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18 May 2019, 22:27
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Pronoun issue:
(A) & (B) has pronounced nd at the end of the underline. Other three do not have a pronoun:
>>> since you have a parallel structure with "...and...", one way you can deduce the structure is to (temporarily) eliminate the other half of that parallel structure.
in other words, since "is more than 2000 years old and..." is not underlined, it doesn't contribute to the structure at all, so you can ignore it. (this is the same way in which you can, for instance, detect pronoun case more easily: for instance, "john and i went to the theater" --> "i went to the theater".)
so, this is all you have to look at:
the army ... took the artisans more than 36 years to complete.
this is sufficient on its own, without a pronoun at the end, in much the same way as this: this test is hard to finish (not "hard to finish it").
**you don't need to repeat "it", since the army is already the subject.
for instance:
I took my bag and went home.
same deal here - "I" is already the subject of both verbs, by default. there's no need to say "...and I went home", a construction that would actually detract from the compactness of the sentence.**
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Run on: you can not add two independent clause with just a connector. You need comma + a connector.
>>>>(D) introduces a new independent clause (including a subject and verb), which is inappropriate without a comma in front of the "and".
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Parallelisms: the two verb doesn't have to be in the same tense.
>>>>>Think about the meaning of the sentence. The author is giving us two "wow" facts about this army of terra-cotta soldiers:
1/ It ___________.
2/ It took 36 years to finish.
What is fact #1?
Note: If you're reading the original prompt as you should"”focusing on what it's supposed to say, NOT on grammar"”then, by the time you're debating this split, you should already know what #1 is.
**"Is" and "took" are verbs with the same subject, so "is xxxx" and "took yyyy" are perfectly parallel**
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(A) & (B) has pronounced nd at the end of the underline. Other three do not have a pronoun:
>>> since you have a parallel structure with "...and...", one way you can deduce the structure is to (temporarily) eliminate the other half of that parallel structure.
in other words, since "is more than 2000 years old and..." is not underlined, it doesn't contribute to the structure at all, so you can ignore it. (this is the same way in which you can, for instance, detect pronoun case more easily: for instance, "john and i went to the theater" --> "i went to the theater".)
so, this is all you have to look at:
the army ... took the artisans more than 36 years to complete.
this is sufficient on its own, without a pronoun at the end, in much the same way as this: this test is hard to finish (not "hard to finish it").
**you don't need to repeat "it", since the army is already the subject.
for instance:
I took my bag and went home.
same deal here - "I" is already the subject of both verbs, by default. there's no need to say "...and I went home", a construction that would actually detract from the compactness of the sentence.**
*********************************
Run on: you can not add two independent clause with just a connector. You need comma + a connector.
>>>>(D) introduces a new independent clause (including a subject and verb), which is inappropriate without a comma in front of the "and".
************************
Parallelisms: the two verb doesn't have to be in the same tense.
>>>>>Think about the meaning of the sentence. The author is giving us two "wow" facts about this army of terra-cotta soldiers:
1/ It ___________.
2/ It took 36 years to finish.
What is fact #1?
Note: If you're reading the original prompt as you should"”focusing on what it's supposed to say, NOT on grammar"”then, by the time you're debating this split, you should already know what #1 is.
**"Is" and "took" are verbs with the same subject, so "is xxxx" and "took yyyy" are perfectly parallel**
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03 Jun 2019, 08:18
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TommyWallach
TOM, Could you help me by explaining the question with a logical approach, also, I chose C over B due to redundancy of "it". HOWEVER, I truly believe that it is correctly referring to the collective noun army
01 Jul 2019, 22:28
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Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them.
Here as I can see GMAT is testing pronoun error.
A. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them
Sub:”the army of terra-cotta warriors” took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them.
Ok But “the army” is singular, How Them will refer to the army ( them use for plural ) so (WRONG)
B. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it
Again It —> I did not get the logic behind it. Sub is the army and it never refer to the army (WRONG)
C. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
CORRECT. No issue of pronoun either them or it.
D. 700,000 artisans took more than 36 years to complete
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E. to complete them took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years
To complete them? Them is ambiguous to whom its refer. Army ?
the army of terra-cotta warriors to complete them took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years.
Ha ha I don’t know the meaning of this. So WRONG
Here as I can see GMAT is testing pronoun error.
A. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them
Sub:”the army of terra-cotta warriors” took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them.
Ok But “the army” is singular, How Them will refer to the army ( them use for plural ) so (WRONG)
B. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it
Again It —> I did not get the logic behind it. Sub is the army and it never refer to the army (WRONG)
C. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
CORRECT. No issue of pronoun either them or it.
D. 700,000 artisans took more than 36 years to complete
Complete https://gmatclub.com/chat is changing
E. to complete them took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years
To complete them? Them is ambiguous to whom its refer. Army ?
the army of terra-cotta warriors to complete them took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years.
Ha ha I don’t know the meaning of this. So WRONG
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