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lions and tigers

by 2010gmat » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:50 pm
Unlike lions and tigers, which can be roaring by causing its hyoid bones to vibrate, domestic cats have fixed hyoid
bones and are therefore unable to roar.
"¢ which can be roaring by causing its hyoid bones to vibrate, domestic cats
"¢ which can roar by causing their hyoid bones to vibrate, domestic cats
"¢ who can roar by causing their hyoid bones to vibrate, domestic cats differently
"¢ who can roar by causing its hyoid bones to vibrate, domestic cats
"¢ of which the hyoid bones vibrate to cause a roar, domestic cats

can we use which for living beings??

oa to follow...
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by tanviet » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:54 pm
check grammar before check meaning or die

check grammar

"its" is wrong. "their" is correct

"the hyoid bone of which" is correct. "of which the hyoid bone" is wrong

"who" is wrong, "which" is correct

IMO B
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by 2010gmat » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:26 pm
i agree its vs their is one issue out here....but i have a very specific query...

can we use Which to refer back to living beings...should it be

lions and tigers, which roar....

or,

lions and tigers, who roar
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by Testluv » Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:10 am
2010gmat wrote:i agree its vs their is one issue out here....but i have a very specific query...

can we use Which to refer back to living beings...should it be

lions and tigers, which roar....

or,

lions and tigers, who roar
Definitely, "lions and tigers, which roar"
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by sunnyjohn » Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:11 am
I am surprised, how can we use 'which' for lions and tigers...?
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by 2010gmat » Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:15 am
me too!!...my first impression was that there is no correct option....but then testluv told that we can use which here ...if thats the case then OA is correct (OA - B)
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by brick2009 » Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:10 am
Which is used to refer to preceeding nouns....

so ask the questions: Lions and tigers--> are they noun??? yes--> which is correct

WHO--> is for person..
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by Mylogin » Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:48 am
As per Kaplan GMAT Verbal foundation,

which is used to refer animals & things (exception: when you have a beloved pet, you can use who)

Hope this answers the question.
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by 2010gmat » Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:15 am
thanks a lot thats very helpful...:)

what if these lions and tigers were pet?? then none of the choice is correct...
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by pawanagarwal » Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:29 pm
Also, it's common to use "it" as pronoun for animals. so which can be used to refer to them as well.
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