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Since digital recording offers essentially perfect reproduction - on compact discs, digital audiotapes, or digital videodiscs- audiophiles can accumulate vast collections of music, transferring them from one format to another, copying it, and digitally altering it with little effort and not damaging the sound quality

A - music, transferring them from one format to another, copying it, and digitally altering it with little effort and not damaging
B - music, transferring it from one format to another, copying it, and digitally altering it with little effort and no damage to
C - music, transferring them from one format to another, copy them, and digitally alter them with little effort and no damage to
D - music and transfer it from one format to another, copy it, and then digitally altering it with little effort and not damaging
E - music and transfer it from one format to another, copying it, and digitally alter it with little effort and no damage to

Key points,

• Error 1 - Pronouns - vast collections of music - plural, it vs them
• Error 2 - Parallelism - accumulate, transferring, copying, digitally altering

Answer C

I was confused between those two as well, ultimately the rules won and I figured that "them" agreed with "collections". However, even C didnt quite sound right to me it was the technically sound answer..

I guess we easy kill would be A and D. little effort and not damaging is not parallel.
Both C and E are not parallel. We can be 100% sure that transfer, copy and alter should be parallel
B looks fine from both pronoun and parallelism perspective.

This is damn good Q. So many things to consider before making an selection.....

Cheers

What about the answer choice?
IMO a prepositional phrase can't contain the subject, hence shouldn't the "collections" be the subject rather than "music"?

Basically I transfer music.

I'll go for B

If I say, "Carcass, can you burn your collections of music on an audio CD?"- whats wrong in it?
But if I say, "Carcass, can you burn you music on an audio CD?"- does it sounds right?

The main issue with C, IMO, is that if we consider it correct then in that case we are changing the meaning. In the original sentence, it was not intended to mean that the result of accumulation of music is transferring from one format to another.
There is almost a similar question.
Source: e-gmat

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I guess Audiophile is still the subject of the sentence right. ...
music is the object of transfer copy and alter.... correct me if u
feel otherwise ...

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Ya mod I agree.

But for the argument at stake If I read the question clearly the meaning convey with this logic chain (at least for me): X can accumulate a vast collections of music transfering IT \(or\) THEM and bla bla bla.....at the top of my head I intend suddenly the music not the collections..........

I hope I do not make a colossal blunder

I guess its should be " can you please burn your music collection on an audio Cd. " and
I think it should be collection of music instead of collectionS of
music..... pls feel free to critique

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It implies you have a GMAT EAR.
You must be a native I guess and most probably you won't make the mistake.
THe logic provided by you is the same as that by Ron, what else can I say in your praise.

Yes IMO you are correct.
But my doubt still persists. How can a prepositional phrase be the subject of the clause?
A box of nails, which is kept upon the table, is black in color.
Here the subject is box, not nails.

Regarding your first sentence, I feel otherwise.
MGMAT says: "soldier from Boston" is better than "Boston soldier".

Regarding your second one, I also felt the same but all the answer choices had the same issue. So we have to move on.

Thank you Sir

often I base my choice not on my simple ear (in that case what seems correct, the most of time is incorrect) but logic. Infact you said the exact term: GMAT EAR or what the sentence trying to comunicate, just in front of you.

I do not want to do advice (here there are people with a better understanding of the verbal part of the gmat than me) but is important to have an holistic approach to this exam. you have a toolbox, use it fully

This is the second one and it would be great to discuss the answer choice A.

Anyways the OA is

Psychiatrists ..........they become ......have no sense at all

Specifically in A: is the noun lying that signals something NOT the doctors

This question, in my opinion, is great because magnifies the fact that the antecedent is interactions: plural. But here the connection or pivotal point is Lying. The question is great as reasoning. Always: trying to simply the question to the core

We must have \(IT\) that refers to lying

C what are the kinds.......they signal.........no sense

D that is signaled by it.......passive, awkward has no sense

E must be correct

Sorry, but why would it be incorrect? A makes perfect sense. It's not lying or psychiatrist we are referring to, but social interactions.