Since 1992, in an attempt to build up the Atlantic salmon population

Straight Option D in the end of the sentence particular river is used which is singular hence "Each river" makes sense
Them is incorrect as no pronoun referent

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



How the green part describes the wrong answer C? In the green part the pronoun ''her'' may be used for both Jane and Sharon. So, the use of pronoun (her) for both Jane and Sharon is wrong assuming that both Jane and Sharon are female. But, C says ''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 the rivers with fry raised in hatcheries from eggs produced by wild fish found in that particular river.
In this official wrong sentence, there is NO use of one single pronoun (like ''her'' in your green part), which indicates 2 different NOUNs. So, I'm still NOT sure Why did you correlate your green part with this official wrong answer (C)? Can you clarify a bit, Ron?

Also, if I say:
Jane was talking to Sharon about her children
^^ is this sentence legitimate in GMAT if someone think that Sharon is female and Jane is Male?
Also, is the following sentence is legitimate in GMAT?
RonPurewal went to SarahPurewal to discuss his assignment.
Thanks Ron_

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C is not correct because " the rivers" does not work with "that particular river." For C to work, the last part of the sentence would have to read "those particular rivers."

Answer D.

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 each river with fry raised in hatcheries from eggs produced by wild fish found in that particular river.

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.

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

Yes, this is the same that I observed each to each.
Kudos to you!!

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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.

In the non-underlined portion of the sentence, we have 'each of the seven rivers' and 'that particular river'. The only answer that would logically make sense is if we are specifying each river.

(A) them
(B) the river
(C) the rivers
(D) each river
(E) that river

The non-underlined portion of the sentence said singular particular river. So, the answer must be singular "each river"

A. "Them" is ambiguous whether it's referring to officials.
B. "The river" indicates a particular river. But the sentence is about several rivers.
C. "The rivers'' is not parallel with each river.
D. THIS IS THE CORRECT ANSWER.
E. "That river'' indicating a particular river.

The answer is D.

wouldn't 'each river' mean all the rivers?


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A) The earlier part of the sentence uses the
phrase each of the seven rivers, so the
plural them is inappropriate.
B)The phrase the river is singular but can refer
only to a particular river, whereas each refers
to the individual rivers in the group of
seven.
C)The plural the rivers does not match
the singular each in the earlier part of
the sentence.
D) Correct. The phrase each river is consistent
with the earlier reference to "each of the . ))
seven rivers.
E) Although that river is singular, it can only
refer to a particular river, but no particular
river is referred to in the earlier part of the
sentence.

Hi anurag2018,

This is a very late reply, but in case it helps: Each river does refer to all seven rivers, but it identifies them separately. In other words, we're left with a singular noun.


Here's a different take on this, just in case someone is planning to make this part of their approach:

1. Pronoun ambiguity is not an absolute error...

2. But the GMAT can and does test pronoun ambiguity. We can't always use common sense to say that a pronoun is not ambiguous.

For C, the use of "the" makes it clear that we are talking about the same rivers which were mentioned before. I guess between C & D, D preferred option as it is more elaborative in nature as it identifies each river separately. This becomes important as the sentence ends with "in that particular river."

Correct Option D

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
- each river with fry raised in hatcheries from eggs produced by wild fish found in that particular river

Option A: Them - Wrong
Pronoun Them is ambiguous, to what it is refer to, either it is the State officials who has stocked, or salmon which is stocked or the eggs of wild fish.

Option B: the river - Wrong
Sentence demands singular Subject "river" but the intended meaning of sentence is to each of seven rivers where salmon still spawn, the official have taken stock at each seven rivers, not only just the one river.

Option C : the rivers - Wrong
rivers is plural, which logically refer to group of 7 river mentioned, but again the meaning error occurs, which logically need to correct by placing singular river, as the official have stocked at each individual river, not the rivers

Option D: each river - Correct
Clear information, parallelism with each of the rivers, describes as singular, and makes intended meaning clear.

Option E: that river - Wrong
Utilisation of that to introduce river can be avoided, as that is used to provide essential information of the sentence.

hello experts, AjiteshArun AndrewN MartyTargetTestPrep
when I read it for the first time, I thought "them" is referring to selmon, which is same for singular or plural. I though logically them can stand for salmon.
I think "them" is ok. its the meaning which becomes senseless.

another thing, stock
when we say officials stocked each rivers,
does it mean an increase in the numbers of rivers (obviously not in this one) or something in the rivers.
I do get the context but am not clear.

Can you please help me to understand the meaning of stocked with few examples?
It could be a silly doubt but Its a non native issue and google wasn't supportive

but, aren't they "fry", which are from wild fish. officials have stocked salmon with fry. makes sense.
sorry I don't know much about fish. I'm vegetarian.

"Each of the rivers..."

"Each river"

Am I the only one that thinks answer choice D is blatantly redundant?