Shipwrecks are more likely to be found undisturbed at great

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21. Shipwrecks are more likely to be found undisturbed at great depthsthan in shallow costal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver.

A. than in shallow costal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be
B. than in shallow costal waters, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and are accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether
C. as opposed to shallow waters along the coast, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including
D. instead of in shallow waters along the coast, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and making them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including an
E. instead of shallow coastal waters, because it exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and make them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether

Can u please help me figure out the difference b/w option A and B ?[/size][/size][/color]

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phanideepak · Answer

here the ,which refers to shallow coastal waters which is plural so the usage exposes is wrong

than in shallow costal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be

C,D,E can be directly eliminated as the usage of greater (Comparision) always requires 'Than'.

So in A and B we eliminate A because of the Subject verb agreement error as shown above.

SO IMO the answer is B

vikram4689 · Answer

IMO B, A has Pronoun reference error, anyone & they do not go together

sameerballani · Answer

ceeka9388 wrote:21. Shipwrecks are more likely to be found undisturbed at great depthsthan in shallow costal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver.

A. than in shallow costal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be
B. than in shallow costal waters, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and are accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether

Can u please help me figure out the difference b/w option A and B ?[/size][/size][/color]

In option A Which refers to water, but water cannot expose archaeological remains to turbulence. We need to understand the meaning. the archaeological remains are LOCATED in shallow coastal waters. Ans it is this location(Place noun) that is responsible for exposing the arch remains to turbulence. and for place noun, use where on GMAT.

Just related to Meaning point: You might want to see the comments of Ron(expert),refer this: https://www.beatthegmat.com/companies-in ... tml#367679

Also in option A it uses whether they be, but what is the antecedent of the pronoun they ?
You might say: ANYONE in scuba gear. But ANYONE is singular. and THEY is used for plural. So seems ambiguous.

I am not sure but i guess In option B, are exposed and are accessible seems parallel.

We can have expert comments on this.

I hope this helps

Thanks

VivianKerr · Answer

Hey guys!

This is an Idiom question. The Idiom is: "more...than..."

Based on this we can eliminate C, D, and E right away.

Now we can compare A and B.

A. Shipwrecks are more...than..., WHICH verb...AND verb, whether they be X, Y, or Z.

B. Shipwrecks are more...than..., WHERE noun verb...AND noun verb, whether X, Y, or Z.

Both are parallel in construction, so the main difference is the "which" and the "where."

In B, "where" replaces a location, and logically refers back to the noun directly preceding it "waters".

In A, "which" is plural, as phanideepak correctly pointed out, so we would need a singular verb "expose". Furthermore, as sameerballani correctly noted, the use of "they" presents a problem. "They" has no clear antecedent.

The answer is B.

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teal · Answer

referring to post from sameerballani-

In option A Which refers to water, but water cannot expose archaeological remains to turbulence. We need to understand the meaning. the archaeological remains are LOCATED in shallow coastal waters. Ans it is this location(Place noun) that is responsible for exposing the arch remains to turbulence. and for place noun, use where on GMAT. "

As he mentioned above - why can't water expose the arch. remains to turbulence? What's wrong with that?

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