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02 Oct 2020, 07:08
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ravigupta2912
A. Not only <Subject> 1st clause part but <it >also 2nd clause part
It refers to Subject= the systematic clearing of forests in the United States
But it doesn’t make sense because 2nd clause is not an addition to 1st clause but meaning is to show contrast
Reject A on basis of meaning
B. Not only subject but also –subject is missing- we need it for idiomatic structure
wrong structure
D. Subject ..1st clause ..but it …2nd clause ( contrast.r.t 1st clause)
E. Subject not only xxx but also xx – idiomatic
Subject not only xxx but IT also xx – non-idiomatic
in Summary,
Not only ..........., (but) (also) - should connect same parts of speech.
2nd clause should have same structure as 1st clause.The structure would be defined by position of not only ( if it is present) as :-
Not only <subject > xxx, but IT also - OK
<subject> not only xx,,,but also xx -OK
<subject> xx, but it also yy - OK
<subject> xx, but yy - OK
<not only > subject xx, it also yy
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02 Oct 2020, 07:13
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imSKR -- thanks for your post. So are we saying that in a sentence, pronouns will always refer to the subject of the sentence? If i go by that logic then the question of pronoun ambiguity can only arise when there are multiple subjects in a sentence?
But that is not usually the case, right? I'm still confused, why exactly, pronoun ambiguity is not even a factor in D.
But that is not usually the case, right? I'm still confused, why exactly, pronoun ambiguity is not even a factor in D.
02 Oct 2020, 08:28
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I follow 2 below advise from Gmatninja on this issue :
1. Subject of the 2nd independence clause (if a pronoun) should refer back to the subject of the first I.C. - our first consideration
2. The pronoun should refer to any referents, only one of which should makes sense. You don't want to overreact to that, though. Don't eliminate it immediately, just on that basis alone. But if you have a better option that removes the pronoun ambiguity -- and that doesn't have more serious problems -- go ahead and select the option that removes the ambiguity only if you have other better options.
1. rule-refer to systematic clearing of forests
2. rule- How can furniture deforested whole regions? How can farmland by itself deforested whole regions? - again with this rule, it makes sense with systematic clearing of forests .
In short,
1. pronoun is ambiguous when multiple nouns refer to single pronoun
2. Is there any better option without ambiguity.( Just by removing pronoun doesn't solve the problem. You can not risk structure , meaning and other critical factors for sake of pronoun ambiguity)
As by GmatNinja: Pronoun Ambiguity is admittedly a little bit of a grey area on the GMAT. The GMAT definitely tests pronoun ambiguity, but it isn't an absolute rule that you must need to get rid of pronoun always.
