The business of harvesting ice during winter and storing it for use in

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The business of harvesting ice during winter and storing it for use in summer became popular towards the late nineteenth century,  a practice they eventually replaced with  mechanical ice-making machines.

A) a practice they eventually replaced

B) but the practice was eventually replaced by

C) a practice eventually being replaced with

D) a practice that eventually replaced by

E) but they eventually replaced the practice with

thenikhilseth · Accepted Answer

My choice is  B option .

TIP  -  Replace With v/s Replace By

Now If the subject is replacing something, then we use replace with. For example, Managers replaced the old machines with new ones. 
But if the Subject is itself a thing which is going to be replaced, then we will use 'by'. For example, Eventually old furniture gets replaced by new one.

Therefore eliminate C and E.
A is wrong because 'They' pronoun is not valid here.

In between B and D, I will choose B because there are 2 contrasting things . The X technique became popular in 19th century but in the end, it gets replaced by new ones

A) a practice they eventually replaced

B)  but the practice was eventually replaced by -  CORRECT

C) a practice eventually being replaced with

D) a practice that eventually replaced by

E) but they eventually replaced the practice with

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generis · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION • same problem as that in A; they has no antecedent. Who are these "they" people? Eliminate E COMMENTS jaisonsunny77 , Kartikay22 , AnirudhaS , suchita2409 , and oldmonkforever , welcome to SC Butler.

Lots of new people here. Excellent! This question is a tough strategy call for me. I think that I decided on these two: 1) Native speakers- ignore the idiom issue. All four incorrect options contain other problems. 2) Non-native speakers - if studying idioms helps, then learn this about this one on thenikhilseth 's post, which you can find . Well done, everyone. Kudos to all.

suchita2409 · Answer

IMO A
I think the correct idiom is "replaced with" .

The correct answer choice A misses "with".

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oldmonkforever · Answer

A & E - What is 'They' referring to? So A& E are out.

D- The use of 'by' is awkward.

C - 'Being replaced' shows that the older practice is still continuing. The sentence clearly says that it 'became popular' towards 19th century. It is not being used anymore.

Hence, B is the correct answer. Parallelism correctly used.

AnirudhaS · Answer

A) a practice  they  eventually replaced
E) but  they  eventually replaced the practice with
no antecedent for pronoun "they" So A and E are out

C) a practice eventually being replaced with
this is unnecessarily wordy. usage of "being" should be taken with a pinch of salt unless absolutely necessary.

D) a practice that eventually replaced by
This is a fragmented sentence because there is no verb in the underlined portion. practice is a noun here.
It would have been correct with a verb like this - 
The business of harvesting ice during winter and storing it for use in summer became popular towards the late nineteenth century, a practice that  was  eventually replaced by mechanical ice-making machines.

B) but the practice was eventually replaced by
correct

Answer:  B

zhanbo · Answer

Answer:  (B) 
Time: 44 seconds.

(A) Pronoun "they" has no antecedent.
(C) Replaced  with  should be replaced  by . In addition, "being" can be dropped. 
(D) "that eventually replaced by" should be "that eventually  was  replaced by"
(E) Pronoun "they" has no antecedent.

suryakantraycha · Answer

The business of harvesting ice during winter and storing it for use in summer became popular towards the late nineteenth century,  a practice they eventually replaced with  mechanical ice-making machines.

Meaning Analysis: Some business of Harvesting ice with some specific technique became popular in late 19th century; however this technique was replaced with other technique.

A) a practice they eventually replaced -  Pronoun ambiguity; Antecedent of they is missing. 
B) but the practice was eventually replaced by -  Seems OK, FANBOYS after comma, joining two independent clauses. 
C) a practice eventually being replaced with -  Use of being not warranted. 
D) a practice that eventually replaced by -  Working verb is/was absent. 
E) but they eventually replaced the practice with -  Pronoun ambiguity; Antecedent of they is missing.

B 
 Also, need to check usage of replaced with/by:

"I replaced the old rug with a new one."
"Paper bags have been largely replaced by plastic bags."
Replaced by is correct here.

TheNightKing · Answer

31 seconds to pick B.

Unfortunately, I don't have any referent for "they". Is it people? businessmen? animals? Who knows. Sentence doesn't mention anything. So both A and E are out.

B) but the practice was eventually replaced by -  This seems okay to me. The practice referring back to harvesting.

C) a practice eventually being replaced with -  I obviously have a problem with "being" specially when used in middle of the sentence. Also it denotes the incorrect tense. The practice was already replaced with something else then why being?

D) a practice that eventually replaced by -  "was" (or the tense) is missing. Second "replaced with" and not "replaced by"

KumarSri · Answer

IMO B,

A) a practice they eventually replaced
 they has no antecedent. Hence eliminate

B) but the practice was eventually replaced by
 Correct answer

C) a practice eventually being replaced with
 Use of being is incorrect. Also replaced with is not correct usage.

