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There are over 110 million dogs and cats in the United States, which is more than the population of any Western European country.
a. which is more than the population of any Western European country
b.which are more than the population of any Western European country.
c. being more than the population of any Western European country.
d.more than any Western Eurpean country in population.
e. more than in any Western European country by population.
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(A) it is because it makes good use of the non-restrictive clause . The other options distort the meaning of the sentence. "are" in B is wrong.
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There are over 110 million dogs and cats in the United States, which is more than the population of any Western European country.
a. which is more than the population of any Western European country
###which is ambiguous - the antecedant of which is not clear.
b.which are more than the population of any Western European country.
###Illegal comparision.
c. being more than the population of any Western European country.
###being is almost always wrong. Also, illegal comparision. "There are X dogs in US" ~ "the population of European country"
d.more than any Western Eurpean country in population.
###Illegal comparision. "There are X dogs in US" ~ "any European country"
e. more than in any Western European country by population.
###Correct comparision and parallelism.
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Notice how which is used in a restrictive clause.
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(E) - parallelism and making comparison between similar entities.
There are over 110 million dogs and cats in the United States, more than in any Western European country by population.
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i think it's A.
it's not common to use "in Western European country by population".
In E it goes:
"more than in any Western European country" - looks like we are talking about dogs and cats. Then it goes - "by population"... It's not the best choice :
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comparing population fo dogs and cats with population of people in any Western European country. Since population is a collective noun, use singular is.
a. which is more than the population of any Western European country
- correct
b. which are more than the population of any Western European country.
- subject-verb do not agree
c. being more than the population of any Western European country.
- 'being' is wrong. the population is either greater, or smaller. It cannot be in the process of getting larger/smaller (as suggested by the present participle, being)
d. more than any Western Eurpean country in population.
- wrong comparison. Comparing population with a Land Mass (Country)
e. more than in any Western European country by population.
- disjointed sentence
A it is
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A it is!
in E it seems like the the comparison in the number of cats and days is beig made, but actually we are comparing the number of 110 million( tht of animals) to ( human population)
hope this help's!
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In choice A, what does the 'which' refer to?
Does it mean '110 million' ? But I think '110 million' is adjective rather than noun.
I go with E.
Compare the animals' population in different regions.
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chunjuwu wrote: In choice A, what does the 'which' refer to?
Does it mean '110 million' ? But I think '110 million' is adjective rather than noun.
I go with E.
Compare the animals' population in different regions.
'which' is used to introduce a modifier for '110 million cats and dogs'. Its absolutely correct, nothing wrong with it.
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ywilfred wrote: chunjuwu wrote: In choice A, what does the 'which' refer to?
Does it mean '110 million' ? But I think '110 million' is adjective rather than noun.
I go with E.
Compare the animals' population in different regions. 'which' is used to introduce a modifier for '110 million cats and dogs'. Its absolutely correct, nothing wrong with it. now that 'which' means '110 million cats and dogs', why it used singular verb.
It's plural.
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chunjuwu wrote: ywilfred wrote: chunjuwu wrote: In choice A, what does the 'which' refer to?
Does it mean '110 million' ? But I think '110 million' is adjective rather than noun.
I go with E.
Compare the animals' population in different regions. 'which' is used to introduce a modifier for '110 million cats and dogs'. Its absolutely correct, nothing wrong with it. now that 'which' means '110 million cats and dogs', why it used singular verb. It's plural. This is very tricky. I believe '110 million cats and dogs' is not plural per se. I think 110 million could be a collective noun.
You don't say '110 millions' (with an "s"), do you? Whatever it is, you refer to '110 million' as a singular item.
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chunjuwu wrote: ywilfred wrote: chunjuwu wrote: In choice A, what does the 'which' refer to?
Does it mean '110 million' ? But I think '110 million' is adjective rather than noun.
I go with E.
Compare the animals' population in different regions. 'which' is used to introduce a modifier for '110 million cats and dogs'. Its absolutely correct, nothing wrong with it. now that 'which' means '110 million cats and dogs', why it used singular verb. It's plural. This is very tricky. I believe '110 million cats and dogs' is not plural per se. I think 110 million could be a collective noun.
You don't say '110 millions' (with an "s"), do you? Whatever it is, you refer to '110 million' as a singular item.
And the 'which' refers to the 'cats and dogs'.
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Patro wrote: chunjuwu wrote: ywilfred wrote: chunjuwu wrote: In choice A, what does the 'which' refer to?
Does it mean '110 million' ? But I think '110 million' is adjective rather than noun.
I go with E.
Compare the animals' population in different regions. 'which' is used to introduce a modifier for '110 million cats and dogs'. Its absolutely correct, nothing wrong with it. now that 'which' means '110 million cats and dogs', why it used singular verb. It's plural. This is very tricky. I believe '110 million cats and dogs' is not plural per se. I think 110 million could be a collective noun. You don't say '110 millions' (with an "s"), do you? Whatever it is, you refer to '110 million' as a singular item. And the 'which' refers to the 'cats and dogs'. so weird, 110 million should be adjective which modify cats and dogs.
need somebody to clarify the doubt.
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i will go with E.
If I have a choice, I rather use "an amout" instead of "which".
OA please
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OA is A. But I don't have the official explanation. Thanks for all your responses.
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Hi, this is the OG question Q38
Scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there.
(A) Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there
(B) Baltic Sea sediments, where the growth of industrial activity is consistent with these findings
(C) Baltic Sea sediments, findings consistent with its growth of industrial activity
(D) sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area
(E) sediments from the Baltic Sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity there
In this question, E is inappropriate, because the 'consistent...' clause has the unclear modifying object. So, in the original question, I admit to the choice E is no good.
But choice A is so weird, we need the referent for the 'which' to modify. I think this sentence needs 'the number' as the referent. Or such question would make us have no principle. This doesn't like ETS-type. What do you think?
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Re: SC - cats and dogs [#permalink]
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harshi wrote: Please explain your answer
There are over 110 million dogs and cats in the United States, which is more than the population of any Western European country.
a. which is more than the population of any Western European country
b.which are more than the population of any Western European country.
c. being more than the population of any Western European country.
d.more than any Western Eurpean country in population.
e. more than in any Western European country by population.
I don't get it how can you use "which" to refer "a exactly number". Shouldn't we use "amount"?
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I would like to ask what the source of this question is. I would have picked E myself, since "which" in A definitely has ambiguous reference, and this is one of the things that GMAT will absolutely consider to be wrong.
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HongHu wrote: I would like to ask what the source of this question is. I would have picked E myself, since "which" in A definitely has ambiguous reference, and this is one of the things that GMAT will absolutely consider to be wrong.
I think 'which' does have a referent. It's actually introducing the modifier for population of cats and dogs. 'which' can be used to introduce modifers for things, and is also used to introduce non-essential modifiers.
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