richachampion wrote:I have two question -
1. How in a same sentence can "they" and "their" refer to two different entities.
their appears before
companies and modifies
companies, and meaning clearly dictates that
their refers to entrepreneurs. So
their clearly does not refer to
companies.
they follows and is closest to
companies, and
companies is between
entrepreneurs and
they. Meanwhile, meaning dictates that
they refers to
companies.
So we have two pronouns that clearly refer to two different antecedents. This construction is fine.
2. Please comment on what you think about the usage of "like" in the non-underlined portion of the sentence.so I wanted to be sure even if it is an aberration by GMAC. We never know when they start using 'such as' for 'like'. So, I wanted to be clear on the matter.
What makes the key difference between when using
such as makes more sense and when using
like makes more sense is whether what follows is something that something else is like.
Such As: People wanting sustainable power sources have many choices, such as solar panels, windmills and geothermal heat pumps.
The members of the list are all different from each other, and the point is not that people are choosing things like solar panels, like windmills or like geothermal heat pumps. Those are just examples of things people choose.
Like: To move this couch, we could use a wheeled device like a hand truck.
The point is that in order to move the couch they could a wheeled device that is like a hand truck. Ideally or in the strictest interpretation,
device like a hand truck conveys that the device in question is not actually a hand truck but rather something that is like a hand truck, but in many cases a construction like
device like a hand truck conveys a meaning such that whatever follows
like, in this case
hand truck, is one of the possibilities.
Regarding what the sentence above says,
resourceful ways, like renting temporary office space or using answering services, some might debate that
like makes sense there, in that the ways are similar to renting temporary office space or using answering services. At the same time, I think
such as would make more sense in that context, as what follows is simply a list of rather dissimilar examples, and if
such as versus
like in this context constituted a GMAT SC decision point, because
like does not clearly make sense, choosing
such as would be the way to go.
Perhaps the truth is that the creators of GMAT SC question sometimes pay more careful attention to what is in the underlined portion than what is in the non underlined portion.
Here's an example of a sentence in which in the non underlined portion they violated their own
due to rule, making a clear error.
Data gathered by weather satellites has been analyzed by scientists, reporting that the Earth's northern latitudes have become about ten percent greener since 1980, due to more vigorous plant growth associated with warmer temperatures and higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Now, let's come to what OG has to say =
Clauses beginning so that can express purpose, but do not fit with "ways" in the manner required here: to or of is needed after ways. It very clearly notes that either "to" OR "of" fits after "resourceful ways" in the sentence.
If you ask me why, I will say that I too don't know.
Consider the following.
We are looking for ways to make our company seem larger.
We are looking for ways of making our company seem larger.
We are looking for ways so that our company seems larger.
In the first two examples, the ways are clearly connected to making the company seem larger.
ways to make
ways of making
In the third example,
ways is not clearly connected to making the company seem larger. Rather,
so connects
We are looking to making the company seem larger.
ways could be left out of the sentence.
We are looking so that our company seems larger.
