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Shipwrecks are more likely to be found undisturbed at great depths than in shallow coastal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver.
Meaning Analysis There is a higher possibility of finding shipwrecks in great depths of water than in shallow ones. These shallow waters expose the shipwrecks to turbulence and make them accessible to people who scuba dive: archaeologists, treasure hunters, sport divers etc.
Sentence Structure:
Shipwrecks (Subject)
are (Verb)
more likely to be found undisturbed (beginning part of idiom "more likely than")
at great depths (element 1 of comparison)
than (end of idiom "more likely than")
in shallow coastal waters (element 2 of comparison)
, which (Subject) (Refers to the plural noun "waters")
exposes (singular verb of plural subject "which") (element 1 of parallelism)
archaeological remains (Object of the sentence)
to turbulence (prepositional phrase)
and (Parallelism marker)
makes (Singular verb of plural subject "which") (element 2 of parallelism)
them (refers to plural "shipwrecks")
accessible (object of the sentence)
to anyone in scuba gear (prepositional phrase)
, whether (Contextual word - here it indicates a list of entities)
they (Plural pronoun referring to singular subject "anyone")
be (verb)
archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver. (List of entities. Notice - these entities are all singular nouns)
The plural pronoun "they" is used for singular subject "anyone" and that too is a deterministic error.
Pronouns - anyone, anybody, anything, whatever/whoever ; everyone, everybody, everything ; no-one, nobody, nothing ; and someone, somebody, something - are always singular
(1) Used for Yes and No situations - You decide whether you want to come for the movie.
(2) Present a list of two or more entities - Whether baked, mashed, stewed, curried, pan-fried, or deep-fried, potatoes are delicious. (~ rightly stated by GMATNinja)
We also notice ",including" instead of "whether". Now ",including" always modifies a noun. In this case it modifies "anyone". But "anyone" isn't a group and so we cannot really use ",including"
E.g. The members of the committee, including Hoozan and his sister, were at the meeting. Here ",including" modifies "members" and that is a group of people. In essence we are saying that this group that also consists of Hoozan and his sister.
Check out GMATNinja post above for further clarity.
Correct Answer: (B)
Meaning Analysis There is a higher possibility of finding shipwrecks in great depths of water than in shallow ones. These shallow waters expose the shipwrecks to turbulence and make them accessible to people who scuba dive: archaeologists, treasure hunters, sport divers etc.
Sentence Structure:
Shipwrecks (Subject)
are (Verb)
more likely to be found undisturbed (beginning part of idiom "more likely than")
at great depths (element 1 of comparison)
than (end of idiom "more likely than")
in shallow coastal waters (element 2 of comparison)
, which (Subject) (Refers to the plural noun "waters")
exposes (singular verb of plural subject "which") (element 1 of parallelism)
archaeological remains (Object of the sentence)
to turbulence (prepositional phrase)
and (Parallelism marker)
makes (Singular verb of plural subject "which") (element 2 of parallelism)
them (refers to plural "shipwrecks")
accessible (object of the sentence)
to anyone in scuba gear (prepositional phrase)
, whether (Contextual word - here it indicates a list of entities)
they (Plural pronoun referring to singular subject "anyone")
be (verb)
archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver. (List of entities. Notice - these entities are all singular nouns)
Quote:
We have a clear Subject-Verb agreement error out here. The plural subject "which" has two singular verbs "remains" and "makes" and this is a deterministic error. We also see a pronoun error out here.
The plural pronoun "they" is used for singular subject "anyone" and that too is a deterministic error.
Learning:-
Pronouns - anyone, anybody, anything, whatever/whoever ; everyone, everybody, everything ; no-one, nobody, nothing ; and someone, somebody, something - are always singular
Quote:
The pronoun "where" correctly refers to "waters". The SV error has been rectified. However, we have a construction that sounds weird: "anyone in scuba gear, whether archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver. But if we think about it "anyone is singular" and the list of entities that follows is also singular. So this isn't technically incorrect.
Usage of "whether":-
(1) Used for Yes and No situations - You decide whether you want to come for the movie.
