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Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   15 May 2021, 10:47
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Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, that baboons groom higher-ranking individuals in their group early in the day.


A) explain, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, that baboons
B) explain that, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, baboons
C) explain that because they are very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, so baboons
D) explain, very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members being caught in a fight, baboons
E) explain that baboons are very eager for constant access to food and backup from stronger members in a fight; they therefore
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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   15 May 2021, 11:32
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Not really a 700 level SC

A) explain, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, that baboons

No good

B) explain that, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, baboons

no good

C) explain that because they are very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, so baboons

Horrible

D) explain, very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members being caught in a fight, baboons

explain ........ baboons . Not good

E) explain that baboons are very eager for constant access to food and backup from stronger members in a fight; they therefore

explain why X does so....(they) refers correctly to baboons

E i the answer
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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   15 May 2021, 11:53
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Not really a 700 level SC

A) explain, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, that baboons

No good

B) explain that, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, baboons

no good

C) explain that because they are very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, so baboons

Horrible

D) explain, very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members being caught in a fight, baboons

explain ........ baboons . Not good

E) explain that baboons are very eager for constant access to food and backup from stronger members in a fight; they therefore

explain why X does so....(they) refers correctly to baboons

E i the answer


sir in E can't "they" refer back to researchers?

Because researchers are the subject for first independent clause so the pronoun of the second independent clause may unambiguously refer back to the subject of the first.

please explain

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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   15 May 2021, 14:20
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carcass wrote:
Not really a 700 level SC

A) explain, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, that baboons

No good

B) explain that, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, baboons

no good

C) explain that because they are very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, so baboons

Horrible

D) explain, very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members being caught in a fight, baboons

explain ........ baboons . Not good

E) explain that baboons are very eager for constant access to food and backup from stronger members in a fight; they therefore

explain why X does so....(they) refers correctly to baboons

E i the answer


sir in E can't "they" refer back to researchers?

Because researchers are the subject for first independent clause so the pronoun of the second independent clause may unambiguously refer back to the subject of the first.

please explain

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No from the context. This is very important when you are looking for the meaning of the sentence. They must refer to the baboons for logic.

Moreover, they groom.....if the researchers groom ...make no sense

Therefore should be enclosed between two commas. From these nuances, you can see a high-end question from a good question for the GMAT exam

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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   18 May 2021, 06:43
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Can someone explain why B is wrong. Is it a dangling modifier or the being? If it is the Being, then what are its correct usages.

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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   18 May 2021, 22:41
Why "being" cannot be used as modifier of baboons as seen in choice B?
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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   19 May 2021, 04:08
Is option B wrong because it isn't clear what the modifying phrase starting with 'being' is modifying - researchers or baboons? Or is the reason something else?
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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   21 May 2021, 13:07
TommyWallach can you please help with this one?
Why in option E, we are not considering "THEY" to be a case of ambiguity.

Thanks in advance :)
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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   23 May 2021, 06:44
carcass wrote:
Not really a 700 level SC

A) explain, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, that baboons

No good

B) explain that, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, baboons

no good

C) explain that because they are very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, so baboons

Horrible

D) explain, very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members being caught in a fight, baboons

explain ........ baboons . Not good

E) explain that baboons are very eager for constant access to food and backup from stronger members in a fight; they therefore

explain why X does so....(they) refers correctly to baboons

E i the answer


Sir, Are we ignoring all the other options because of the Pronoun & Meaning errors?
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Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   29 May 2021, 23:46
sanjayparihar16 wrote:
TommyWallach can you please help with this one?
Why in option E, we are not considering "THEY" to be a case of ambiguity.

Thanks in advance :)


Hey sanjayparihar16, I'm no expert but pronoun ambiguity is not an absolute rule. Also, they can logically only refer back to baboons. Perhaps, it isn't 100% clear that they can only refer to baboons, but the option is much better than the others.
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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   30 May 2021, 16:04
I am not convinced why B is incorrect. I think "being" and "they" correctly refers to "baboons".
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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   30 May 2021, 20:04
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Agreed. Although "being" is often a sign of poor construction in an SC answer, it's a real word, and we need a concrete reason to throw B out. We could quibble about who "they" refers to, but E is no more clear than B. In fact, it's set up to make "they" sound like the researchers! I wouldn't recommend studying from this question.
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Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   30 May 2021, 22:11
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Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, that baboons groom higher-ranking individuals in their group early in the day.


A) explain, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, that baboons
B) explain that, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, baboons
C) explain that because they are very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, so baboons
D) explain, very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members being caught in a fight, baboons
E) explain that baboons are very eager for constant access to food and backup from stronger members in a fight; they therefore


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There is no reason why would E be better than B.

B) explain that, being very eager to have constant access to food and secure backup from stronger members if they get caught in a fight, baboons
The pronoun 'they' correctly refers to Baboons, and the modifier 'Being...fight' correctly refers to baboons.
One may say that "being" is generally not in the right choice in GMAT. But 'being' will never be the lone reason for discarding a right choice.

E) explain that baboons are very eager for constant access to food and backup from stronger members in a fight; they therefore
The pronoun 'they' could easily relate to researchers.

So, not a very properly worded question.
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Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2021, 11:22
This sentence seems to be about researchers explaining a phenomenon to us. If that is true, "they" in E must refer back to researchers not baboons. Am I correct in this assumption? In this case, E would be incorrect. I am not seeing anything wrong, besides some awkward wording, with B.
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Re: Researchers explain, being very eager to have constant access to food [#permalink] New post   02 Aug 2022, 21:44
"They " should not have any ambiguity.
In options ABC, "they" can refer to researchers or stronger members, but it should refer to baboons.

Therefore eliminate ABC.

D - stronger members being caught in a fight . Definitely wrong.

E - not sure what "they" refers to but still better than options.

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