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by avenus » Fri May 01, 2009 6:18 am
People in the Philippines uses Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words. The most commonly spoken form of Englog is called Konyo English.

A. uses Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words; the most commonly spoken form of Englog

B. use Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words, the most commonly spoken form of which

C. use Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words, the most commonly spoken form of them

D. uses Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words, the most commonly spoken form of which

E. use Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words; the most commonly spoken form of Englog


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by abhinav85 » Fri May 01, 2009 6:26 am
IS the answer is E???
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by AragornII » Fri May 01, 2009 6:43 am
IMO E...
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by raunekk » Fri May 01, 2009 8:38 am
imo:E

A.uses Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words; the most commonly spoken form of Englog

B. use Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words, the most commonly spoken form of which

C. use Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words, the most commonly spoken form of them

D. uses Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words, the most commonly spoken form of which

E. use Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words; the most commonly spoken form of Englog
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by avenus » Fri May 01, 2009 12:58 pm
OA is B, but I'd certainly go for E
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by Vemuri » Sat May 02, 2009 1:40 am
avenus wrote:OA is B, but I'd certainly go for E
What is the source of this SC? Does it have an OA explanation?

The relative pronoun 'which' in option B is causing a reference error, i.e. "People in the Philippines use Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words, the most commonly spoken form of which...." (what does "which" here refer to?)
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by codesnooker » Sat May 02, 2009 7:11 am
This is a bit tricky question. People usually get confused with option (B) because of uses of word WHICH that doesn't seems to have clear pronoun referent.

By using the method POE, user normally comes to option (E), where usually GMAT test maker keeps the TRAP.

Certainly here also, there is TRAP at option (E).

(E) is certainly wrong because of incomplete sentence. Semi-colon is used to separate two independent sentences. But in case of option (E), the first sentence is incomplete.

Hence is (E) is wrong choice.
The relative pronoun 'which' in option B is causing a reference error, i.e. "People in the Philippines use Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words, the most commonly spoken form of which...." (what does "which" here refer to?)
WHICH is singular pronoun and it clearly refers to 'Englog' as there is no other singular noun in the sentence. So there is no pronoun ambiguity error in option (B).

Let me know in case of any doubt.
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by Vemuri » Sat May 02, 2009 9:54 pm
codesnooker wrote:(E) is certainly wrong because of incomplete sentence. Semi-colon is used to separate two independent sentences. But in case of option (E), the first sentence is incomplete.

Hence is (E) is wrong choice.
People in the Philippines use Englog, an informal type of English merged with Tagalog words

Can you please explain what is incomplete about the sentence above?

The most commonly spoken form of Englog is called Konyo English

Also please explain what is incomplete about the sentence above?

Aren't both the above statements independent clauses?
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by raunekk » Sat May 02, 2009 11:00 pm
i agree with Vemuri...

What is incomplete about the first part of E????

Moreover how can u decide what Which is Referring to??

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by codesnooker » Sun May 03, 2009 12:46 am
raunekk wrote:i agree with Vemuri...

What is incomplete about the first part of E????

Moreover how can u decide what Which is Referring to??

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My bad. I am wrong about option (E), however, (B) is also correct here.

WHICH clearly refers to Englog as there is no other singular noun in the sentence.

Unfortunately, I have no reason to discard the option (E).
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by raunekk » Sun May 03, 2009 1:06 am
i dont get this ...
what makes you think that "which" can only be used for singular nouns?...

What can you say about the following sentence:

There are hundreds of things in this life over which you don't have any control.




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by codesnooker » Sun May 03, 2009 1:26 am
raunekk wrote:i dont get this ...
what makes you think that "which" can only be used for singular nouns?...

What can you say about the following sentence:

There are hundreds of things in this life over which you don't have any control.

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Hmm.. your are right. So we can easily negate option (B) :D
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by raunekk » Sun May 03, 2009 1:32 am
this might help

https://www.englishforums.com/English/IW ... p/post.htm



btw... i like your blog!!!


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by codesnooker » Sun May 03, 2009 1:35 am
raunekk wrote:this might help

https://www.englishforums.com/English/IW ... p/post.htm



btw... i like your blog!!!


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Yup, I got the point. Here is the link from where I re-studied the rule

https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/subjectVerbAgree.asp

I will correct the post in my blog also.
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by Stacey Koprince » Mon May 04, 2009 8:04 am
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Was this transcribed correctly? That is, the original sentence was presented as two separate sentences?

The GMAT does not do this. I would not use a source that breaks very commonly known, basic rules used by the GMAT.

Also, there's nothing wrong with E. If the OA is B, then I have a second reason not to study this question.
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