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Tiger shark, a rare example of creature that eats members of its own species, has preyed on the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish that is born in fresh water, that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to
reproduce, more than the marko sharkA: that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than the marko shark B: migrating to the ocean and returning to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark C: that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark D: migrates to the ocean, and returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than on the marko shark E: that migrates to the ocean, and for reproduction that returns to fresh water more than to the marko shark OA
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gmatbull wrote: Tiger shark, a rare example of creature that eats members of its own species, has preyed on the Alaskan salmon,
the species of fish that is born in fresh water, that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to
reproduce, more than the marko shark
A: that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than the marko shark
B: migrating to the ocean and returning to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark
C: that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark
D: migrates to the ocean, and returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than on the marko shark
E: that migrates to the ocean, and for reproduction that returns to fresh water more than to the marko shark
[/spoiler] Ok. D it is. Sentence Structure as highlighted below. Tiger shark, a rare example of creature that eats members of its own species, has preyed on the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish that is born in fresh water,migrates to the ocean, and returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than on the marko shark
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gmatbull wrote: Tiger shark, a rare example of creature that eats members of its own species, has preyed on the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish that is born in fresh water, that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to
reproduce, more than the marko sharkA: that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than the marko shark B: migrating to the ocean and returning to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark C: that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark D: migrates to the ocean, and returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than on the marko shark E: that migrates to the ocean, and for reproduction that returns to fresh water more than to the marko shark OA As correctly explained by bangon, the answer must be D. Tiger shark has prayed on Alaskon Salmon. The traits of this Salmon are: i) it is born in fresh water. ii) it migrates to the ocean iii)it return to fresh water to reproduce. A-> wrong comparison at the end. B->migrating implies that its a consequence of the preceding clause. C-> Close call but "it" is ambigous here; can refer to Alaskon Salmon. e-> Disaster +1D
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26 Nov 2012, 07:10
I too concur with the above posters. The answer has to D!
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Another Vote for D. Marcab your explanation was nice one. Can you suggest which material are you refering for your SC prep. i am planing to take egmat SC...............
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Tiger shark, a rare example of creature that eats members of its own species, has preyed on the Alaskan salmon,
the species of fish that is born in fresh water, that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to
reproduce, more than the marko shark
A: that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than the marko shark that is ambiguous. more than the - more what? migrates more, reproduces more, attacks more?
B: migrating to the ocean and returning to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark it is ambiguous
C: that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark that seems to be ambiguous, it is ambiguous
D: migrates to the ocean, and returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than on the marko shark Correct
E: that migrates to the ocean, and for reproduction that returns to fresh water more than to the marko shark that is ambiguous, migrate and reproduction should be parallel
IMO, answer is D.
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I totally agree with all of you.
IMO D.
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Archit143 wrote: Another Vote for D. Marcab your explanation was nice one. Can you suggest which material are you refering for your SC prep. i am planing to take egmat SC............... Hii Archit. I am just referring to MGMAT SC in addition to watching Ron's Videos. It has been around 3 times that I have read the book and added some notes to my verbal pad. In other words dedicated to MGMAT. I heard great reviews about e-GMAT too and it seems that they are a great value for money. If you feel so, then go for it. And if possible, please ask for a discount for me. 
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Marcab wrote: Archit143 wrote: Another Vote for D. Marcab your explanation was nice one. Can you suggest which material are you refering for your SC prep. i am planing to take egmat SC............... Hii Archit. I am just referring to MGMAT SC in addition to watching Ron's Videos. It has been around 3 times that I have read the book and added some notes to my verbal pad. In other words dedicated to MGMAT. I heard great reviews about e-GMAT too and it seems that they are a great value for money. If you feel so, then go for it. And if possible, please ask for a discount for me. Arey sir why do u need a discount u r director of GMAT Club  I m thinking of trying SC of egmat
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Archit143 wrote: Marcab wrote: Archit143 wrote: Another Vote for D. Marcab your explanation was nice one. Can you suggest which material are you refering for your SC prep. i am planing to take egmat SC............... Hii Archit. I am just referring to MGMAT SC in addition to watching Ron's Videos. It has been around 3 times that I have read the book and added some notes to my verbal pad. In other words dedicated to MGMAT. I heard great reviews about e-GMAT too and it seems that they are a great value for money. If you feel so, then go for it. And if possible, please ask for a discount for me. Arey sir why do u need a discount u r director of GMAT Club I m thinking of trying SC of egmatDirector????As if this club is paying me a whopping salary that I don't need a discount coupon.  Btw go for e-GMAT.
