A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(A) A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(B) After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(C) After passing through a red giant stage, a star’s mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(E) The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
OA is [spoiler]D....IMO - B ...(B) .After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, Do "its" here refer to red giant stage rather than star[/spoiler]
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i see a problem in D
D say : Mass determines....bla bla
it does not specify mass of what ?
What's the source ?
In B, the refferant of "its" logically is "star", which is the subject of the clause
there is no problem of "its" in B
D say : Mass determines....bla bla
it does not specify mass of what ?
What's the source ?
In B, the refferant of "its" logically is "star", which is the subject of the clause
there is no problem of "its" in B
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IMO D because it's the most concise option, which uses 'mass' as the subject.Jatinder wrote:i see a problem in D
D say : Mass determines....bla bla
it does not specify mass of what ?
Mass of a star. To me that's implicit; I can't give u a logical answer for it.
What's the source ?
In B, the refferant of "its" logically is "star", which is the subject of the clause
there is no problem of "its" in B
'Its' not referring to star rather it's referring to 'red giant stage' because 'red giant stage' is the noun before 'its'.
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Source is 1000 SCJatinder wrote:i see a problem in D
D say : Mass determines....bla bla
it does not specify mass of what ?
What's the source ?
In B, the refferant of "its" logically is "star", which is the subject of the clause
there is no problem of "its" in B
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Hi,
As far as i know whether is used
experts! Please comment on use of whether in option d)
As far as i know whether is used
when there are two options so i ruled out d) and accepted minor modifier error in b)only
experts! Please comment on use of whether in option d)