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by manoj033 » Thu May 26, 2011 10:04 pm
"Although the term "supercomputer" may sound fanciful or exaggerated, it is simply an extremely fast mainframe that can execute trillions of calculations every second."

This is a sentence from Manhattan SC strategy guide in the Pronouns section. This sentence is incorrect. It is explained that since the Antecedent and Pronoun need to make sense together, the "IT" cannot point to the "TERM".

Using the same logic on the sentence below (This is also from the Manhattan SC guide):

"Researchers claim to have developed new "nano-papers" incorporating tiny cellulose fibers, which they allege give them the strength of cast iron."

Here, it is explained that "THEY" and "THEM" have ambiguous antecedents. Either pronoun could refer to "Researchers" or to "Nano-papers". Using the logic from the first sentence above, I think "THEY" can only refer to "researchers". How could "THEY" refer to "nano-papers". How can "nano-papers" allege?

Please help.

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by GMATToppers » Thu May 26, 2011 10:36 pm
manoj033 wrote:"Although the term "supercomputer" may sound fanciful or exaggerated, it is simply an extremely fast mainframe that can execute trillions of calculations every second."

This is a sentence from Manhattan SC strategy guide in the Pronouns section. This sentence is incorrect. It is explained that since the Antecedent and Pronoun need to make sense together, the "IT" cannot point to the "TERM".

Using the same logic on the sentence below (This is also from the Manhattan SC guide):

"Researchers claim to have developed new "nano-papers" incorporating tiny cellulose fibers, which they allege give them the strength of cast iron."

Here, it is explained that "THEY" and "THEM" have ambiguous antecedents. Either pronoun could refer to "Researchers" or to "Nano-papers". Using the logic from the first sentence above, I think "THEY" can only refer to "researchers". How could "THEY" refer to "nano-papers". How can "nano-papers" allege?

Please help.

Thanks
Manoj Oberoi

In the sentence "Although the term "supercomputer" may sound fanciful or exaggerated, it is simply an extremely fast mainframe that can execute trillions of calculations every second."
the only noun which is present before the pronoun "it" is "term".The word supercomputer is not functioning as noun. It just explains what is the term.Hence there is no ambiguity.


Where as in the sentence "Researchers claim to have developed new "nano-papers" incorporating tiny cellulose fibers, which they allege give them the strength of cast iron."

before the pronouns "they" and "them", there are two different nouns: "researchers" and "nano-papers" and both are plural nouns. Hence there is an ambiguity in the reference.
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by smackmartine » Thu May 26, 2011 10:47 pm
@manoj033,

I think you are getting confused with the double quotes("") used in both the sentences. GMATToppers has explained it very well that in second sentence "nano-papers" is a NOUN rather than a term. It makes sense because the Researchers CANNOT DEVELOP a TERM.

I hope this helps!
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by manoj033 » Fri May 27, 2011 4:32 am
I understand the the 1st sentence is correct. My problem is with the second sentence: how can "They" refer to nano-papers. "They" can logically refer to only "Researchers". So what I am saying is: there should be no ambiguity with pronoun reference for "they".

Are you getting my point?
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