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by drgmatIL » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:39 am
see attached question.

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by m&m » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:07 am
I think the ans should be A. In b, c, d "Them" could refer to either clothing or intuits - while in A it is clearly Inuits (as it should IMO).

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by PAB2706 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:06 am
idiom is impervious to...

thus shud be B or C
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Re: winter clothing

by ketkoag » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:25 am
drgmatIL wrote:see attached question.

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Imo D, coz winter clothing is the subject and that is singular.. also the use of so.. as to.. make them....is clear..
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by Kuhu » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:40 am
IMO-C
correct idiom -impervious to
winter clothing singular noun
Innuits Plural noun
C correctly distinguishing between 'it' and 'them' i.e. no ambiguity.
'it' makes 'them'-Cloth makes Innuits impervious to.
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:28 am
IMO D.

A = clothing...are = subject verb mismatch.
B = clothing...are = subject verb mismatch.
C = no logical noun referent for it....

Also another not so important issue that I think may be the reason is that their refers to innuits....which is present in the which(not necessary information clause)...innuits should be present in the main part of the clause....

Please correct if my reasoning to kick out C based on their is wrong...

D = correct....

E = inconsistent verb sequence....has....made....should be make...
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by ogbeni » Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:34 pm
D has to be the answer. The other singular option (starting with 'is') is vague. The 'them' in the other option could refer to the igloos or the inuits.

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by pandeyvineet24 » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:46 pm
out of C and D, in my opinion its C.
i think 'It' clearly refers to the winter clothing and the idiom So X that Y is also correct here..
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by mehravikas » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:53 pm
IMO - C.

In GMAT "So as to" is incorrect????
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:49 pm
mehravikas wrote:In GMAT "So as to" is incorrect????
Hi Vikas,

IMO so as together is wrong...

there are couple of idioms in GMAT in which so X as to Y is correct...

Please tell if I am my understanding is wrong...

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by tohellandback » Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:07 pm
IMO C
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by mehravikas » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:31 pm
Thanks you are correct. So as together is wrong and the idiom you have mentioned is the correct one.

Just wanted to double check.
goelmohit2002 wrote:
mehravikas wrote:In GMAT "So as to" is incorrect????
Hi Vikas,

IMO so as together is wrong...

there are couple of idioms in GMAT in which so X as to Y is correct...

Please tell if I am my understanding is wrong...

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