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03 Feb 2011, 10:13
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xxxAfter adopting broadband internet access, wireless personal digital assistants, and super-fast home PCs, Weston Insurance has hired new employees, which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department working from home.
A. which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department
B. doubling to 250 the number of junior staff members in the claims department
C. which doubles to 250 the junior staff of the claims department
D. doubling to 250 the number of junior staff members of the claims department
E. which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department that
The best answer is B. The pronoun which should be used to refer to a previously mentioned noun, not to the idea expressed in an entire clause. In A, C, and E there is no specific noun.
Why ans is B and not D?
A. which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department
B. doubling to 250 the number of junior staff members in the claims department
C. which doubles to 250 the junior staff of the claims department
D. doubling to 250 the number of junior staff members of the claims department
E. which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department that
The best answer is B. The pronoun which should be used to refer to a previously mentioned noun, not to the idea expressed in an entire clause. In A, C, and E there is no specific noun.
Why ans is B and not D?
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03 Feb 2011, 16:30
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'The number of junior staff members in the claims department' sounds idiomatic. It sounds better to the ear than 'The number of junior staff members of the claims department'. Can some GMAT verbal instructors shed some more light on this question?
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