Everyone needs to adopt himself

Question

Everyone needs  to adopt himself to the new way of detecting errors.

(A) to adopt himself to the new way of detecting errors.
(B) to adapt themselves to the new way of detecting errors.
(C) to adapt herself to the new way of detecting errors.
(D) to adapt himself to the new way of detecting errors.
(E) to adopt the new way of detecting errors.

matthewsmith_89 · Answer

Can someone explain me the difference between C & D

VyshakhR1995 · Answer

I think(not sure) D is right because it repeats Himself from the original sentence

mbsingh · Answer

I am confused between B and E. 
Both B and E makes sense but D doesnt seem right. Everyone should't have gender specific himself or herself pointing back at it.

GMATNinja · Answer

Just a friendly reminder to please please please specify the source whenever you post a new question!

It always pains me to say this, but I wouldn't worry too much about this one. It really doesn't resemble a real GMAT question, unfortunately. I've never seen a GMAT question that uses a gender-specific pronoun ("himself" or "herself") to refer back to "everyone" -- and if (D) is correct, there's absolutely no reason why (C) is wrong. But the GMAT wouldn't test that issue, anyway.

The intended meaning of the sentence is also unclear. Do we want people to "adapt to the new way of detecting errors" or "adopt the new way of detecting errors"? Either could be correct.

Anyway -- please don't waste time on this one. But you should take a look at mbsingh's blog! See the signature in the post above this one.

mbsingh · Answer

Hahaha Thanks for the plug bud. Got me 20 extra views lol

GMATNinja · Answer

Lol, just 20 extra views?! Man, this is a tough crowd. :lol:

mbsingh · Answer

hahha seems like it. Oh well 20 is still better than 2. It's helping with writing skill for sure, would highly recommend all the prospective applicants to do it.

Nightmare007 · Answer

I think none of the options are correct 
When Everyone is present , we can never use gender specific himself / herself . 
though we can use oneself.
adopt - adopting some child / an idea.
Adapt - a new way of approach , a new way of life.
Adapt > Adopt in this question but no answer is right.

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