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A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm.
(A) whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(B) if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(C) about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(D) whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(E) whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm
Had it been, cataclysmic in all of the aforementioned choices, then shall we choose "IF" as compared to "Whether" ?
if the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
OR
whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
Which of the above two is correct?
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'was gradual or catalcysmic' is correct -> Left C and D
In C, 'about' is redundant.
Go with D
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on the GMAT, "Whether" is always prefered to "If", in General.
E: it's not clear what it refers to. also unneccessary use of pronoun.
B: whether is better than if.
C: awkward and wordy. NO need to use "about" here.
A: Cataclysmic is more concise than created a catalcysm.
D: The Winner
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"D" is correct.
Two keys to solve this-
1-'Whether' wins over 'If' in GMAT land.
2- Maintain parellelism
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I think in D both gradual and cataclysmic are acting as adjectives and hence parallel.
C on the other hand has "about" which is wordy
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LM wrote: A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm.
(A) whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(B) if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(C) about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(D) whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(E) whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm
Easy!
Whether is used when choosing between two choices.
If is used for conditional statements.
I will go to the mall if you come with me.
He could not decide whether he should go to the beach or the movies.
ADE remain. D is correct because gradual and cataclysmic are parallel. Both are adjectives.
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(A) whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(B) if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(C) about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(D) whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(E) whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm
D is the r8 answer.
A-- changes the meaning
B-- changes the meaning
C--Non-idiomatic
D--r8 answer
E-- again changes the meaning.
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I would like to add that whether x or Y is also presen that is the correct idiom usage in addition to the two x and y should be parallel
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(D)(A) whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm (B) if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm (C) about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic (D) whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic (E) whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm
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