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 13 Feb 2009, 05:01
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The governor’s team of advisors, including her education and political strategists, has not been available for comment since the governor released her controversial education reform proposal. (A) has not been available for comment since the governor released her controversial education reform proposal (B) have not been available for comment since the governor released her controversial education reform proposal (C) have not been available for comment since she released her proposal on controversial education reform (D) has not been available for comment since she released her controversial education reform proposal (E) has not been available to make comments since she released her proposal on controversial reform in education
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Tania, It looks like you're not satisfied with the explanations of why "she" in E can't refer to "governor's." Let's try to make it a little more explicit: Rule: On the GMAT, every pronoun must have a noun antecedent in that sentence. The antecedent need not appear before the pronoun, but it must be there in noun form. In E: "she" is trying to refer back to the governor. Unfortunately, there is no noun form of "governor" in the sentence. Instead, we have "the governor's team of advisors" where the word "governor" is in the possessive tense and serving to modify the subject of the sentence: team. Other examples of this "possessive poison" error: "I bought Jose's birthday present yesterday, but I never got an invitation to his party." --> Here "his" is trying to refer to "Jose" but cannot legally do so. Fix: "I bought Jose a birthday present yesterday, but I never got an invitation to his party." "Nobody knows why he dresses this way, but Steve's signature wardrobe is a black turtleneck with jeans and tennis shoes." Again, "he" is trying to refer to "Steve" but cannot do so because "Steve" is not present in the sentence as a noun. That help? Brett
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I still don't understand why it can't be D. The former part of the statement anyway uses her in reference to the governor.
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IMO E. Team is singular = has proposal on controversial reform in education = retains clarity because reform is controversial not the education
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I am not sure whether the "The governor’s team of advisors" is singular, but I think E is not good since "she" has no clear referent.
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A.
I believe singular is needed here.
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yeap singular is must have. I think E is a bit wordy (however, it is more understandable  ) to make comments and so on. "she" is a bit ambigious. E has more mistakes then A . Therefore, my choice is A
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'she' has to refer back to a noun. There is no noun present
I'll go with A
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OA is A
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possessive poison
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Why not D. Doesn't 'she' refer to the governor ??
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rampuria wrote: Why not D.
Doesn't 'she' refer to the governor ?? "she" can't refer to possessive form "governor's"
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'She ' has no referent ..
So only A is right
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A. E is tempting, but the 'she' referring to the governor is ambivalent, thus A.
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It's A.
The team is always singular. So the option must have 'has'.
'She' in option E does not clearly refer to governor. Option A clearly says 'governor' after since.
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I too thought She referenced Governor, what is the rule applied in this SC?
Not still clear with reference of "She"
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She can't refer to the possesive.
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A; for team... almost fell for advisors...
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+1 for A. Team is Singular No antecedent for She in the sentence. governer's can't be an antecedent for She.
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yea A for me. use has for team... and correct noun pronoun her refering to the governor
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