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Tiger shark, a rare example of creature that eats members of its own species, has preyed on the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish that is born in fresh water, that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to
reproduce, more than the marko sharkA: Tiger shark HAS PREYED ON the Alaskan salmon MORE THAN the marko shark.... (ambiguous comparison) D: Tiger shark HAS PREYED ON the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish THAT IS born in fresh water, migrates to the ocean, and returns to fresh water to reproduce, MORE THAN ON the marko shark ("that" is missing before "migrates" and "returns" in D.) C: Tiger shark,..., HAS PREYED ON the Alaskan Salmon(AS), the species of fish THAT is born in fresh water; THAT migrates to the ocean, and THAT returns...to reproduce, MORE THAN IT HAS (preyed) ON the marko shark simply stated: Tiger shark has preyed on Alaskan salmon than it has on the marko shark. is the use of "it" referring to Tiger shark an issue here? seems too far from the subject. OA is
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Hii Bull. Completely agree with the explanation. After reading your explanation, everything in this question became as clear as water. Regarding the usage of "it", we may do one thing that can help fix the ambiguity issue. Tiger shark, a rare example of creature that eats members of its own species, has preyed on the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish that is born in fresh water, that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark. Now, I guess, it becomes very clear how "it" here refers to Tiger Shark only. "It" can's refer to Alaskan Salmon because it is a part of subordinate clause, which is not being given equal importance. wonderful question!!!
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gmatbull wrote: Tiger shark, a rare example of creature that eats members of its own species, has preyed on the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish that is born in fresh water, that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to
reproduce, more than the marko sharkA: Tiger shark HAS PREYED ON the Alaskan salmon MORE THAN the marko shark.... (ambiguous comparison) D: Tiger shark HAS PREYED ON the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish THAT IS born in fresh water, migrates to the ocean, and returns to fresh water to reproduce, MORE THAN ON the marko shark ("that" is missing before "migrates" and "returns" in D.) C: Tiger shark,..., HAS PREYED ON the Alaskan Salmon(AS), the species of fish THAT is born in fresh water; THAT migrates to the ocean, and THAT returns...to reproduce, MORE THAN IT HAS (preyed) ON the marko shark simply stated: Tiger shark has preyed on Alaskan salmon than it has on the marko shark. is the use of "it" referring to Tiger shark an issue here? seems too far from the subject. OA is Hi, Thanks GmatBull for the answer  (relieved ) The way i percieved this question with regards to option C and Option D is Option C that is born in fresh water that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark As per the intended meaning of sentence pronoun it refers to the Tiger Shark Option D (that) is born in fresh water migrates to the ocean returns to fresh water So ||'ism wise i feel both option C and D is acceptable. The subtle difference that lies between C and D is C: more than it has on the marko shark D:more than on the marko shark Though the option D is comparatively smaller (word-wise) than C, i feel that option C is stylistically preferable than option D. Also as per my understanding if C would not have been in the options, Choice D would have been the best among the rest and probably correct. Pls correct me if i'm missing some pt here. Thanks Jatin
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gmatbull wrote: Tiger shark, a rare example of creature that eats members of its own species, has preyed on the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish that is born in fresh water, that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to
reproduce, more than the marko sharkA: Tiger shark HAS PREYED ON the Alaskan salmon MORE THAN the marko shark.... (ambiguous comparison) D: Tiger shark HAS PREYED ON the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish THAT IS born in fresh water, migrates to the ocean, and returns to fresh water to reproduce, MORE THAN ON the marko shark ("that" is missing before "migrates" and "returns" in D.) C: Tiger shark,..., HAS PREYED ON the Alaskan Salmon(AS), the species of fish THAT is born in fresh water; THAT migrates to the ocean, and THAT returns...to reproduce, MORE THAN IT HAS (preyed) ON the marko shark simply stated: Tiger shark has preyed on Alaskan salmon than it has on the marko shark. is the use of "it" referring to Tiger shark an issue here? seems too far from the subject. OA is Apart from Pronoun, C and D seems to be correct only i guess. @ Bull "that" is missing before "migrates" and "returns" in D.Is this a serious issue...? I read like "In parallelism repeated words can be dropped off" Isn't this correct? If so why cant we drop "that" for "migrate" and "returns" ???
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Marcab wrote: Hii Bull.
Completely agree with the explanation.
After reading your explanation, everything in this question became as clear as water.
Regarding the usage of "it", we may do one thing that can help fix the ambiguity issue.
Tiger shark, a rare example of creature that eats members of its own species, has preyed on the Alaskan salmon, the species of fish that is born in fresh water, that migrates to the ocean, and that returns to fresh water to reproduce, more than it has on the marko shark.
Now, I guess, it becomes very clear how "it" here refers to Tiger Shark only.
"It" can's refer to Alaskan Salmon because it is a part of subordinate clause, which is not being given equal importance.
wonderful question!!! @Marcab Pronoun "it" cannot refer a noun in subordinate clause? I came across such sentence, which has pronoun points to subordinate clause. I'm searching for it... Will keep you posted...
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Hello Rajat & Shraddha, Pls could you help shed more light on the question raised by shanmugamgsn? (i) Tiger shark has preyed on AS, a species of fish THAT is born, that migrates, and that returns to water.......C (ii) Tiger shark has preyed on AS, a species of fish THAT is born, (that)migrates, and (that) returns to water...D Thanks as we look forward to hearing from you.
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