Q)The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin proved unpopular because it looked and felt too much like a quarter.
The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin
About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars were minted as coins in the United States between 1979 and 1981 but
About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars that were minted between 1979 and 1981 in the United States
About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars that the United States minted between 1979 and 1981
Between 1979 and 1981 the United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars, which
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B,C,D can be eliminated as there is ambiguous reference to it in the non underlined part
E which refers to dollars which is plural and in the non underlined part there is an it
So IMO answer is A
E which refers to dollars which is plural and in the non underlined part there is an it
So IMO answer is A
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This is a common strategy of GMAT in SC.
Put the pronoun in the non underlined part of the sentence and remove the noun so that the pronoun in the non underlined part cannot refer to.
'it' in the second part must have something in the first part to refer. So that we have logical pronoun reference.
Put the pronoun in the non underlined part of the sentence and remove the noun so that the pronoun in the non underlined part cannot refer to.
'it' in the second part must have something in the first part to refer. So that we have logical pronoun reference.
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IMO Csunny.bhasin wrote:Q)The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin proved unpopular because it looked and felt too much like a quarter.
A) The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin
C) About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars that were minted between 1979 and 1981 in the United States
A and C are close candidate. In C, silver colored dollars is subject so "it" in non-underlined part can refer to this subject. I eliminated A as united states didn't mint by itself. Coins were minted by someone in US
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dollars are countable infact sentence also uses "were"
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I received a PM asking me to comment.sunny.bhasin wrote:Q)The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin proved unpopular because it looked and felt too much like a quarter.
The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin
About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars were minted as coins in the United States between 1979 and 1981 but
About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars that were minted between 1979 and 1981 in the United States
About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B.Anthony" dollars that the United States minted between 1979 and 1981
Between 1979 and 1981 the United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars, which
In B, C, D and E, it (singular) incorrectly refers to dollars (plural). Eliminate B, C, D and E.
The correct answer is A.
In A, it (singular) refers to coin (singular).
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