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According to a recent study linking high social standing to a habitually stern facial expression, models who do not smile adequately in magazine advertisements give an impression of status and exclusivity, even if they are not wealthy or influential themselves. A models who do not smile adequately in magazine advertisements give an impression B models in magazine advertisements who do not smile give an impression adequately C models who do not smile in magazine advertisements adequately give an impression D it is the models, in magazine advertisements, who do not smile and adequately give an impression E in magazine advertisements, the models who do not smile adequately give an impression What does "adequate" refer to??
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BellTheGmat wrote: According to a recent study linking high social standing to a habitually stern facial expression, models who do not smile adequately in magazine advertisements give an impression of status and exclusivity, even if they are not wealthy or influential themselves.
A models who do not smile adequately in magazine advertisements give an impression
B models in magazine advertisements who do not smile give an impression adequately
C models who do not smile in magazine advertisements adequately give an impression
D it is the models, in magazine advertisements, who do not smile and adequately give an impression
E in magazine advertisements, the models who do not smile adequately give an impression
What does "adequate" refer to?? Is (C) really the correct answer? There are two major problems with it that made me immediately eliminate it from consideration. (E) is the only choice that fixes both issues. "adequately" is an adverb, so it must modify a verb, adjective or other adverb. In this sentence, "adequately" is modifying "smile"; in other words, the sentence is saying "models who don't smile enough..." Since "adequately" is modifying "smile", it should be placed as closely to smile as possible. In (C) the placement of "adequately isn't ideal". Further, the pronoun "they" could refer to either the models or the advertisements. In (C), "they" is closer to "advertisements", changing the meaning of the sentence (and making it non-sensical). In (E) the plural noun immediately preceding "they" is "models", which makes sense. What's the source of the question?
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20 Nov 2010, 12:59
Hi stuart what is wrong with A? Posted from my mobile device 
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20 Nov 2010, 13:09
gmat1011 wrote: Hi stuart what is wrong with A? Posted from my mobile device (A) has the same pronoun ambiguity problem as (C) - "they" is closer to "advertisements" than "models".
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20 Nov 2010, 13:16
IMO,
The answer is C as adequately modifies the verb "give".
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vertigo777 wrote: IMO,
The answer is C as adequately modifies the verb "give". A fundamental principle of sentence correction is that we must choose an answer that doesn't change the author's intended meaning. Unless the original sentence is nonsensical, we should preserve its meaning. You're correct that in (C), the placement of "adequately" means that it modifies "give". However, since that completely changes the meaning of the sentence, (C) cannot be right.
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You are right, thanks for reminding that.
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skovinsky wrote: vertigo777 wrote: IMO,
The answer is C as adequately modifies the verb "give". A fundamental principle of sentence correction is that we must choose an answer that doesn't change the author's intended meaning. Unless the original sentence is nonsensical, we should preserve its meaning. You're correct that in (C), the placement of "adequately" means that it modifies "give". However, since that completely changes the meaning of the sentence, (C) cannot be right. Thanks for the clarification... Since I was skeptical about the reference of "adequate", hence posted it. As per the explanation given for this ques (in v05 test given in free access of GmatClub), it says - author wants to use "adequate" to modify give and not smile, hence OA is C. I suppose such ambiguous questions wont come in actual GMAT... !!
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21 Nov 2010, 04:38
Doh!! I picked A. 
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However much the adverb ‘ adequately’ may be justified as modifying the verb ‘give’, still the author of the passage can not convince that the pronoun ‘they’ stands for the distant 'models' rather than the nearby ‘ advertisements’. I feel C clearly suffers from pronoun ambiguity. E is the right on
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