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Scientists have recently discovered that nearly all of the world’s sharks live at ocean depths of 2,000 meters or less; leaving them well within reach of the deadly fishing nets of modern deep-sea trawlers.

(A) leaving them well within reach of the deadly fishing nets of modern deep-sea trawlers.
(B) they are, therefore, well within reach of the deadly fishing nets of modern deep-sea trawlers.
(C) leaving us well within reach of the deadly fishing nets of modern deep-sea trawlers.
(D) and this creates a danger zone within reach of modern deep-sea trawlers’ deadly fishing nets.
(E) which makes them well within reach of the deadly fishing nets of modern deep-sea trawlers.
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Re: Scientists have recently discovered that nearly all of [#permalink] New post   11 May 2017, 08:56
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The first part of the sentence ends with semicolon. So the second part has to be an independent sentence. Only option B satisfies the condition.

Hence, answer B.
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Re: Scientists have recently discovered that nearly all of [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2017, 13:13
The answer is B, but B has the problem that the pronoun "they" has an ambiguous referent (scientist VS shark).
Off course scientist cannot live underneath the sea level at 2000 m and off course GMAT put meaning first, but I don't think a real GMAT question would appear in this format.

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Re: Scientists have recently discovered that nearly all of [#permalink] New post   18 Jun 2017, 05:16
matt882 wrote:
The answer is B, but B has the problem that the pronoun "they" has an ambiguous referent (scientist VS shark).
Off course scientist cannot live underneath the sea level at 2000 m and off course GMAT put meaning first, but I don't think a real GMAT question would appear in this format.

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agree with you mate , they in 2nd clause would correct if shark were presented 1st in the 1st clause .
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Re: Scientists have recently discovered that nearly all of [#permalink] New post   27 Jun 2017, 23:25
matt882 wrote:
The answer is B, but B has the problem that the pronoun "they" has an ambiguous referent (scientist VS shark).
Off course scientist cannot live underneath the sea level at 2000 m and off course GMAT put meaning first, but I don't think a real GMAT question would appear in this format.

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Either this question is wrong or this is a very difficult question :P.

I rejected option B because I felt "they" should refer to Scientists. I read someone telling on this forum that GMAT has cleared that in two independent clauses, the pronoun should refer to the first noun.

Expert advice is needed.
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Re: Scientists have recently discovered that nearly all of [#permalink] New post   28 Jun 2017, 09:27
the key issue is ";" => B is the answer.
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Re: Scientists have recently discovered that nearly all of [#permalink] New post   05 Feb 2019, 21:21
we need more discussion in this. 'they' in option B needs clear noun reference. 'they' can possibly refer either scientists or snakes.

B can not be the answer.
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Scientists have recently discovered that nearly all of [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2019, 04:22
Tagging experts as it looks like everyone is confused about OA

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Re: Scientists have recently discovered that nearly all of [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2021, 07:26
May you explain why B is the correct answer pretty please
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