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The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo’s population on the eve of the First World War was 51,919. (A) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo’s population (B) Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, whose population (C) Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, with a population (D) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo having a population that (E) Bosnia-Herzegovina, the population of Sarajevo please explain for selecting and rejecting ans choices
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The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo’s population on the eve of the First World War was 51,919. (A) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo’s population Here subject is population of sarajevo. Capital should refer to place and not to population(B) Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, whose population Here capital refers to place and then comma is appropriate. is in this sentence is correct as its a fact(C) Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, with a population with a population is of 51,919 would have been appropriate. But sentence has was 51,519(D) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo having a population that having is not correct(E) Bosnia-Herzegovina, the population of Sarajevo capital should refer to placeSo B
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
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The only answer which makes sense is B.However I was a bit confused with "whose"..Can "whose' refer to a state??
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
06 Oct 2009, 01:32
Ya same question, whose' refer to a state?
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
06 Oct 2009, 05:33
WE are looking for EXPLANATIONS guys
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
11 Oct 2009, 10:50
@talk2pk ,with a population is not right usage ,with a population of would be more correct in that case
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
11 Oct 2009, 15:19
I like B as well. I don't see a problem with whose.
We would say the population of Sarajevo is 15 thousand. Therefore the possessive works.
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
11 Oct 2009, 20:11
OA is B
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
30 Sep 2010, 06:33
talk2pk wrote: pls explain wt is wrong with C? The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, with a population on the eve of the First World War was 51,919. grammatic mistake. i think the correct one should be: the capital of B-H is S, with a population of 51,919 on the eve of the WWI.however, i don't like whose to follow a place:(
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
30 Sep 2010, 07:26
tejal777 wrote: The only answer which makes sense is B.However I was a bit confused with "whose"..Can "whose' refer to a state?? whose is referring to Sarajevo.
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
30 Sep 2010, 10:17
tejal777 wrote: The only answer which makes sense is B.However I was a bit confused with "whose"..Can "whose' refer to a state?? Yes. "whose" can refer to the noun Sarajavo.
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
30 Sep 2010, 16:11
Good example of GMAT usage of whose.
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
30 Sep 2010, 17:01
It's b Posted from my mobile device 
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
30 Sep 2010, 21:15
I felt this was a pretty easy one compared to all the other chokers on the QOTD... 
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
01 Oct 2010, 07:42
I think what has been tripping up most people is the use of whose. whose – can modify people or things. Also - you can solve this problem by the process of elimination. 1) Remove the fluff - The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo’s population was 51,9192) Check each answer sacmanitin wrote:
(A) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo’s population
- Sarajevo’s population is NOT the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina - WRONG.
(B) Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, whose population
- let's leave this alone, since there is doubt in the use of whose
(C) Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, with a population
- The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, with a population of was 51,919 - grammatical error - WRONG
(D) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo having a population that
- The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo having a population that was 51,919 - verb tense error - WRONG
(E) Bosnia-Herzegovina, the population of Sarajevo
- The population of Sarajevo is NOT the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina - WRONG.
The only remaining answer is B - The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, whose population was 51,919
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
01 Oct 2010, 10:28
For those who hesitate over WHOSE in Manhattan SC it is explicitly mentioned that WHOSE can be used for either people or things.
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
01 Oct 2010, 13:26
B - Seems the only least wrong of all the choices here. Also 'Whose' as per Manhattan SC can refer to people and Things .... I assume that includes states also.
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
01 Oct 2010, 15:21
I agree. I always look for bigger mistakes, the extremely obvious ones, and then if there is a tie, then I look around for these kind of things. No need worrying about WHOSE, when there are bigger issues to resolve ! Posted from my mobile device
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Re: capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina [#permalink]
03 Oct 2010, 05:05
B is the best of the other weird options... A bit hesitant in choosing B for using "whose", but now I feel more comfortable. For an example of the use of "whose" in the OG12, refer to SC114: The original building and loan associations where organized as limited life funds, whose members made monthly payments on their share... "whose" refers to funds; members of the funds made monthly payments... Hope this helps.
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Re: The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevos population on [#permalink]
14 Nov 2011, 23:21
B sounds best and appropriate uses possessive whose for population without having an awkward modified to the country.
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