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The last part of the non-underlined part of sentence decides what given options would be correct.
'Them' in option A is ambiguous.
In B and C whether singular or plural it doesn't matter since 'that particular river' is very specific which both options don't match upto even though 'the river' is singular but which river it is. Similarly, 'the rivers' being plural noun doesn't communicate the meaning.
Option D and E are close if specificity is applied but in case of option E the original sentence must make reference prior to using 'that river' to correctly give a meaning. As it doesn't do so, E is wrong.
After POE, D is correct.
Updated on: 25 Dec 2020, 02:41
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if we put in "them" in choice A and "the rivers" in choice C, these noun or pronoun can refer to "seven rivers" logically but these noun and pronoun make "that particular river" wrong , which is at the end of the sentence because there is no "a river" to which, "that particular river" can refer".
if we put in "the river" in choice B, "the river' must refer to a river mentioned before and can not refer to "that particular river" at the end of the sentence.
whether a pronoun can refer logically to preceding noun or following noun is center of pronoun test.so, focus on whether this pronoun can refer to preceding or following noun. a correct pronoun is besides the wrong pronoun for us to choose.
it is not obligatory that a pronoun must refer to a preceding noun. in many case, a pronoun can refer to the following noun but we should caution with this case. honestly, right now, i can not find an example in which a pronoun refer logically to a following noun. but relax, the correct choice is in one of the choice and you can realiz the logical reference of a pronoun easily.
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I picked (C)
Reasoning - the rivers means 'the' rivers being talked about earlier in the sentence.
Not clear about the idea of each river.
Would really appreciate if the experts pitch in
Reasoning - the rivers means 'the' rivers being talked about earlier in the sentence.
Not clear about the idea of each river.
Would really appreciate if the experts pitch in
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Since 1992, in an attempt to build up the Atlantic salmon population in each of the seven rivers in which salmon still spawn, state officials in Maine have stocked them with fry raised in hatcheries from eggs produced by wild fish found in that particular river.
(A) them (B) the river (C) the rivers (D) each river (E) that river
As a solver when one observes the underlined part and the options one should realize that this question is to check one’s ability to choose a Singular Noun or Plural Noun and use of correct referral for the underlined part.
SO Let’s break the sentence in parts: Observe contextually what message it wants to covey as well as observe the parallel construction of the two parts.
Sentence PART 1: Since 1992, in an attempt to build up the Atlantic salmon population in each of the seven rivers in which salmon still spawn
Sentence PART 2: state officials in Maine have stocked them with fry raised in hatcheries from eggs produced by wild fish found in that particular river.
PART 1 message is about – attempt to build ……. salmon population ………in each of seven rivers
PART 2 message is about – officials have stocked ………... (what ??) …with fry …produced by …fish found in that particular river.
1) The phrase that particular river in PART 2 gives us an observational clue that we are speaking about a singular RIVER hence options A and C have to be immediately removed. ( THAT particular river needs a singular ANTECEDENT )
2) For students whose Grammar rules are in place would remove options A & C by observing the singular phrase in each of seven rivers in sentence PART 1, thus PART 2 would need a singular noun.
Now let us see option B, D and E
1) By using logic we can contextually understand the message the writer wants to convey is not specific to one particular river but for all the 7 RIVERS mentioned (each of the seven rivers), thus using this logic we can remove options B (the river - specific article THE ) and E(that river - no prior reference for THAT can be seen)
2) By using grammar rules of PARALLELISM or PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION we can easily select option D because our sentence PART 1 is about the attempt for EACH of the 7 rivers SO the officials have to stock EACH of THEM or EACH RIVER.
HENCE CORRECT ANSWER IS - OPTION D
A easy question where we could see how 'logic and grammar rules combined' can be used to select a correct response.
(A) them (B) the river (C) the rivers (D) each river (E) that river
As a solver when one observes the underlined part and the options one should realize that this question is to check one’s ability to choose a Singular Noun or Plural Noun and use of correct referral for the underlined part.
SO Let’s break the sentence in parts: Observe contextually what message it wants to covey as well as observe the parallel construction of the two parts.
Sentence PART 1: Since 1992, in an attempt to build up the Atlantic salmon population in each of the seven rivers in which salmon still spawn
Sentence PART 2: state officials in Maine have stocked them with fry raised in hatcheries from eggs produced by wild fish found in that particular river.
PART 1 message is about – attempt to build ……. salmon population ………in each of seven rivers
PART 2 message is about – officials have stocked ………... (what ??) …with fry …produced by …fish found in that particular river.
1) The phrase that particular river in PART 2 gives us an observational clue that we are speaking about a singular RIVER hence options A and C have to be immediately removed. ( THAT particular river needs a singular ANTECEDENT )
2) For students whose Grammar rules are in place would remove options A & C by observing the singular phrase in each of seven rivers in sentence PART 1, thus PART 2 would need a singular noun.
Now let us see option B, D and E
1) By using logic we can contextually understand the message the writer wants to convey is not specific to one particular river but for all the 7 RIVERS mentioned (each of the seven rivers), thus using this logic we can remove options B (the river - specific article THE ) and E(that river - no prior reference for THAT can be seen)
2) By using grammar rules of PARALLELISM or PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION we can easily select option D because our sentence PART 1 is about the attempt for EACH of the 7 rivers SO the officials have to stock EACH of THEM or EACH RIVER.
HENCE CORRECT ANSWER IS - OPTION D
A easy question where we could see how 'logic and grammar rules combined' can be used to select a correct response.
