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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:49 am
The biathlon is one of the world's most demanding sports, it combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

sports, it combines
sports; that combines
sports; it combines
sports, where they combine
sports in which they combine

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by kvcpk » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:05 am
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by gmat_perfect » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:10 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:The biathlon is one of the world's most demanding sports, it combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

sports, it combines
sports; that combines
sports; it combines
sports, where they combine
sports in which they combine

plz explain yr ans
Some grammar:

1. COMMA SPLICE:

Two independent clauses can not be joined by COMMA only. If it is done, comma splice occurs.
Option A is faulty for this reason. OUT.

2. Any pronoun used in a sentence MUST have a logical reference:

=> In the options D and E, 'they' does not have any logical reference. The only plural noun 'sports' can not logically be the reference of 'they' because 'sports' can not combine.

3. THAT:

In the GMAT land, that should be used in restrictive clause. That is reserved for using in the restrictive form. In this case, the use of 'it' is more fluid. So, B is out.

Answer should be C.
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by kvcpk » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:13 am
gmat_perfect wrote:
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:The biathlon is one of the world's most demanding sports, it combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

sports, it combines
sports; that combines
sports; it combines
sports, where they combine
sports in which they combine

plz explain yr ans
Some grammar:

1. COMMA SPLICE:

Two independent clauses can not be joined by COMMA only. If it is done, comma splice occurs.
Option A is faulty for this reason. OUT.

2. Any pronoun used in a sentence MUST have a logical reference:

=> In the options D and E, 'they' does not have any logical reference. The only plural noun 'sports' can not logically be the reference of 'they' because 'sports' can not combine.

3. THAT:

In the GMAT land, that should be used in restrictive clause. That is reserved for using in the restrictive form. In this case, the use of 'it' is more fluid. So, B is out.

Answer should be C.
Thats good explanation Gmat_perfect. Keep it up!!
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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:26 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:The biathlon is one of the world's most demanding sports, it combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

sports, it combines
sports; that combines
sports; it combines
sports, where they combine
sports in which they combine

plz explain yr ans
The pronoun they is ambiguous. Eliminate D and E.

If a comma can be replaced by a period, the comma is incorrect. This error is called a comma splice. Eliminate A.

A semi-colon must separate two independent clauses (two complete sentences, each with a subject and a verb). Eliminate B.

The correct answer is C.

Additional error: the word where should refer only to a place. Another reason to eliminate D.
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:20 am
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in b and c both have semi colon only difference is that in b and it in C. so why that is incorrect
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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:33 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:gmat guru

in b and c both have semi colon only difference is that in b and it in C. so why that is incorrect
Here's answer choice B:

The biathlon is one of the world's most demanding sports; that combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

B is incorrect because the pronoun that is ambiguous; to have a complete sentence after the semi-colon, we need to know what the pronoun that is referring to.

For example:

The biathlon is one of the world's most demanding sports; it is an activity that combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

Here's answer choice C:

The biathlon is one of the world's most demanding sports; it combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

Answer choice C works because we know that the pronoun it is referring to the biathlon, so we have a complete thought after the semi-colon.

Does this help?
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:31 pm
yes thanks gmat guru it really helped me to understand topic.

i have also given tpr test in which i have given 21 correct verbal questions out of 41 but my score came as 17 . is it correct evaluation? and also in quant i have given 28 correct answer out of 37 but i scored 43 but in manhattan even if i have given 18 correct answers out of 37 i got 43.

and what is the diffrence betweeen trp test and manhattan test?
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by vid_800 » Sun Oct 09, 2016 12:01 am
@Mitch - I thought option A is correct as the second clause is acting as noun modifier, which does have to be follow touch rule. How can we say that this is an IC and not noun modifier?
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by vid_800 » Sun Oct 09, 2016 6:26 am
@Mitch - I am having difficulties differentiating noun modifiers in question such as these. Can noun modifier stand on its own like an IC?
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