Skywalker18
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Human beings are not well adapted to change and that creates many problems in the workplace because change has become the only real constant in companies today.
A) Human beings are not well adapted to change and that creates many problems in the workplace because change has become the only real constant in companies today.
B) Human beings are not well adapted for change and that creates many problems in the workplace because change has become the only real constant in companies today.
C) Human beings are not well adapted for change,which creates many problems in the workplace because change has become the only real constant in companies today.
D) Human beings are not well adapted to change and that created many problems in the workplace because change has become the only real constant in companies today.
E) Human beings are not adapted for change and that creates many problems in the workplace because change has become the only real constant in companies today.
It seems that "that" refers to the preceding clause "Human beings are not well adapted to change"
Is the usage of "that" in OA (A) correct?
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Skywalker18 - good catch.
No. The pronoun "that" cannot stand for a clause.
Option A would be correct if it stated, "Human beings are not well adapted to change and
that fact (or
that human characteristic) creates many problems in the workplace because change has become the only real constant in companies today."
In the rewritten sentence,
that in
that fact or in
that human characteristic is a demonstrative pronoun.
That points to
fact or to
human characteristic, both of which are summative modifiers (a word or phrase that we insert to describe an idea in the sentence, often to add emphasis or because we need a simpler subject that is not a clause).
The name of the inserted words is not important.
Just know that we can make up a word or phrase that summarizes an idea or clause in order to avoid convoluted sentences.
*EDIT - thanks Skywalker18: The source of this question says Manhattan GMAT. I doubt it. If it's from Manhattan anything, I'd bet it's from Manhattan Review.
Manhattan GMAT and Manhattan Review are not the same. Manhattan Review puts out questions whose quality is uneven at best.
If the question is from the renowned Manhattan Prep, the source will say MGMAT.