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Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, even though it is certainly home to the stocks of some of the world’s great corporations, restricted their gains.
(A) even though it is certainly
(B) which, while it is certainly
(C) despite that that market is certainly
(D) which, though certainly
(E) although, certainly as
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(A) even though it is certainly
(B) which, while it is certainly
(C) despite that that market is certainly
(D) which, though certainly
(E) although, certainly as
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In the fall of 1995, I set out to become a global investor, convinced that limiting my investments to the U.S. stock market — though certainly home to some truly great corporations — restricted my ability to profit from the growth of companies building the products, selling the goods and providing the services responsible for the economies expanding beyond America's shores.
In the fall of 1995, I set out to become a global investor, convinced that limiting my investments to the U.S. stock market — though certainly home to some truly great corporations — restricted my ability to profit from the growth of companies building the products, selling the goods and providing the services responsible for the economies expanding beyond America's shores.
Updated on: 10 May 2019, 15:16
Originally posted by EMPOWERgmatVerbal on 03 May 2019, 14:55.
Last edited by EMPOWERgmatVerbal on 10 May 2019, 15:16, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by EMPOWERgmatVerbal on 10 May 2019, 15:16, edited 1 time in total.
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Hello Everyone!
Let's tackle this question, one thing at a time, and narrow it down to the correct answer quickly! To begin, let's take a quick scan over the options, highlighting any major differences between the options in orange:
Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, even though it is certainly home to the stocks of some of the world’s great corporations, restricted their gains.
A. even though it is certainly
B. which, while it is certainly
C. despite that that market is certainly
D. which, though certainly
E. although, certainly as
After a quick scan over the options and the original sentence, it looks like we're dealing with MODIFIERS. The best way to tackle modifiers is to plug each option into the sentence and check for a few things:
1. Are the modifiers clearly referring to the right antecedents?
2. Are there any unclear or vague pronouns?
3. Does the sentence still work with the modifier taken out?
Let's take a look at each option with the underlined portion plugged in and eliminate any that don't work:
A. Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, even though it is certainly home to the stocks of some of the world’s great corporations, restricted their gains.
This is CORRECT! There aren't any issues with how this modifier is worded, and it's clear that the pronoun "it" is referring to the United States stock market.
B. Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, which,while it is certainly home to the stocks of some of the world’s great corporations, restricted their gains.
If we read what's left over, it doesn't really work. Parenthetical statements - statements wedged between commas - are considered non-essential clauses, which means they can be removed from the sentence without changing meaning or creating grammatical errors. If we take out the modifier here and leave the "which," it sounds like the clause was cut off mid-thought. Therefore, we can eliminate this option because the word "which" chops in half the modifier "convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market restricted their gains."
C. Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, despite that that market is certainly home to the stocks of some of the world’s great corporations, restricted their gains.
This is INCORRECT because the construction is confusing and overly wordy. The modifier and the phrase after it ("restricted their gains") both sound like verb phrases, which is confusing. It should be clear to readers that "limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market" is how they restricted their gains, NOT that the market has some of the world's biggest corporations. The way this is worded makes it hard to follow what the writer is trying to say.
D. Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, which,though certainly home to the stocks of some of the world’s great corporations, restricted their gains.
This option has the same problem as option B - it chops up the modifier into two parts, instead of leaving it as one statement when you remove the parenthetical phrase.
E. Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, although,certainly as home to the stocks of some of the world’s great corporations, restricted their gains.
Again, this option splits the modifier into two parts, which doesn't work.
There you have it - option A was the correct choice all along! It's the only one that uses clear wording and correct modifiers to convey meaning.
Don't study for the GMAT. Train for it.
Let's tackle this question, one thing at a time, and narrow it down to the correct answer quickly! To begin, let's take a quick scan over the options, highlighting any major differences between the options in orange:
Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, even though it is certainly home to the stocks of some of the world’s great corporations, restricted their gains.
A. even though it is certainly
B. which, while it is certainly
C. despite that that market is certainly
D. which, though certainly
E. although, certainly as
After a quick scan over the options and the original sentence, it looks like we're dealing with MODIFIERS. The best way to tackle modifiers is to plug each option into the sentence and check for a few things:
1. Are the modifiers clearly referring to the right antecedents?
2. Are there any unclear or vague pronouns?
3. Does the sentence still work with the modifier taken out?
Let's take a look at each option with the underlined portion plugged in and eliminate any that don't work:
A. Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, even though it is certainly home to the stocks of some of the world’s great corporations, restricted their gains.
This is CORRECT! There aren't any issues with how this modifier is worded, and it's clear that the pronoun "it" is referring to the United States stock market.
B. Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, which,
If we read what's left over, it doesn't really work. Parenthetical statements - statements wedged between commas - are considered non-essential clauses, which means they can be removed from the sentence without changing meaning or creating grammatical errors. If we take out the modifier here and leave the "which," it sounds like the clause was cut off mid-thought. Therefore, we can eliminate this option because the word "which" chops in half the modifier "convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market restricted their gains."
C. Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, despite that that market is certainly home to the stocks of some of the world’s great corporations, restricted their gains.
This is INCORRECT because the construction is confusing and overly wordy. The modifier and the phrase after it ("restricted their gains") both sound like verb phrases, which is confusing. It should be clear to readers that "limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market" is how they restricted their gains, NOT that the market has some of the world's biggest corporations. The way this is worded makes it hard to follow what the writer is trying to say.
D. Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, which,
This option has the same problem as option B - it chops up the modifier into two parts, instead of leaving it as one statement when you remove the parenthetical phrase.
E. Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, although,
Again, this option splits the modifier into two parts, which doesn't work.
There you have it - option A was the correct choice all along! It's the only one that uses clear wording and correct modifiers to convey meaning.
Don't study for the GMAT. Train for it.
26 Apr 2019, 05:04
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Many stock traders in the United States have set out to become global investors, convinced that limiting their investments to the U.S. stock market, even though it is certainly home to the stocks of some of the world's great corporations, restricted their gains.
the underlined portion is a DEPENDENT clause and should be talking of the US stock markets.
Secondly, we are talking of not limiting to US markets and then talk of some positive aspect of US market. So a bit of contrast required. Even though and although are correct
(A) even though it is certainly
Even though is correctly used - Even though+subject+verb. The dependent clause is properly framed, and the pronoun IT correctly refers back to singular MARKET.
Correct
(B) which, while it is certainly
the construction is not proper. Which is a relative clause but is not proper here.
The COMMA after which makes it a run on sentence.
(C) despite that that market is certainly
the usage of despite is not correct.
Firstly despite should generally be followed by a pronoun or noun.
The meaning conveyed is illogical. What we meant is that even though the US markets are home to best of companies, the traders are looking towards other markets too. The message conveyed now is ' despite 'the traders moving to other markets ', the us markets are home to ...
(D) which, though certainly
Same as B
(E) although, certainly as
Comma after although is wrong. AS is not correct
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