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by sana.noor » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:26 am
Puritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.

(A) but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(B) but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(C) but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it
(D) but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them
(E) which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it

OA is C what "it" refers to?
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by faraz_jeddah » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:45 am
sana.noor wrote:Puritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.

(A) but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(B) but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(C) but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it
(D) but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them
(E) which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it

OA is C what "it" refers to?
This is a strange question. I am not sure if I have seen such a structure in the OG or OG Pack. What is the source?

does "the natural outgrowths" refer to coolness of judgement and mutability of purpose?
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by vinay1983 » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:45 am
I think "it" refers to religious zeal.But unsure.
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by Java_85 » Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:27 am
I think it refers to "civil and military affairs".

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by sana.noor » Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:50 pm
but which were(judgment and mutability of purpose) in fact a natural outgrowths of it (religious zeal)
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by [email protected] » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:28 pm
Hi All,

Vinay1983 and sana.noor are correct; "it" refers to "zeal." As an aside the word "it" has to refer to "zeal" because all the other nouns are plural.

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by faraz_jeddah » Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:15 pm
[email protected] wrote:Hi All,

Vinay1983 and sana.noor are correct; "it" refers to "zeal." As an aside the word "it" has to refer to "zeal" because all the other nouns are plural.

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does "the natural outgrowths" refer to coolness of judgement and mutability of purpose?
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by vinay1983 » Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:00 pm
faraz_jeddah wrote:
[email protected] wrote:Hi All,

Vinay1983 and sana.noor are correct; "it" refers to "zeal." As an aside the word "it" has to refer to "zeal" because all the other nouns are plural.

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does "the natural outgrowths" refer to coolness of judgement and mutability of purpose?
I think it should be that phrase only, considering that there are no other plausible plural words forms it can refer to. But, this a strange question. Very unlike of being a regular feature in the GMAT.
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