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That pollution harms the environment is self-evident; that 08 Mar 2021, 20:24
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Can someone explain b vs d ? Is than mandatory when we use if?

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Saipavan666, I'm no expert but I think there are hardly few things that are mandatory on GMAT SC and they are all governed by meaning. "If..., Than" construction depends on the meaning that you're trying to communicate. Even if option B used "if....,than" it would have been wrong because we're not trying to show a condition.

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That pollution harms the environment is self-evident; that 09 Mar 2021, 05:11
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Substantive clause functioning as a subject. D was clear wonder because only in D is the relative clause (“that situation” - subject and “merits”) is followed by the main verb “is”.

No other option fulfils that requirement.

B, E are incorrect for using if / whether (no choice given)

C is wrong for illogical meaning

A is passive and wordy

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That pollution harms the environment is self-evident; that 09 Mar 2021, 11:12
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Except A and D all intends wrong meanings. A is passive and D is active sentence which is preferred in Gmat.

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Q: That pollution harms the environment is self-evident; that immediate government action to combat it is merited by the situation is a matter of debate.

(A) that immediate government action to combat it is merited by the situation – passive construction- choose active if available
(B) if the situation merits immediate action by the government – clause starts with ‘if..’ but is missing a ‘then’ to complete the sentence
(C) whether to combat the situation is merited by immediate government action – missing ‘or not’ (whether…or…)
(D) that the situation merits immediate government action to combat it – complete sentence after the colon
(E) whether the government should immediately combat it is merited by the situation – seems to alter the meaning; ‘is merited by the situation’ followed by ‘is a matter of debate’ makes no sense.
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That pollution harms the environment is self-evident; that 01 Apr 2021, 18:54
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B) is out...there's no conditional here

'merited by' is bologne in A, C, E

Answer is E because it maintains parallelism. "it" refers to pollution.
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That pollution harms the environment is self-evident; that 06 Apr 2021, 21:03
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I chose d not e

Typo :oops: , I am sorry.

I eliminated b, c, e

But struggled between A & D. Can you please explain why should chose D over A?
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"It" has no antecedent here.
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