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Re: Manhattan SC review 4th edition [#permalink]
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I am also unable to see the reason behind the dichotomous explanation of the originator (which incidentally I suppose is the rated MGMAT Review, and not the Manhattan Review (MR), which is a different company)

Let us now dissect the issue.

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Researchers claim to have developed new "nano-papers" incorporating tiny cellulose fibers, which THEY allege give THEM the strength of cast iron.—



The cause of disagreement is that the pronoun they could refer to both researchers and nano papers, structurally and plausibly logically. So let us replace the pronoun with both referents and see which suits logically better.


1. Researchers claim to have developed new "nano-papers" incorporating tiny cellulose fibers, which researchers allege give THEM the strength of cast iron.—

2. Researchers claim to have developed new "nano-papers" incorporating tiny cellulose fibers, which nano papers THEM the strength of cast iron.—
Can nano papers allege? Please ponder. On the contrary, the subject pronoun they stands for the subject of the sentence namely researcher and therefore by that rule, it will be prudent to accept researchers as the referent for they.

The object pronoun them will also go better with the object of the sentence -nano-papers. Logically too, them cannot refer to researchers because the researchers' job is to do research and not turn iron-strong by consuming papers
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