cramya wrote:In my view, Relative pronouns like" which" and "that" can refer to singular or plural nouns depending on the verb.
Salsa Dancers warm up before every performance by doing a series of warmup and stretching exercises, and it reduces the chance of injury.
a) Salsa Dancers warm up before every performance by doing a series of warmup and stretching exercises, and it reduces the chance of injury.
b) exercises, which reduces
c) exercises, reducing (looks like sals dancers are reducing something)
d) exercises, the routine reduces (what routine??)
e) exercises, so the routine reduces
IMO B
Good job cramya and vemuri!
Now, here is my take on it:
a) Salsa Dancers warm up before every performance by doing a series of warmup and stretching exercises,
and it reduces the chance of injury.
a) is definitely out because "
and it" is awkward.
b) exercises,
which reduces
grammatically acceptable but ambiguous. Who/What is reducing the chance of injury? "a series..." is a candidate as is the whole clause before the comma but not "exercises", a plural word.
"which" after a comma usually replaces the noun directly before it but it can also replace the previous clause as we'll see in c)
c) exercises,
reducing is good and should be the
correct answer:
"Salsa dancers warm up...exercises" leads to "reducing the chance of injury."
An adverbial participle (reducing) can be the first word in a clause that gives more information about another clause. It often tells you what the consequences of the first clause are.
Choice c) happens to be the most concise as well. However, conciseness should be your last worry on the GMAT.
d) exercises,
the routine reduces
There needs to be a semi-colon after "exercises".
e) exercises,
so the routine reduces
is grammatically acceptable but changes the intended meaning.
