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The White Tiger is nicknamed “the Lightning” because it moves very quickly.

Is usage of the pronoun 'it' in the above statement correct ?

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In my opinion, yes.
‘The lightning’ is a nickname given to the tiger. If we assume that ‘it’ is referring to nickname, the sentence will be illogical, as the name cannot move quickly.
It makes more sense to say that the tiger moves quickly.

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The White Tiger is nicknamed “the Lightning” because it moves very quickly.

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Yes absolutely. Curious to know why you thought the usage might not be correct.
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This is a pronoun reference problem, it will try to associate to the closest noun, which in this case is the nickname. Hence you should avoid such ambiguity in GMAT answer choices.
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This is a pronoun reference problem, it will try to associate to the closest noun, which in this case is the nickname. Hence you should avoid such ambiguity in GMAT answer choices.
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In most of the questions you should do so, but in many questions, especially the hard ones, the logic is always best to rely on rather than grammatical rules.
GMAT not only tests the ability to identify the grammatical errors, but also tests the ability to comprehend the intended meaning.
If you think from the perspective of grammatical errors then the original statement is wrong (it refers to either the white tiger or the lightning). However, when you think logically, how can a nickname move quickly in the first place?
From what I have seen, Intended meaning > Grammatical issues. Although some ambiguity exists, if you come across such option do not mark it as incorrect. Instead, glance over other options, if other options do not convey the intended meaning then the original statement (white tiger.... quickly) will be the correct answer.

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The White Tiger is nicknamed “the Lightning” because it moves very quickly.

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Why not?
The subject of the sentence is the white tiger, the tiger can move quickly, and tiger is a singular noun: so IT logically refers to the tiger- ​no ambiguity, no problem.

(BTW the capitalisation in this sentence is strange. That probably isn't a GMAT-relevant problem.)


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