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by akash singhal » Sat Aug 15, 2015 1:20 am

There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be
caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.

A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be
caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.

B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a
circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished.

C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish,
which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.

D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to
its depletion by being overfished.

E. Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish,
contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.

OE A

Please explain..
Also please explain the antecedent of 'their' and how?

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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Aug 15, 2015 2:59 am

akash singhal wrote:There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.

A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.

B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished.

C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.

D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.

E. Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish,
contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.

B: There are no legal limits, unlike cod
D: Unlike cod, there are no legal size limits
In these options, cod is illogically compared to legal limits.
Eliminate B and D.

C: monkfish, which contributes....through overfishing
Here, overfishing seems to refer to monkish, implying that MONKFISH is OVERFISHING -- a nonsensical meaning.

E: Unlike catching, there are no legal limits
Here, catching is illogically compared to legal limits.
Eliminate E.

The correct answer is A.

fish can be SINGULAR OR PLURAL.
OA: There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion.
Here, their (plural) serves to refer to monkfish (plural).

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by akash singhal » Sat Aug 15, 2015 3:16 am

GMATGuruNY wrote:
akash singhal wrote:There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.

A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.

B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished.

C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.

D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.

E. Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish,
contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.
B: There are no legal limits, unlike cod
D: Unlike cod, there are no legal size limits
In these options, cod is illogically compared to legal limits.
Eliminate B and D.

C: monkfish, which contributes....through overfishing
Here, overfishing seems to refer to monkish, implying that MONKFISH is OVERFISHING -- a nonsensical meaning.

E: Unlike catching, there are no legal limits
Here, catching is illogically compared to legal limits.
Eliminate E.

The correct answer is A.

fish can be SINGULAR OR PLURAL.
OA: There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion.
Here, their (plural) serves to refer to monkfish (plural).

Thanks mitch...
Are their any other popular words which can be used both as singular and plural??

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