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The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups, has proposed a plan that would require developers who own land within elephant habitats follow strict rules limiting new developments so as to protect the elephant population.


[*]follow strict rules limiting new developments so as to protect


[*]to follow rules strictly limiting new development in order to protect


[*]follow strict rules which would be limiting new development, thereby protecting


[*]to follow strict rules limiting new development for the protection of


[*]for the following strict rules which limit new development for the protection of
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Originally posted by Subanta on 07 Jul 2015, 14:09.
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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2018, 03:03
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The difference is in the modifiers. "For the protection of" is a noun modifier, so it would (incorrectly) apply to development. "In order to protect" is an adverbial modifier, so it can refer back to the action: "follow rules."

This kind of switch between noun and adverbial modifiers is fairly common. For instance, in the problem linked below, notice how "of the 1930's"--a noun modifier--incorrectly applies to "daytime hours," creating an absurd meaning. Other answer choices fix this by using "in the 1930's"--an adverbial modifier--to refer back to the verb, "moved."

https://gmatclub.com/forum/although-ear ... 19819.html
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The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   08 Jul 2015, 03:45
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Why is B wrong? ... I am confused between B and D both seem to be right


B was the official answer. I rechecked! Sorry.

and here is the explanation

A. No. Idiom ("require...to...in order to").

B. Yes. Idiom ("require...to...in order to").

C. No. Idiom ("require...to...in order to").

D. No. Meaning. The plan is to limit development in order to protect the elephant. Here it seems as if the development we're limiting is "development for the protection of the elephant."

E. No. Idiom ("require...to...in order to").

Hope this helps! :)
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The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   20 Sep 2016, 04:59
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Isn't there a difference between the phrases "follow rules strictly" and "follow strict rules" used in option B and D respectively? What is the intended meaning of the original sentence? I marked D because B doesn't follow the phrase as given in original sentence.
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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   07 Jul 2015, 19:37
Why is B wrong? ... I am confused between B and D both seem to be right
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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2017, 12:51
Hi,
Isn't there a change in the meaning in B? "follow strict rules " to " follow rules strictly"
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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2017, 17:38
It's an easy one but I still got it wrong because of "strictly"

adverbs DO NOT modify noun or pronoun, BUT "limiting", gerund, is acting as a verb here.
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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2017, 09:48
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The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups, has proposed a plan that would require developers who own land within elephant habitats follow strict rules limiting new developments so as to protect the elephant population.


[*]follow strict rules limiting new developments so as to protect


[*]to follow rules strictly limiting new development in order to protect


[*]follow strict rules which would be limiting new development, thereby protecting


[*]to follow strict rules limiting new development for the protection of


[*]for the following strict rules which limit new development for the protection of



The confusion around this question is because of use of strictly between rules and limiting .
But strictly is an adverb so it must modify anything other than nouns here it is modifying limiting so it is correct .
I think a comma before strictly limiting would have been more appropriate

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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2018, 06:06
Hi gmat experts, just for my understanding, do we use "follow" instead of "to follow" if the sentence is as such (note the comma before "who" and after "habitats":

The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups, has proposed a plan that would require developers, who own land within elephant habitats, follow strict rules limiting new developments so as to protect the elephant population.
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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   28 Aug 2018, 00:52
GMATNinja , VeritasKarishma

B and D both seem correct. How do we eliminate one of these?
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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   14 Sep 2018, 06:12
DmitryFarber wrote:
The difference is in the modifiers. "For the protection of" is a noun modifier, so it would (incorrectly) apply to development. "In order to protect" is an adverbial modifier, so it can refer back to the action: "follow rules."

This kind of switch between noun and adverbial modifiers is fairly common. For instance, in the problem linked below, notice how "of the 1930's"--a noun modifier--incorrectly applies to "daytime hours," creating an absurd meaning. Other answer choices fix this by using "in the 1930's"--an adverbial modifier--to refer back to the verb, "moved."

https://gmatclub.com/forum/although-ear ... 19819.html


Could please elaborate on this, it wud be really helpful
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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   08 Sep 2021, 02:25
how do we choose between strict rules vs rules strictly limiting?
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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   10 Sep 2021, 06:18
How is b correct, B changes the meaning completely, i don't think "rules strictly limiting" and "strict rules limiting" are the same. One says rules are strict but nothing about how rules must be implemented, other says rules are limiting something strictly. Can someone explain to me what am i missing here.

Very Poorly worded question.
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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   07 Dec 2022, 05:04
iridescent995 wrote:
How is b correct, B changes the meaning completely, i don't think "rules strictly limiting" and "strict rules limiting" are the same. One says rules are strict but nothing about how rules must be implemented, other says rules are limiting something strictly. Can someone explain to me what am i missing here.

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Hi,
Between "follow rules strictly" and "follow strict rules", former is much better.
If you ask a logical question at that phrase 2, what are strict rules? It's quite vague. Whereas, "follow rules strictly" is quite straightforward. "They have to follow rules strictly, no other choice".

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Re: The Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups [#permalink] New post   10 Dec 2022, 19:49
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iridescent995 wrote:
How is b correct, B changes the meaning completely, i don't think "rules strictly limiting" and "strict rules limiting" are the same. One says rules are strict but nothing about how rules must be implemented, other says rules are limiting something strictly. Can someone explain to me what am i missing here.

Very Poorly worded question.


Hi,
Between "follow rules strictly" and "follow strict rules", former is much better.
If you ask a logical question at that phrase 2, what are strict rules? It's quite vague. Whereas, "follow rules strictly" is quite straightforward. "They have to follow rules strictly, no other choice".

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I don't agree. Both phrases make sense, just with different meanings.
And since GMAT does focus on keeping the original sentence's meaning, I'm not convince with option B. Need another explanation for why D is incorrect other than the "strict" part.
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