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by sumittaneja009 » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:28 pm
Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.
(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as


OA is D

Can someone please explain why the choice A is wrong?
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by Tryingmybest » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:04 pm
IMO D

"think of X as Y "is the idiom

It is used correctly only in D.
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by rohangupta83 » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:29 am
imo D

also - there is a ''them'' in the sentence

If you use consumers then this ''them'' becomes ambiguous, as it may refer to either ''Consumers'' or ''household cleaning products''.

If a singular ''Consumer'' is used then this ''them'' has a clear antecedent, which is ''household cleaning products''.
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by samarpan_bschool » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:17 am
pushing this thread up for more clarification on pronoun reference:

I have query regarding option D -
In the second half of the sentence, followed by the conjunction 'but', 'many of them' seems to refer to 'cleaning products'. However, 'many of them' is the subject in the second clause.

As per the rule, subject of the second clause should refer to the subject of the first clause. Here the subject of the first clause is 'consumers', which goes against the result.

Need expert inputs,

Thanks in advance

PS: This question is from OG Verbal supplement
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by reply2spg » Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:12 am
A is wordy. You can easily express 'as' rather than 'to be' OA is indeed D
sumittaneja009 wrote:Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.
(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as


OA is D

Can someone please explain why the choice A is wrong?
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by mj41 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:00 am
samarpan_bschool that is another reason why D is correct. In D the sentece starts with "A consumer" as opposed to "Consumers" hence "many of them" can only refer to "household cleaning products"
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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:50 pm
Could someone explain why E is wrong ?

I understand the correct idiom is think of X as Y . My question is, subordinate clause (not underlined part) "many of them" is subject of the subordinate clause so main clause generally should be having a subject same as well.. sO first instinct is to check the answezr E not others ? Am I correct in my reasoning ?
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by paddle_sweep » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:48 pm
I went with 'E'. Could somebody explain as to what's wrong with 'E'? I ruled out 'D' as I thought that the word 'them' is ambiguous.

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by gmatmachoman » Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:18 pm
paddle_sweep wrote:I went with 'E'. Could somebody explain as to what's wrong with 'E'? I ruled out 'D' as I thought that the word 'them' is ambiguous.

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Issues with Original sentence :


Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.

Issue 1 : Usage of " to be".

Issue 2 : Pronoun Ambiguity error





(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being

" Usage of Being: --- REJECT

(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being

" Usage of Being: --- REJECT

(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as

HOLD ON

(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as

Improper Comparison( Dont forget we need to compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges..a very funny quote from Princeton Review LOL)

Awkward Construction, Change of Verb tense and Pronoun Ambiguity


Coming back to D,

A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.

here the Sentence rightly introduces a contrast using "but" to show the intended meaning. Moreover "as" is rightly used for "comparison" .
Last but not least, the sentence does not have any "Pronoun Ambiguity".

Pick D
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by GMATMadeEasy » Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:21 am
I DO UNDERSTAND that E is wrong though for other reasons but my question is "E does a good job keeping Hazardous materials as subject rather than consumer. This makes subordinate clause parallel " . Am I right ?
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by rubiajayaprakash » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:27 pm
Hi,

Can anyone explain why E is a wrong? I also went with E as the pronoun ambiguity is taken care of in E. I can see why D is correct but don't see why E is wrong.
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by Ankur87 » Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:39 am
E changes the meaning of the original sentence.
D is correct
rubiajayaprakash wrote:Hi,

Can anyone explain why E is a wrong? I also went with E as the pronoun ambiguity is taken care of in E. I can see why D is correct but don't see why E is wrong.
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by tarunjohri » Wed May 01, 2013 8:56 pm
sumittaneja009 wrote:Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.
(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as Passive

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by a_new_beginning » Sun Oct 02, 2016 12:10 am
Can anyone please comment why (E) is incorrect. I am sure removing an option just because it is passive is an incorrect way to eliminate.

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