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by crackgmat007 » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:29 am
Because fish look through water, their eyes are very different from a mammal.
A. from a mammal
B. from a mammal’s
C. from that of a mammal
D. than that of a mammal
E. than is a mammal’s.

Debating between [spoiler]B & C[/spoiler] which one is correct. Why is B better than C
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by capnx » Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:18 pm
I think you can say that there is a parallel between "their eyes" and "mamal's (eyes)", which is preferred to "their eyes" and "that (eyes) of a mamal"

is the OA = B?
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by mruzeful » Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:40 am
when both are grammatically correct, go for less wordy sentences. so,I prefer B to C..
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by helpme_2009 » Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:40 am
Because fish look through water, their eyes are very different from a mammal.
A. from a mammal
B. from a mammal’s
C. from that of a mammal
D. than that of a mammal
E. than is a mammal’s.

i think its regarding parallelism C wud have been correct if the statement were like this
Because fish look through water, eyes of fish are very different from that of a mammal.

here to parallel wit their eyes , option B is most appropriate,

correct me if my reasoning is wrong
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by abinge05 » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:28 am
I think C would be correct if it said "from thse of a mammal" since 'eyes' is plural. I choose B.
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by crackgmat007 » Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:30 pm
thanks all. OA - [spoiler]B[/spoiler]
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by maihuna » Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:03 pm
that can not refer to plural antecedent eyes.
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by umaa » Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:23 am
What is the source of the Q? The answer would be B if you consider the underlined portion. But the question itself is wrong. THEIR is a wrong antecedent for FISH.
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by mmslf75 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:02 am
umaa wrote:What is the source of the Q? The answer would be B if you consider the underlined portion. But the question itself is wrong. THEIR is a wrong antecedent for FISH.

Umaa,

FISH is PLURAL, so THEIR is ok here

Similarly,
EYES,DATA,. etc are plural and will take THOSE (plural pronouns)
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by umaa » Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:03 pm
Thanks! I didn't know that fish is plural.
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by hrishi19884 » Sat Dec 26, 2009 3:24 am
mmslf75 wrote:
umaa wrote:What is the source of the Q? The answer would be B if you consider the underlined portion. But the question itself is wrong. THEIR is a wrong antecedent for FISH.

Umaa,

FISH is PLURAL, so THEIR is ok here

Similarly,
EYES,DATA,. etc are plural and will take THOSE (plural pronouns)
Yes, there you are.
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