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Tim Ferris wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, an eye-opening book < modifier >, that made it to the New York Times Best Seller List.

After comma we use which , also which refers to 'The 4-Hour Workweek' .. hence D
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the "usage" of which becomes wrong cause it is a non essential modifier but in this case usage of "that" seems more apt.

Can someone please explain?
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the "usage" of which becomes wrong cause it is a non essential modifier but in this case usage of "that" seems more apt.

Can someone please explain?

For multiple reasons:

1. Essential modifiers are not separated by comma. Since the comma is not underlined, "that" can't be used here.

2. "Which" does not necessarily modify the preceding noun (just before comma). It has a luxury of modifying the far nouns also (depending on the meaning of sentence). In this sentence, author intends to say that "Tim wrote a book. The book made it to the best sellers". If the phrase "an eye opening book" is removed, the meaning of sentence doesn't change, and therefore it becomes a non-essesntial information (just to distract the test taker - GMAT test makers favourite trick). If you read the sentence:

Tim Ferris wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, that made it to the New York Times Best Seller List.

You can easily figure out that "that" should have been a "which" here. Certainly, GMAT makers wouldn't make it too easy :)

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This is One of the Gmat favorite pattern "That Vs Which"

", Which" - Non essential part - Drop it and still you will be able to find subject uniquely
" (No comma) that " Essential - Drop it and you will not be able to find subject uniquely
To know more on this, please refer the link below.
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/that-vs-which-on-the-gmat/

Magoosh has explained it in detail in above blog.


Book has it own identification, Hence NYT list is not essential. More over ", " in no underlined part can guide us whether the next part should be essential or non essential.

Option D is correct.
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Comma + That is not mostly preferred on GMAT.

https://e-gmat.com/blog/gmat-verbal/sen ... -questions
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Is the usage of 'it' right in the sentence?


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Comma + That is not mostly preferred on GMAT.

https://e-gmat.com/blog/gmat-verbal/sen ... -questions
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Is the usage of 'it' right in the sentence?


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Comma + That is not mostly preferred on GMAT.

https://e-gmat.com/blog/gmat-verbal/sen ... -questions

IMHO it is ok !!

An eye opening book refers to the 4-Hour Workweek

It refers to The book ( ie, the 4-Hour Workweek )

I find that the pronoun has been used correctly here ( having a clear atecedent )

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