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by imskpwr » Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:31 am
One result of the family's long ordeal at sea was their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their minds tend to wander.

their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their
their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their
to appreciate that when a person dehydrates, his or her
to appreciate that when people dehydrate, their
appreciating that as people dehydrate, their
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:50 am
I'm sorry but after reviewing the question I have to cancel my interpretation - I think this question is not a good material for practice. It seems really poorly written. What source does it come from?
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by imskpwr » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:41 am
Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:A, D - incorrect use of the singular "person" together with plural pronoun "their."
B - correct
C - incorrect use of the base form of the verb "to appreciate."
E - incorrect, if there exists a relevant noun, it is preferred in the GMAT over -ing form
How can you validate the first use of their in choice B.
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by imskpwr » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:42 pm
Can someone use of "their" in explain option B,

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by imskpwr » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:43 pm
Can someone explain the use of "their" in option B,

their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their
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by Mission2012 » Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:11 am
Hi imskpwr,

Could you please post the source of this question.
Also what is the OA of the question.

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by sana.noor » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:11 am
its a possessive pronoun case and i will go with "B"
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by vk_vinayak » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:27 am
imskpwr wrote:Can someone use of "their" in explain option B,

their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their
The bold-faced 'their' lacks antecedent. (family is singular, hence their can't apply to family's). The second 'their' applies to people.
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by imskpwr » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:31 am
vk_vinayak wrote:
imskpwr wrote:Can someone use of "their" in explain option B,

their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their
The bold-faced 'their' lacks antecedent. (family is singular, hence their can't apply to family's). The second 'their' applies to people.
Exactly, this is the reason of rejecting choice A and B.
Now how can anyone OverRule this basic thing. Is there anything I am lacking here?
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