farhanc85 wrote:
According to the writings of Thorstein Veblen, the economist, the most reliable signal of a truly wealthy individual is his or her ability and willingness to engage in "conspicuous consumption"—to spend it in a way that is patently absurd or irrational.
A)Thorstein Veblen, the economist, the most reliable signal of a truly wealthy individual is his or her ability and willingness
B)Thorstein Veblen, the economist, the most reliable signal that one is truly wealthy is whether one is capable and willing
C)economist Thorstein Veblen, the most reliable signal of one's true wealth is whether an individual is capable and willing
D)the economist Thorstein Veblen, an individual's true wealth is most reliably signaled by their ability and willingness
E)the economist Thorstein Veblen, the most reliable signal of true wealth is an individual's ability and willingness
some theory:(
gmat will not test this)
this is a special idiom.: if you preface someone's name with a
noun describing their occupation (or other word describing what that person does), WITHOUT AN ARTICLE, you DO NOT use a comma.
if there's an article, you DO use a comma.
if it's an adjective, you DO use a comma.
example:Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ... --> correct
A jazz pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk ... --> correct
Creative and original, Thelonious Monk ... --> correct
Now lets come to question:
According to the writings of
Thorstein Veblen, the economist, the most reliable signal of a truly wealthy individual is his or her ability and willingness to engage in "conspicuous consumption"—to spend
it in a way that is patently absurd or irrational.
if you read this then you will find that there is IT in non underlined portion.
to spend it ===> what we will spend according to this question....obviously wealth ....so we need WEALTH as a noun for the pronoun IT.
BASING THIS ERROR you can eliminate options A and B
LETS COME TO OPTIONS:
A)Thorstein Veblen, the economist, the most reliable signal of a truly
wealthy individual is his or her ability and willingness
WRONG.-- We need wealth in place of wealthy as discussed.
B)Thorstein Veblen, the economist, the most reliable signal that one is truly wealthy is whether one is capable and willing
WRONG.--same as A
C)economist Thorstein Veblen, the most reliable signal of
one's true wealth is whether an
individual is capable and willing
WRONG.--
ONE cannot be replaced by
individual ...
one should always be replaced by
oneD)the economist Thorstein Veblen, an individual's true wealth is most reliably signaled by
their ability and willingness
WRONG.-- their == plural and individua = singular...pronoun number error.
E)the economist Thorstein Veblen, the most reliable signal of true wealth is an individual's ability and willingness
CORRECT.HENCE
E