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Robinson is a botanist whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii, a place now awash with introduced species of plants and animals.
A. who has the dream to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
B. whose dream it is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
C. who it is his dream to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
D. that is dreaming to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
E. whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii.


Question is from one of GMAT club's downloadable SC Question Banks.Just wanted to know what is wrong with option B.Would be grateful if someone could explain.

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Hi,

In Option B, 'It' does not has a proper antecedent. So B is wrong.
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To the original poster:
1.Can you kindly look into the transcription? Choice A should be exactly as in the stimulus.

2.It will be nice if you can kindly remember to underline the relevant parts.( I have done it this time)

3. Your title should be the same as the first few words of the text.

These are mandatory
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There is some problem in the transcription. Choice E should be A and vice versa. ; Such an error does not occur in GMAT.

However, between A and E, we can never call it the dream when we happen to mention it for the first time. We must first call it a dream and then refer to it as the dream, if
required to repeat. It also implies that Robinson has only one dream in his life and that happens to be the dream about Hawaii. Hence A is defective.

Thanks .... nice explanation.. really helps... :)
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Robinson is a botanist whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii, a place now awash with introduced species of plants and animals.

A. who has the dream to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
B. whose dream it is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
C. who it is his dream to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
D. that is dreaming to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
E. whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii.

Question is from one of GMAT club's downloadable SC Question Banks.Just wanted to know what is wrong with option B.Would be grateful if someone could explain.

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Originally posted by AKG1593 on 16 Jan 2014, 06:15.
Last edited by broall on 03 Sep 2017, 09:02, edited 2 times in total.
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Robinson is a botanist whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii, a place now awash with introduced species of plants and animals.

A. who has the dream to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
B. whose dream it is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
C. who it is his dream to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
D. that is dreaming to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
E. whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii

why not A?


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Correct Answer: B

The best answer is B. According to the passage, when negative social information is encountered by a person with a highly elevated level of self-perception, it may lead to violence.
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Can someone analyze this question? The official answer is D, Please help why option A is not right.
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