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The loan company announced it would soon lend money to borrowers with proven records of their not paying back their loans on time, collectively known as the subprime lending market.

A - of their not paying back their loans on time,
B - of not paying back their loans on time, a group
C - of not paying back their loans on time, with such a group
D - that they do not pay back their loans on time,
E - that they do not pay back their loans on time, such a group

Please share your thoughts on the use of group and collectively together. Is it ok to use them together, I think both words convey the same meaning in this context.

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07 Mar 2010, 07:30

A is simply clumsy
C & E are wordy
In D that they do not pay back their loans on time, collectively doesn't make any sense to me
Hence B
Kindly post the OA

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Please share your thoughts on the use of group and collectively together.

well imo there is no need for collectively after a group ; but in gmat u cant doubt oa;here since collective is in non underlined part we cannot question on its usage;further among the choices only B stands right
a) two their is redundant
b)seems correct
c)meaning altered
d)in whole the s/c is wrong
e)comma splice error
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07 Mar 2010, 10:52

Like me, I think you go by the ear, but for the TEST I would rather prefer to change this approach.

You chose the right answer.
OA is B.

I got confused with the use of group and collectively, sounds like ellipsis. But, in GMAT, we need to choose the better option, it may not be the best option always !
In this case, all others have grammatical mistakes.

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Re: The loan company-Tricky ! [#permalink]

22 Jul 2011, 10:35

can somebody explain your reasoning when ellimination the answer

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The loan company announced it would soon lend money to borrowers with proven records of their not paying back their loans on time, collectively known as the subprime lending market.

A.Of their not paying back their loans on time, [awkward]
B.Of not paying back their loans on time, a group [Most economy & correct]
C.Of not paying back their loans on time, with such a group [awkward]
D.That they do not pay back their loans on time, [They does not have proper antecedent]
E.That they do not pay back their loans on time, such a group [They does not have proper antecedent]
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Re: The loan company announced it would soon lend money to [#permalink]

26 Oct 2012, 08:46

I agree to the above explanations but my doubt is "Shouldn't the preposition "of" be followed by a noun?"
Does "not paying back" plays the role of a noun?
Experts please let me know if I am missing something here.
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Hi @Marcab,
The answer to your question is yes. The phrase “not paying their loans on time” is playing the role of a noun. Let’s take a few simple sentences to understand the structure of this official sentence.
1. Akbar is known for giving equal importance to all religions.
2. Birbal has the record of solving all the riddles presented to him.
3. Birbal has the record of not leaving any riddle unsolved.
In all the above three sentences, the entities after the preposition is a noun phrase. Note that “giving”, “solving”, and “solving” are gerunds – the words that suggest action but act as nouns. Adding “not” does not change their roles. The presented official sentence follows the same structure:
The loan company announced it would soon lend money to borrowers with proven records of not paying back their loans on time, a group collectively known as the subprime lending market.
Here “not paying back their loans on time” is acting as a noun.

Hope this helps.

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26 Oct 2012, 18:07

Thanks Shraddha.
Never knew that "not" paying back can also become a noun.
This explanation indeed has helped.
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