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by resilient » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:44 pm
Because her mother was unable to support a family, Marilyn Monroes spent the first seven years of her life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement thier income.

a.
b. their life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement thier income
c. her life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement Marilyn's income
d. her mother's life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement their income
e. the child's life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement the couple's income

QA is b - but what is wrong with C
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Re: powerscore sc pronoun referent

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:32 am
Enginpasa1 wrote:Because her mother was unable to support a family, Marilyn Monroes spent the first seven years of her life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement thier income.

a.
b. their life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement thier income
c. her life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement Marilyn's income
d. her mother's life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement their income
e. the child's life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement the couple's income

QA is b - but what is wrong with C
The correct answer has to be (a), not (b) ("their life" in (b) makes no sense).

(c) changes the meaning of the sentence, which is a big no-no. According to the original sentence, the couple's income was supplemented; according to (b), Marilyn's income was supplemented.
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by resilient » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:02 am
who was the family supplementing? is it mariyln or her mariylyns family? I guess I chose eh wrong subject. VEry confused.
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by hillzheng » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:41 pm
it should be their not her
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by detonate » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:27 am
Is it their life or her life? Using their in the sentence sounds weird.
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by Anubhav Jain » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:55 pm
Final answer please !!!!!?
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by netigen » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:40 pm
I think there is some mistyping here, the sentence should read:

Because her mother was unable to support a family, Marilyn Monroe spent the first seven years of her life with a couple who became foster parents to supplement their income.

here - 'her' refers to Marilyn Monroe and 'their' refers to the couple

so answer is (A)
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