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The sympathizers of the local government are dominating political discussions on social media and are raising questions about whether such a strategy will be translatable into electoral success in January.
A) media and are raising questions about whether such a strategy will be translatable
B) media, raising questions about whether they will translate
C) media, with questions being raised about whether this will translate
D) media, raising questions about it translating
E) media, raising questions about whether such a strategy will translate
13 Jun 2021, 21:27
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
The sympathizers are almost certainly not asking themselves this question: the sympathizers are going full throttle!
Rather, their activity is raising questions among others who are watching.
THE OPTIONS
→ the sympathizers themselves are not themselves literally raising the questions about their strategy! Others are
• will be translatable is a bit long.
KEEP, but look for a better answer
→ to what does they refer?
They could refer to sympathizers or to political discussions, but neither of those is logical.
They has no antecedent.
ELIMINATE B
→ this is almost never a standalone pronoun. The pronoun this should "point" to its noun: this chair, this book. See Notes, below.
→ To what does this refer?
The antecedent for this is unclear.
• being
→ The word being is not always wrong on the GMAT; the writers caught on a while ago.
That said, you should be slightly suspicious of the word being.
→ Can you remove the word being without affecting the meaning of the sentence?
Yes? Then you don't need being.
• The with phrase does not work well here.
→ COMMA + WITH is one of the most maddening issues in SC. Avoid it; 99 percent of the time, you can do so.
Find other errors as we see above.
ELIMINATE C
To what does the pronoun it refer? No logical antecedent exists.
ELIMINATE D
• Option E correctly conveys the logical meaning by using the phrase such a strategy to refer to what the sympathizers are doing.
• Compare to A.
The meaning in A is strange, or could be seen as strange.
Will translate (E) is more concise and more active than will be translatable (A).
When you can, pick verbs over adjectives (and pick verbs over nouns, too).
Option E wins. Eliminate A
KEEP
The answer is E.
NOTES
• THIS as a standalone pronoun
THIS without a clear reference is almost always wrong.
-- This is a "determiner." It "points" to the noun in question -- determines for us that it is this noun, not that one.
-- Typically, GMAC requires "this" to "point" to a noun: this red chair near me, not that white couch on the other side of the room. (This and that, used in this way, are also called "demonstrative adjectives." To demonstrate is to show, and adjectives modify nouns.)
-- For the first time that I know of, OG 2020 published a question in which THIS was a standalone pronoun rather than a demonstrative adjective accompanied by a noun.
-- That is, GMAC allowed THIS to refer to a situation described but not actually named by a noun.
Spoiler alert: if you click on the link, the correct answer to a new official question is revealed
You can find that official question
-- Be on the lookout. GMAC has signaled that "this" as a standalone is okay. I doubt that GMAC will start allowing THIS as a standalone on a routine basis, but be aware that GMAC seems to have signaled that this, standing alone, is allowed.
COMMENTS
yiweiz , welcome to SC Butler.
These answers are excellent.
I was glad to see a few of you struggle with option A: ultimately, you rejected it because you liked (E) better. Yep, that's how it's done.
Really nice work.
Keep it up, and please, stay safe.
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
The sentence suggests that the domination of political discussions on social media by sympathizers of the local government is raising questions about whether such domination will translate into electoral success.
The sympathizers are almost certainly not asking themselves this question: the sympathizers are going full throttle!
Rather, their activity is raising questions among others who are watching.
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
• strange meaning
→ the sympathizers themselves are not themselves literally raising the questions about their strategy! Others are
• will be translatable is a bit long.
KEEP, but look for a better answer
Quote:
• pronoun: no antecedent
→ to what does they refer?
They could refer to sympathizers or to political discussions, but neither of those is logical.
They has no antecedent.
ELIMINATE B
Quote:
• pronoun misuse and lack of antecedent
→ this is almost never a standalone pronoun. The pronoun this should "point" to its noun: this chair, this book. See Notes, below.
