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Most states impose limitations on the authority of the legislature to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect taxpayers and the credit of the state government.
(A) to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect
(B) to borrow money, the objectives of which are the protecting of
(C) to borrow money, limitations intended to protect
(D) for borrowing money, of which the objective is protecting
(E) for borrowing money, limitations with the intent of protecting
(A) to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect
(B) to borrow money, the objectives of which are the protecting of
(C) to borrow money, limitations intended to protect
(D) for borrowing money, of which the objective is protecting
(E) for borrowing money, limitations with the intent of protecting
28 Sep 2017, 02:50
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Here's a quick rundown on A-C:
A) There's only one objective here ("to protect"). We're protecting two things--taxpayers and the credit of the state--but that still constitutes one objective. Additionally, you're not likely to see a clunky construction like "with their objectives being" in a correct answer.
B) "The objectives of which" is a noun modifier, so it should touch the noun it's meant to modify. There can be exceptions to this rule ("The King of Spain, who visited me" clearly modifies "King" and not "Spain"), but the modifier can't jump over two prepositional phrases to modify "limitations." Even if it could, one could argue that limitations can't have objectives. Only the people or groups implementing them can! (As a side note, "the protecting of" is also terrible usage.)
C) The GMAT loves to throw us off by repeating a previous noun. This is meant to provide clarity--we're talking about those limitations, and not any of the nouns that have appeared since--but this kind of repetition scares away people who aren't used to seeing it. That's just what the GMAT wants: to use language in a way that those with less experience will find unfamiliar and wrong! That's how they tell the top scorers from the rest.
Here's another good example of what I'm talking about in C: https://gmatclub.com/forum/proponents-o ... 81789.html
A) There's only one objective here ("to protect"). We're protecting two things--taxpayers and the credit of the state--but that still constitutes one objective. Additionally, you're not likely to see a clunky construction like "with their objectives being" in a correct answer.
B) "The objectives of which" is a noun modifier, so it should touch the noun it's meant to modify. There can be exceptions to this rule ("The King of Spain, who visited me" clearly modifies "King" and not "Spain"), but the modifier can't jump over two prepositional phrases to modify "limitations." Even if it could, one could argue that limitations can't have objectives. Only the people or groups implementing them can! (As a side note, "the protecting of" is also terrible usage.)
C) The GMAT loves to throw us off by repeating a previous noun. This is meant to provide clarity--we're talking about those limitations, and not any of the nouns that have appeared since--but this kind of repetition scares away people who aren't used to seeing it. That's just what the GMAT wants: to use language in a way that those with less experience will find unfamiliar and wrong! That's how they tell the top scorers from the rest.
Here's another good example of what I'm talking about in C: https://gmatclub.com/forum/proponents-o ... 81789.html
11 Dec 2012, 23:15
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Will vote for C
A. to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect. - Pronoun "their" is ambiguous - can refer to States or limitations
B. to borrow money, the objectives of which are the protecting of - of which ??
C. to borrow money, limitations intended to protect. - Correct - limitations intended to protect x & y
D. for borrowing money, of which the objective is protecting. - for borrowing money - idiom error
E. for borrowing money, limitations with the intent of protecting. - for borrowing money - idiom error
A. to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect. - Pronoun "their" is ambiguous - can refer to States or limitations
B. to borrow money, the objectives of which are the protecting of - of which ??
C. to borrow money, limitations intended to protect. - Correct - limitations intended to protect x & y
D. for borrowing money, of which the objective is protecting. - for borrowing money - idiom error
E. for borrowing money, limitations with the intent of protecting. - for borrowing money - idiom error
