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by heymayank08 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:06 am
The police chief argued that first-time
offenders who have no high school diploma
but who have families with a record of crime
will probably break the law again.
A. who have no high school diploma but who
have families with a record of crime
B. without a high school diploma and
families having a criminal record
C. without a high school diploma whose
families have a record of crime
D. whose families have criminal records and
lacking high school diplomas
E. lacking high school diplomas and also
having families having criminal records

[spoiler]what is the problem with A and in C shouldnt "without" and "whose" be connected by a conjuction?? pls explain[/spoiler]
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by sam2304 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:15 am
'criminal record' is preferred over 'record of crime'.

A/C - eliminated on the basis of above reason
A - 'who' is redundant, 'and' is preferred over 'but'
C - 'Whose' can refer to diploma
D - changes the meaning and awkward
E - 'also having families having' - awkward construction

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by GmatKiss » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:32 am
heymayank08 wrote:The police chief argued that first-time
offenders who have no high school diploma
but who have families with a record of crime
will probably break the law again.
A. who have no high school diploma but who
have families with a record of crime
B. without a high school diploma and
families having a criminal record
C. without a high school diploma whose
families have a record of crime
D. whose families have criminal records and
lacking high school diplomas
E. lacking high school diplomas and also
having families having criminal records

IMO: B
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by penguinfoot » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:31 am
heymayank08 wrote:The police chief argued that first-time
offenders who have no high school diploma
but who have families with a record of crime
will probably break the law again.
A. who have no high school diploma but who
have families with a record of crime
B. without a high school diploma and
families having a criminal record
C. without a high school diploma whose
families have a record of crime
D. whose families have criminal records and
lacking high school diplomas
E. lacking high school diplomas and also
having families having criminal records

[spoiler]what is the problem with A and in C shouldnt "without" and "whose" be connected by a conjuction?? pls explain[/spoiler]
IMO : (A)
Isn't elimination by wordiness the last option ? I think option (A) is logical, parallel and makes sense.

For options (B) - I feel the meaning is twisted to say that: X = "criminals without families having a criminal record" => X will break the law again.

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by jordan23 » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:59 am
IMO C
In "A" there is no need to place BUT....as both the parts of the sentence follow a similar tone of reasoning.
"B" families having a criminal record -- incorrect usage.
"C" Correct...probably not 100% grammatically correct.
"D" and "E" just incorrect due to obvious reasons.

What's the OA? and Source?

heymayank08 wrote:The police chief argued that first-time
offenders who have no high school diploma
but who have families with a record of crime
will probably break the law again.
A. who have no high school diploma but who
have families with a record of crime
B. without a high school diploma and
families having a criminal record
C. without a high school diploma whose
families have a record of crime
D. whose families have criminal records and
lacking high school diplomas
E. lacking high school diplomas and also
having families having criminal records

[spoiler]what is the problem with A and in C shouldnt "without" and "whose" be connected by a conjuction?? pls explain[/spoiler]
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by heymayank08 » Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:36 am
hey,
i think that B is out of scope since it doesn't follow the ||ism,

comparing the parts after and before of the "and " we will get to know this.


thankx jordan, u mean to say that in case if there was and in option A instead of but then it would be correct? pls correct me if i am wrong.
OA: C
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by jordan23 » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:49 pm
I still do not think that using WHO in this case is going to be correct. As WHOSE is a possessive pronoun and WHO is a subject pronoun, in this case a possessive pronoun would be better.


heymayank08 wrote:hey,
i think that B is out of scope since it doesn't follow the ||ism,

comparing the parts after and before of the "and " we will get to know this.


thankx jordan, u mean to say that in case if there was and in option A instead of but then it would be correct? pls correct me if i am wrong.
OA: C
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by GMAT Kolaveri » Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:49 pm
C is wrong because in C option whose refers to diploma.
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by jordan23 » Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:21 pm
..and the correct option should be?
GMAT Kolaveri wrote:C is wrong because in C option whose refers to diploma.
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