(2) Present a list of two or more entities - Whether baked, mashed, stewed, curried, pan-fried, or deep-fried, potatoes are delicious. (~ rightly stated by GMATNinja)
Quote:
We have a clear idiom error "more likely... as opposed to". As stated, the correct idiom is "more likely... than"
We also notice ",including" instead of "whether". Now ",including" always modifies a noun. In this case it modifies "anyone". But "anyone" isn't a group and so we cannot really use ",including"
E.g. The members of the committee, including Hoozan and his sister, were at the meeting. Here ",including" modifies "members" and that is a group of people. In essence we are saying that this group that also consists of Hoozan and his sister.
Check out GMATNinja post above for further clarity.
Quote:
There is a clear parallelism error out here. The verb "exposes" is not parallel to the noun "making". We again have the ",including" error repeated out here. I am also not happy with the usage of "Instead of" "I find gold in deep water instead of in shallow water" definitely sounds awkward.
Quote:
Apart from the repeated errors, we also have a new error "it" This singular pronoun refers to plural noun "waters" and that is incorrect.
Correct Answer: (B)
25 Jan 2021, 01:00
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Shipwrecks are more likely to be found undisturbed at great depths than in shallow coastal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver.
(A) than in shallow coastal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be Singular "exposes" incorrectly used for plural "waters". Eliminate.
(B) than in shallow coastal waters, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and are accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether "whether archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver" sounds very awkward, but not grammatically incorrect. We should hold on to this option.
(C) as opposed to shallow waters along the coast, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including Examples given after "including" should be in plural form. Also, "more likely to be X as opposed to Y" is incorrect, the correct usage is "more likely to be X than Y". Eliminate.
(D) instead of in shallow waters along the coast, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and making them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including an "which" incorrectly modifies "coast" - it is not the coast which exposes the archaeological remains but the "shallow waters", which means the use of singular "exposes" is also incorrect. Eliminate.
(E) instead of shallow coastal waters, because it exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and make them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether Singular "it exposes" incorrectly used for plural "waters". Eliminate.
Given that all other options have obvious errors, we must go with option (B) despite the clumsy wording.
Hope this helps.
(A) than in shallow coastal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be Singular "exposes" incorrectly used for plural "waters". Eliminate.
(B) than in shallow coastal waters, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and are accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether "whether archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver" sounds very awkward, but not grammatically incorrect. We should hold on to this option.
(C) as opposed to shallow waters along the coast, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including Examples given after "including" should be in plural form. Also, "more likely to be X as opposed to Y" is incorrect, the correct usage is "more likely to be X than Y". Eliminate.
(D) instead of in shallow waters along the coast, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and making them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including an "which" incorrectly modifies "coast" - it is not the coast which exposes the archaeological remains but the "shallow waters", which means the use of singular "exposes" is also incorrect. Eliminate.
(E) instead of shallow coastal waters, because it exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and make them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether Singular "it exposes" incorrectly used for plural "waters". Eliminate.
Given that all other options have obvious errors, we must go with option (B) despite the clumsy wording.
Hope this helps.
03 Nov 2021, 12:26
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Shipwrecks are more likely to be found undisturbed at great depths than in shallow coastal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver.
(A) than in shallow coastal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be -> Does shallow coastal waters exposes archaeological remains to turbulence. No! Incorrect.
(B) than in shallow coastal waters, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and are accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether -> Parallelism is maintained. "where" is better, it modifies the location. It makes sense. Let's keep it.
(C) as opposed to shallow waters along the coast, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including -> we cannot say "more likely...as..." we need "than". Incorrect.
(D) instead of in shallow waters along the coast, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and making them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including an -> Does the coast exposes archaeological remains. No! Incorrect.
(E) instead of shallow coastal waters, because it exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and make them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether -> We don't have antecedent for "it". Incorrect.
So, I think B.
(A) than in shallow coastal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be -> Does shallow coastal waters exposes archaeological remains to turbulence. No! Incorrect.
(B) than in shallow coastal waters, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and are accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether -> Parallelism is maintained. "where" is better, it modifies the location. It makes sense. Let's keep it.
(C) as opposed to shallow waters along the coast, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including -> we cannot say "more likely...as..." we need "than". Incorrect.
(D) instead of in shallow waters along the coast, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and making them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including an -> Does the coast exposes archaeological remains. No! Incorrect.
(E) instead of shallow coastal waters, because it exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and make them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether -> We don't have antecedent for "it". Incorrect.
So, I think B.
