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by komal » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:41 am
Although the term "psychopath" is popularly applied to an especially brutal criminal, in psychology it is someone who is apparently incapable of feeling compassion or the pangs of conscience.

(A) it is someone who is
(8) it is a person
(C) they are people who are
(D) it refers to someone who is
(E) it is in reference to people

OA D
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:49 am
A- the term itself is not a someone.

B- the term itself is not a person

C- they has no antecedent

D- Correct

E- this isn't grammatically incorrect, it is just awkward and inconcise.
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by money9111 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:12 am
IMO D because 'it' is the pronoun for Term and the term is not capable of feeling... but rather it's referring to the people who... blah blah

is that crazy explanation correct?
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by viidyasagar » Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:10 am
IMO D because 'it' is the pronoun for Term and the term is not capable of feeling... but rather it's referring to the people who... blah blah

is that crazy explanation correct?
I totally concur....ur explanation is perfect to the T
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by bhumika.k.shah » Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:17 am
Here we are talking about a term . Hence A,B E can be eliminated.
Term = singular = singular pronoun required .Hence eliminate C.

left with D. which is correct coz term is singular and its referring to something/someone.

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komal wrote:Although the term "psychopath" is popularly applied to an especially brutal criminal, in psychology it is someone who is apparently incapable of feeling compassion or the pangs of conscience.

(A) it is someone who is
(8) it is a person
(C) they are people who are
(D) it refers to someone who is
(E) it is in reference to people

OA D
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