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The driver took the people for a ride who had been waiting.

Is this correct?

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The driver took the people for a ride who had been waiting.
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Wouldn't this be infinitely better:

The driver took the people who had been waiting, for a ride.
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The driver took the people for a ride who had been waiting.
Wouldn't this be infinitely better:

The driver took the people who had been waiting, for a ride.
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But why above sentence is wrong? And can we refer who to non living things?
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It is because the original sentence conveys a wrong intended meaning. To take someone for a ride, is an idiom which means to deceive or to cheat. GMAT needs not just grammar but also also meaning.
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It is because the original sentence conveys a wrong intended meaning. To take someone for a ride, is an idiom which means to deceive or to cheat. GMAT needs not just grammar but also also meaning.
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Oh yeah...this completely missed my attention :) .

So, the correct sentence will be:

The driver gave the people who had been waiting, a ride.

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