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12 Apr 2023, 01:30
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Despite the platform of the opposition party supporting the measure, they keep voting against campaign finance reform in Congress.
(A) the platform of the opposition party supporting the measure, they keep
(B) they keep the opposition party’s platform supporting the measure, they keep
(C) the opposition party’s platform which supports the measure, it keeps
(D) support of the measure being in the opposition party’s platform, it keeps
(E) the opposition party’s platform supporting the measure, party members keep
(A) the platform of the opposition party supporting the measure, they keep
(B) they keep the opposition party’s platform supporting the measure, they keep
(C) the opposition party’s platform which supports the measure, it keeps
(D) support of the measure being in the opposition party’s platform, it keeps
(E) the opposition party’s platform supporting the measure, party members keep
06 May 2023, 13:00
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Bunuel
KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
STEP 1: READ THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE CAREFULLY, LOOKING FOR ERRORS
Pattern Recognition and Attention to the Right Detail are essential to spotting pronoun issues in Sentence Correction. Here, you should be paying attention to the word “they” in the underlined portion of the sentence. Colloquially, it’s common to use “they” as a nebulous pronoun with no clear antecedent. On the GMAT, though, such usage is always wrong. In this sentence, it isn’t clear who “they” refers to, so you know that’s an issue that needs to be fixed by the correct answer.
STEP 2: SCAN AND GROUP THE ANSWER CHOICES
The beginnings of the answer choices don’t yield much in the way of splits, but the ends definitely do: (A) and (B) end with “they,” (C) and (D) end with “it,” and (E) dispenses with pronouns entirely. You have a 2-2-1 split.
STEP 3: ELIMINATE CHOICES UNTIL ONLY ONE REMAINS
The pronoun use here is wrong, because the sentence does not contain an antecedent plural noun to which “they” could refer. So (A) and (B) are incorrect. (C) and (D) contain the singular pronoun “it”—but once again, the pronoun reference is confusing and wrong. It’s not the party platform that keeps voting against the measure, as these choices imply. Both (C) and (D) can be eliminated. Only (E), which avoids faulty pronoun reference and makes it clear that “party members” keep voting against the measure, makes sense and is the correct answer.
