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The judges were swift in deciding whether or not to disqualify the swi [#permalink] New post   16 Feb 2023, 02:30
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The judges were swift in deciding whether or not to disqualify the swimmer that won.


A. whether or not to disqualify the swimmer that won

B. if they should disqualify the winning swimmer or not

C. whether to disqualify the swimmer that won or not

D. whether to disqualify the winning swimmer

E. whether to disqualify the swimmer that won




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Re: The judges were swift in deciding whether or not to disqualify the swi [#permalink] New post   16 Feb 2023, 07:52
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A. whether or not to disqualify the swimmer that won
whether or not is considered redundant in GMAT.
using that to refer back to swimmer is incorrect.
so, incorrect

B. if they should disqualify the winning swimmer or not
"if" is used to pose a condition . not required here.
furthermore " or not" is redundant.incorrect.

C. whether to disqualify the swimmer that won or not
same as A

D. whether to disqualify the winning swimmer
hold on

E. whether to disqualify the swimmer that won
same error of "that"

only D left,so must be the answer.
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Re: The judges were swift in deciding whether or not to disqualify the swi [#permalink] New post   16 Feb 2023, 22:27
D. whether to disqualify the winning swimmer
IMO D.
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Re: The judges were swift in deciding whether or not to disqualify the swi [#permalink] New post   05 Mar 2023, 01:30
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The judges were swift in deciding whether or not to disqualify the swimmer that won.


A. whether or not to disqualify the swimmer that won

B. if they should disqualify the winning swimmer or not

C. whether to disqualify the swimmer that won or not

D. whether to disqualify the winning swimmer

E. whether to disqualify the swimmer that won




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The judges were swift in deciding whether or not to disqualify the swimmer that won.


A. whether or not to disqualify the swimmer that won

While this answer choice is grammatically correct, it is stylistically flawed. Using or not after whether is redundant.

It is true that stylistic mistakes are not always corrected. However, since there is another grammatically correct answer choice that is also more concise than this one, it is preferable. Look for it!


B. if they should disqualify the winning swimmer or not

If is used in the GMAT in Conditionals only. Since in this question there is no condition, if should be replaced with whether.


C. whether to disqualify the swimmer that won or not

While this answer choice is grammatically correct, it is stylistically flawed. Using both whether and or not is redundant.

It is true that stylistic mistakes are not always corrected. However, since there is another grammatically correct answer choice that is also more concise than this one, it is preferable. Look for it!


D. whether to disqualify the winning swimmer

This answer choice corrects the redundancy of the original sentence by omitting or not and stylistically improves the sentence further by replacing the three-word phrase swimmer that won with the two-word phrase winning swimmer.


E. whether to disqualify the swimmer that won

This answer choice is grammatically correct. Moreover, it corrects the redundancy of the original sentence by omitting the words or not. Nevertheless, it is not the most concise of the five answer choices. There's another grammatically correct answer choice that also corrects the original mistake and that's even more concise than this answer choice is. Try to find it!
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