D) a practice that eventually replaced by
 SV error- Verb is missing. Hence eliminate

E) but they eventually replaced the practice with
 Same as A

sambitspm · Answer

The business of harvesting ice during winter and storing it for use in summer became popular towards the late nineteenth century,  a practice they eventually replaced with  mechanical ice-making machines.

FACT 1 -> the practice of harvesting is getting replaced by machines, so A is clearly out.  A  is presenting the case the other way round.
FACT 2 -> We are not filling a tank, hence we should use  replaced by  -> C and E are out.
Also, the practice got replaced and somebody didn't replace the practice. Hence Option E is out.
The remaining are B and D.
D needs a verb, as it is not complete. Hence out.

B

A) a practice they eventually  replaced

B) but the practice was eventually replaced by

C) a practice eventually being  replaced with

D) a practic e that eventually replaced  by

E) but they eventually  replaced the practice with

Kartikay22 · Answer

The business of harvesting ice during winter and storing it for use in summer became popular towards the late nineteenth century,  a practice they eventually replaced with  mechanical ice-making machines.

Error Analysis : Pronoun "They" has no logical antecedent.
 
The construction is Independent Clause + Comma + Noun plus noun modifier , Which seems to be correct
"Replaced with" is incorrect, Replaced by is correct

A) a practice they eventually replaced - Incorrect

B) but the practice was eventually replaced by - Changes the construction but Meaning is intact. -  Correct

C) a practice eventually being replaced with ( Use of Being is awkward, besides the construction is problematic, 2 ICs seem to be separated by a comma - Incorrect

D) a practice that eventually replaced by ( Improper modifier construction, there should be a proper verb )- Incorrect

E) but they eventually replaced the practice with ( They - Incorrect )

monk123 · Answer

The business of harvesting ice during winter and storing it for use in summer became popular towards the late nineteenth century, a practice they eventually replaced with mechanical ice-making machines.
 
POE:
Stop point - 'They' is ambiguous here. We don't know what it is referring to.
Eliminate (A), (E).
Eliminate (C) - 'being' is redundant.
Eliminate (D)- 'a', here we are referring to a particular practice so 'the' is used

A) a practice  they  eventually replaced

B) but the practice was eventually replaced by -   CORRECT

C) a practice eventually  being  replaced with

D)  a  practice that eventually replaced by

E) but  they  eventually replaced the practice with

jaisonsunny77 · Answer

The business of harvesting ice during winter and storing it for use in summer became popular towards the late nineteenth century,  a practice they eventually replaced with  mechanical ice-making machines.

A) a practice they eventually replaced

(A) behaves as an appositive modifier in this context. what immediately precedes this appositive modifier is not the intended subject. Hence, (A) is incorrect.

B) but the practice was eventually replaced by

Here, the usage of 'but' introduces an independent clause, and fits well with the whole sentence. The meaning of the whole sentence is perfect. Hence,  (B) is the correct option

C) a practice eventually being replaced with

Eliminate (C) for the same reason explained for (A)

D) a practice that eventually replaced by

Eliminate (D) for the same reason as for (A)

E) but they eventually replaced the practice with

in (E), who exactly is "they" referring to? there is no clear plural antecedent to the pronoun 'they'. Hence, (E) is incorrect.

generis · Answer

The official explanation is  here

Jks3000 · Answer

In option A,C, and D , Can we say that these options have Run-On error??? Expert Reply doesn't mention this. Am i missing something??  generis   Bunuel  pls help!!

Nirmesh83 · Answer

The business of harvesting ice during winter and storing it for use in summer became popular towards the late nineteenth century, a practice they eventually replaced with mechanical ice-making machines.
Meaning: Business became popular in late 19th century. where as practice was of storing ice during winter season.

A) a practice they eventually replaced- 1. They  is wrong due to Antecedent problem.2. Business becoming popular was not practice. MeM pair doesn't agree logically.

B) but the practice was eventually replaced by- Correct

C) a practice eventually being replaced with- MeM pair doesn't agree logically

D) a practice that eventually replaced by- same error as C

E) but they eventually replaced the practice with -They (NP pair problem)

Experts please correct my approach. @GMATNinja@Karishma

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  Nirmesh83 ,

We hope this finds you well.

Your approach is broadly correct, however, there are two additional errors that we would like to share with you.

Option C is needlessly wordy due to its unnecessary usage of "being"; please remember, “being” is only to be used when it is part of a noun phrase or represents the passive continuous verb tense; the use of passive continuous must be justified in the context.

Option D leads to a completely incoherent meaning due to the use of the phrase "that eventually replaced by"; the construction of this phrase is incoherent; for this phrase to convey a logical meaning, either "that" must be removed or the active verb "was...replaced" must be used in place of the past participle "replaced".

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

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