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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.

You can, for example never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to!

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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.

You can, for example never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to!

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