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There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.
A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.
B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished.
C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.
D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.
E. Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.
Please provide your answers with explanations. I will post the OA later.
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
22 Sep 2008, 13:39
bdumpala wrote: There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.
A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.
B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished.
C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.
D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.
E. Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.
Please provide your answers with explanations. I will post the OA later. Hi The answer is undoubtedly A. B compares the size of fish incorrectly with other fish. C changes the subject of the sentence. D has improper use of 'which'. It immediately follows, & hence incorrectly refers to, monkfish whereas it should have pointed to legal limits. E has incorrect comparison.
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
22 Sep 2008, 13:58
E may not be entirely correct. "Legal size limits" is what sounds wrong. If the author meant: "legal limits on the size", then it should have been written as "size-limits". For me, the sentence sounds most correct the way it is, even though it is complex.
Therefore, I would go with A.
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
22 Sep 2008, 14:10
E is wrong because it has a modifier issue. What is unlike catching cod and haddock?? ( there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish ) it should have some thing like catching monkfish
A for me
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
22 Sep 2008, 15:48
E
problem with A :
the legal limit is not on the size of the fish (that is what A conveys)
E states clearly that "legal size limits on catching fish"
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
22 Sep 2008, 17:42
A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing. -> Although it sounds awkward, no gram error is introduced so hold it.
B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished. -> Unlike is not parallel.
C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing. -> "limits ON" ... "but not FOR" is not a parallel structure.
D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished. -> Being is not necessary ("being" in Gmat questions is not considered concise)
E. Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, contributing to their depletion because they are overfished. -> Unlike is not parallel.
The answer is A, by elimination.
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
22 Sep 2008, 20:33
A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.
B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished.
C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.
D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.
E. Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.
B: unlike should compare similar things. WRONG
C: "which" refers to monkfish. WRONG
D: unlike should compare similar things. Also, "which" refers to monkfish. WRONG.
E: unlike should compare similar things. WRONG
IMO A.
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
22 Sep 2008, 20:50
confusing one .. lots of pronouns to take care of ..
IMO A. "as" is correct usage here. LIke is used for comparing nouns
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
22 Sep 2008, 20:52
Question for everybody ....
What is the refrent for "their" in choice A.
Is it monkfish .. but thats singular isnt it?
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
22 Sep 2008, 23:55
rao_1857 wrote: Question for everybody ....
What is the refrent for "their" in choice A.
Is it monkfish .. but thats singular isnt it? I quickly checked the dictionary and found that monkfish is the plural noun.
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
23 Sep 2008, 00:43
scthakur wrote: rao_1857 wrote: Question for everybody ....
What is the refrent for "their" in choice A.
Is it monkfish .. but thats singular isnt it? I quickly checked the dictionary and found that monkfish is the plural noun. Good job scthakur.... I went through all answer choices and found the plural form (they/them) and eventually settled with (A) which was the best of all 5. Didn't know why "they" was used until you mentioned that the monkfish is plural....
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
23 Sep 2008, 07:26
scthakur wrote: rao_1857 wrote: Question for everybody ....
What is the refrent for "their" in choice A.
Is it monkfish .. but thats singular isnt it? I quickly checked the dictionary and found that monkfish is the plural noun. Thanks scthankur. This is weird .. gmat should not test us on these kind of things that require OUTSIDE knowledge PS: Monkfish is the English name of a number of types of fish in the northwest Atlantic
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
23 Sep 2008, 07:56
IMO is A
Can anyone please explain why A is better over E?
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Re: SC Cod and haddock...good one [#permalink]
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scthakur wrote: rao_1857 wrote: Question for everybody ....
What is the refrent for "their" in choice A.
Is it monkfish .. but thats singular isnt it? I quickly checked the dictionary and found that monkfish is the plural noun. and why not to "cod and haddock"?
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