→ To what does this refer?
The antecedent for this is unclear.
• being
→ The word being is not always wrong on the GMAT; the writers caught on a while ago.
That said, you should be slightly suspicious of the word being.
→ Can you remove the word being without affecting the meaning of the sentence?
Yes? Then you don't need being.
• The with phrase does not work well here.
→ COMMA + WITH is one of the most maddening issues in SC. Avoid it; 99 percent of the time, you can do so.
Find other errors as we see above.
ELIMINATE C
Quote:
• pronoun error - antecedent?
To what does the pronoun it refer? No logical antecedent exists.
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
• I do not see any errors
• Option E correctly conveys the logical meaning by using the phrase such a strategy to refer to what the sympathizers are doing.
• Compare to A.
The meaning in A is strange, or could be seen as strange.
Will translate (E) is more concise and more active than will be translatable (A).
When you can, pick verbs over adjectives (and pick verbs over nouns, too).
Option E wins. Eliminate A
KEEP
The answer is E.
NOTES
• THIS as a standalone pronoun
THIS without a clear reference is almost always wrong.
-- This is a "determiner." It "points" to the noun in question -- determines for us that it is this noun, not that one.
-- Typically, GMAC requires "this" to "point" to a noun: this red chair near me, not that white couch on the other side of the room. (This and that, used in this way, are also called "demonstrative adjectives." To demonstrate is to show, and adjectives modify nouns.)
-- For the first time that I know of, OG 2020 published a question in which THIS was a standalone pronoun rather than a demonstrative adjective accompanied by a noun.
-- That is, GMAC allowed THIS to refer to a situation described but not actually named by a noun.
Spoiler alert: if you click on the link, the correct answer to a new official question is revealed
You can find that official question
-- Be on the lookout. GMAC has signaled that "this" as a standalone is okay. I doubt that GMAC will start allowing THIS as a standalone on a routine basis, but be aware that GMAC seems to have signaled that this, standing alone, is allowed.
COMMENTS
yiweiz , welcome to SC Butler.
These answers are excellent.
I was glad to see a few of you struggle with option A: ultimately, you rejected it because you liked (E) better. Yep, that's how it's done.
Really nice work.
Keep it up, and please, stay safe.
Updated on: 15 Jun 2021, 21:38
Originally posted by sumitkrocks on 13 Jun 2021, 22:11.
Last edited by sumitkrocks on 15 Jun 2021, 21:38, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by sumitkrocks on 15 Jun 2021, 21:38, edited 1 time in total.
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The sympathizers of the local government are dominating political discussions on social media and are raising questions about whether such a strategy will be translatable into electoral success in January.
A) media and are raising questions about whether such a strategy will be translatable
Sympathizers are dominating and raising questions whether such a strategy will be translatable..
Will be translatable is an awkward construction
B) media, raising questions about whether they will translate
"They" is ambiguous referring to questions/sympathizers?
C) media, with questions being raised about whether this will translate
Phrase starting with "with" is not legitimate + Wrong use of being + "Demonstrative pronoun this" is wrong
D) media, raising questions about it translating
"It" is ambiguous referring to questions/sympathizers?
E) media, raising questions about whether such a strategy will translate
No issues in grammar of this sentence; Ving phrase Raising ..modified preceding clause
E is the best IMO
A) media and are raising questions about whether such a strategy will be translatable
Sympathizers are dominating and raising questions whether such a strategy will be translatable..
Will be translatable is an awkward construction
B) media, raising questions about whether they will translate
"They" is ambiguous referring to questions/sympathizers?
C) media, with questions being raised about whether this will translate
Phrase starting with "with" is not legitimate + Wrong use of being + "Demonstrative pronoun this" is wrong
D) media, raising questions about it translating
"It" is ambiguous referring to questions/sympathizers?
E) media, raising questions about whether such a strategy will translate
No issues in grammar of this sentence; Ving phrase Raising ..modified preceding clause
E is the best IMO
