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While depressed property values can hurt some large [#permalink]
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While depressed property values can hurt some large investors,they are potentially devastating for homeowners,whose equity-in many cases representing a life's savings- can plunge or even disappear.
A. same
B. they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
C. for homeowners they are potentially devastating,because their
D. for homeowners,it is potentially devastating in that their
E. it can potentially devastate homeowners,whose
I chose B - is it correct ?
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dont know much.......
but what is bad in A ???
can be A........ btw, wots the ans??
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I choose A b/c of pronoun usage in B
whats the difference between using they and their?
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Re: SC While depressed [#permalink]
21 Feb 2007, 21:12
Tough one... They all seem wrong. 
A and E are wrong, because homeowners can't have any equity, only homes can have equity. I don't like B either because it looks like a dangling modifier problem - it is not clear what/who is "they" depressed property values or investors + what is "their"? homeowners? they can't have equity; depressed property values? does not make sence at all. And C looks flawed, what's "their" depressed property values, homeowners, not clear. D same.
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While depressed property values can hurt some large investors,they are potentially devastating for homeowners,whose equity-in many cases representing a life's savings- can plunge or even disappear.
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Here "they" refers to the subject of the modifier (property values)
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Re: SC While depressed [#permalink]
22 Feb 2007, 07:23
kkarank wrote: While depressed property values can hurt some large investors,they are potentially devastating for homeowners,whose equity-in many cases representing a life's savings- can plunge or even disappear.
A. same
B. they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
C. for homeowners they are potentially devastating,because their
D. for homeowners,it is potentially devastating in that their
E. it can potentially devastate homeowners,whose
I chose B - is it correct ?
A.
all have pronouns, so let's pick the answer with the least ambiguous pronoun reference.
B-"their" is very ambiguous. "in that" is wordy
C-"their"
D-"it" is a pronoun error
E-"it" is a pronoun error
"they" refers to depressed property values, through logical flow of sentence. And proper usage of "whose" to refer to homeowners removes any ambiguity at the end of the sentence.
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It seems that the right answer is A.
Look at prior threads, this one for example
http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=34025
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yes the Answer is A but what is wrong with the 'in that' bit in B ??
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kkarank wrote: yes the Answer is A but what is wrong with the 'in that' bit in B ??
B is wrong, because we have an option A 
B is more wordy and introduces uncertainty with the word can potentially........
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Re: SC While depressed [#permalink]
02 Nov 2011, 01:45
kkarank wrote: While depressed property values can hurt some large investors,they are potentially devastating for homeowners,whose equity-in many cases representing a life's savings- can plunge or even disappear.
A. same
B. they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
C. for homeowners they are potentially devastating,because their
D. for homeowners,it is potentially devastating in that their
E. it can potentially devastate homeowners,whose
I chose B - is it correct ? +1 A. In B who is "their" referring to ?
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Re: While depressed property values can hurt some large [#permalink]
02 Nov 2011, 07:12
The less weird and the most appropriate must be A.
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Re: While depressed property values can hurt some large [#permalink]
02 Nov 2011, 07:22
IMO-E,
"depressed property values" requires It and not They.Hence option B & A are out. "For homeowners" as well its awkward.
Can someone please correct if i am missing something.
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Re: While depressed property values can hurt some large [#permalink]
02 Nov 2011, 12:18
A is the best answer
A. they are potentially devastating for homeowners,whose [Whose correctly refer to homeowners]
B. they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their [their reference]
C. for homeowners they are potentially devastating,because their [their reference]
D. for homeowners,it is potentially devastating in that their [SVA]
E. it can potentially devastate homeowners,whose [SVA it??]
OA Please
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Re: While depressed property values can hurt some large [#permalink]
03 Nov 2011, 08:05
Answer is A. Because all pronouns clearly refer to their antecedents
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Re: While depressed property values can hurt some large [#permalink]
21 Mar 2012, 09:38
OA is A. Plural subject requires plural pronoun. So D & E out. B & C modification error. 'their' seems to be modifying homeowners instead of property values.
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Re: While depressed property values can hurt some large [#permalink]
21 Mar 2012, 09:48
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