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by crimson2283 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:00 am
For smaller retailers and Web sites, which pay regular mail rates and may be shipping from only one location, free shipping is not nearly as affordable and often must be added into prices

A. which pay regular mail rates and may be shipping from only one location, free shipping is not nearly as affordable and often must
B. that pay regular mail rates and may ship from only one location, free shipping is not nearly as affordable and often must
C. who pay regular mail rates and may ship from only one location, free shipping is not nearly so affordable and it often must
D. which pays regular mail rates and may ship from only one location, free shipping is not as nearly affordable and often must
E. which pay regular mail rates and may ship from only one location, free shipping is not nearly as affordable and often must
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by arora007 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:07 am
Is E the answer?
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by maihuna » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:28 am
IMO B:

B And E are two contender. since which refers to plural companies, pays in D is wrong. Also, who is used for human being, so C as well is wrong. A is wrong due to wordings, "may be shipping".

Now examining B and E, the major difference is use of "free shipping is not nearly as affordable" vs "free shipping is not as nearly affordable".

To me use of that is preferable as given the context, we are talking about only those small companies that are paying regular rates and shipping from one location, it is not an additional piece of info about such companies in general, and probably reqired. Given this, I will prefer B.
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by clock60 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:25 pm
vote for E
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by Night reader » Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:44 pm
hi :) what's the source of this question? In the beginning it says "For smaller retailers and Web sites, ..." is this GMAT context, because we are obviously tackling the sentence which is dependent on previous passage data which is vital for understanding the meaning of this entry. As RON PUREWAL said 50% only grammar and the rest 50% is the context. So, please reveal the source.

there's no difference between A and E answer choices: " ... may be shipping from ..." vs. "... may ship from ..." Choice A indicates an ability only, while the choice E indicates the prolonged ability (continuous ability) and here's no link with "...which pay ..." and "... may ship (be shipping)..." in one case subject "smaller retailers and web-sites" perform different not necessarily parallel action of "payment" with the ability to perform "shipping"

Cutting this short, un-clear entry ?

as a pendulum of query above - comparative statement is readily introduced right after comparative form of subjects performing actions in this statement --> "For smaller companies ..." + "... free shipping is not nearly as affordable ..." where's the idea exchange here?
crimson2283 wrote:For smaller retailers and Web sites, which pay regular mail rates and may be shipping from only one location, free shipping is not nearly as affordable and often must be added into prices

A. which pay regular mail rates and may be shipping from only one location, free shipping is not nearly as affordable and often must
B. that pay regular mail rates and may ship from only one location, free shipping is not nearly as affordable and often must
C. who pay regular mail rates and may ship from only one location, free shipping is not nearly so affordable and it often must
D. which pays regular mail rates and may ship from only one location, free shipping is not as nearly affordable and often must
E. which pay regular mail rates and may ship from only one location, free shipping is not nearly as affordable and often must
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by crimson2283 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:58 pm
OA E

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by minar » Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:01 pm
By using google search, I have found that the sentence has originally been taken from the following source: paragraph # 7. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/busin ... pping.html

However, I am confused whether we can use "which" to indicate both smaller retailers and Web sites. I thought "that" will be appropriate to use here, and so I choose B as the right answer :(
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by Night reader » Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:42 pm
the use of which
Most often than not, in GMAT, which would be preceded by a comma in the sentence. e.g. Get me the book, which is mine. Which is used to qualify the book i.e. which is mine. There may be many books in the room, but I want my book.

'Which' should always refer to a noun. e.g. Get me the book, which is mine. So, 'which' here refers to the noun 'book'.

* Which should apply to things
* The other thing--which must replace a noun, not a sentence or idea.

also that could refer to the clause and not which
minar wrote:By using google search, I have found that the sentence has originally been taken from the following source: paragraph # 7. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/busin ... pping.html

However, I am confused whether we can use "which" to indicate both smaller retailers and Web sites. I thought "that" will be appropriate to use here, and so I choose B as the right answer :(
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:16 am
Hi Nightreader,

Please clear my one doubt i.e can "which" refer to "small retailers"???? i feel "who" should refer to "small retailers"............because retailers are human beings right?
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by vatsalroxy » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:35 am
Even i m not convinced with the choice E as an answer. May be time to call an expert to throw some light.

in plural form of objects which is a bit awkward to use. In the very next para of the same article it has shown .

""You're trying to compete with the Amazons and the Zappos, who have so many different warehouses that they can significantly reduce transport costs," said Gary Schwake, director of business development at the Distribution Management Group, a consulting firm that advises retailers like Eddie Bauer. "

the use of WHO is for plural nouns. So i doubt the editor of NY TIMES
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by Night reader » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:51 am
Which professor you liked in your college? Which expert's solution you aspire to learn from the BTG's forum? - BUT, the pen is small, middle and big print size - which one you choose?

here, the word "which" refers to both retailers and web sites - it would be illogical of an author to combine inanimate (thing) website with the human -retailer. Both of them are used as neutral, just names and not like person (people) retailers

the click in the first, above expressions, however, is that we use "which" as a modifier and to introduce details, give description; as a descriptor it needs things to follow "which"
aspirant2011 wrote:Hi Nightreader,

Please clear my one doubt i.e can "which" refer to "small retailers"???? i feel "who" should refer to "small retailers"............because retailers are human beings right?
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by GMATMadeEasy » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:25 am
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I doubt they will make option A and E together. What is the official explanation ?
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by ankurmit » Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:51 am
Only B and E are contenders.
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