to the obstruction in the left lane caused 30-minute delays --> correct

these are correct because "caused by" works just fine - the noun modified is "the traffic".

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in the above sentence, "due to..." is used in an attempt to modify a clause, "the prairies ... dried up", so it's wrong.

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by atulmangal » Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:04 pm
Guys m confused as m not able to understand the meaning of this phrase "many settles of the time"

i mean...settle is a verb, so many settles of time, what does this mean????

@Clock and @AIM

a question for you as you voted for Op D....pronoun WHO refers to persons only and pronoun WHOSE is a possessive case of WHO...so my question: Can we say WHOSE refer to this phrase "many settles of the time" which doesn't contain any person??? please clear..m i missing something???

@force:-- can you please, u sure there is no typo error.

Finally, though this question can not appear on GMAT as it contains that error due to...but still if i have to select then i find Op E better than others

+1 for E
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by force5 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:23 am
@ Ron - Thanks bro for clearing the doubt. I know we don't talk much about the non underlined part but i felt it was wrong.

@ Atulmangal- bro apologies for the typo. I did check the question before posting but the word just slipped. I have edited the post. i am also editing "due to" from the original post.
lets try to answer it now.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience guys!!
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by atulmangal » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:50 am
force5 wrote: @ Atulmangal- bro apologies for the typo. I did check the question before posting but the word just slipped. I have edited the post. i am also editing "due to" from the original post.
lets try to answer it now.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience guys!!
@force

Yes, that's what i was thinking, now this question makes sense, thanks for editing and putting the correct question now...

Op D seems more tempting now as PRONOUN WHOSE can refer to many settlers logically...and more clear except, i didn't understand the use of tenses in this Op D...land was barren and houses had been seized...and finally settlers moved...
seems like houses seized first then land barren and simultaneously settlers moved..i believe the past perfect should be attached to both LAND and HOUSES and then simple PAST Tense, as its there for settlers moved..

for Op E, if there is a comma before having and another comma after foreclosure...i would pick this Op but as its not there this Op seems unclear...

Hence i pick Op D, though m not fully convinced with the tense thing...i edited this post a no of times...

Whats the OA please reveal..as m really curious to know now...thanks
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by force5 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:40 am
Guys i have updated the OA.

@atulmangal- can you please explain this... i'm having a hard time understanding what difference will it make if i set the phrase off by 2 comma's.
for Op E, if there is a comma before having and another comma after foreclosure...i would pick this Op but as its not there this Op seems unclear..
apart from the comma problem i feel E is much better a choice than D.
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