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Undercover police detectives have observed large concentrations of gang members in the west end of the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there.

A) the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there
(since it is a place- Meadowvale District- that this option referes to, 'where' would have been correct. ) Out

B) the Meadowvale district, where the crime’s growth is consistent with these findings (which changes to where but overall this option distorts the meaning with the use of phrase'crime's growth')

C) the Meadowvale district, findings consistent to its growth of crime ( option C and D are close but C can be immediately ruled out because of the use of the idiom 'consistent to'. 'Consistent with' is the correct usage.

D) the district of Meadowvale, findings consistent with the growth of crime in the area
( The clause after 'findings...' correctly modifiers the clause prior to it. It also sorts the idiom error as mentioned earlier.)
( best so far)


E) the district of Meadowvale, consistent with the growth of the crime there (wrong modifier. 'consitent ...' the modifier used distorts meaning of the first half of the statement.)

OA : D

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Undercover police detectives have observed large concentrations of gang members in the west end of the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there.

A) the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there

B) the Meadowvale district, where the crime’s growth is consistent with these findings

C) the Meadowvale district, findings consistent to its growth of crime

D) the district of Meadowvale, findings consistent with the growth of crime in the area

E) the district of Meadowvale, consistent with the growth of the crime there

mighty generis please underline the highlighted part which is consistent to the growth of crime there.
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mighty generis please underline the highlighted part which is consistent to the growth of crime there.
gmat1393 , edited. Thank you.
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A) the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there - which is referring to district

B) the Meadowvale district, where the crime’s growth is consistent with these findings - changes meaning

C) the Meadowvale district, findings consistent to its growth of crime - 'consistent with' is idiomatic, 'the distric of Meadowale is the better usage.

D) the district of Meadowvale, findings consistent with the growth of crime in the area - concise

E) the district of Meadowvale, consistent with the growth of the crime there - misses a crucial word that is 'findings'
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Undercover police detectives have observed large concentrations of gang members in the west end of the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there.

A) the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there
Which Wrong use
Incorrect

B) the Meadowvale district, where the crime’s growth is consistent with these findings
Incorrect

C) the Meadowvale district, findings consistent to its growth of crime
its- error
Incorrect

D) the district of Meadowvale, findings consistent with the growth of crime in the area
Correct Choice
No Error

E) the district of Meadowvale, consistent with the growth of the crime there
What is consistent ?
Incorrect
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A) the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there
Idiom error since "consistent to" should be "consistent with". "which" should be "where" since its referring to Meadowvale.

I also think "growth in" is better than "growth of". The former is used for values like statistics, whereas the latter is for things like plants.

B) the Meadowvale district, where the crime’s growth is consistent with these findings
Uses "the crime" which implies a specific type of crime. "the" seems unnecessary in front of "crime's"

C) the Meadowvale district, findings consistent to its growth of crime
Same idiom error as in A.

D) the district of Meadowvale, findings consistent with the growth of crime in the area
Correct. "Findings..." noun phrase clearly refers to the observations made by the police.

E) the district of Meadowvale, consistent with the growth of the crime there
"consistent" is an adjective that modifies the observations, but placement is not the best since it comes after Meadowvale.
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So it all boils down to option (C) and (D)

(C) - uses the possessive pronoun "its" - It should have a corresponding possessive noun to refer to. Which we don't have in this case.
It's okay even if you don't know the correct idiom usage "consistent to/consistent with"!

(D) - eliminates any pronoun ambiguity.

Hope this helps!
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So it all boils down to option (C) and (D)

(C) - uses the possessive pronoun "its" - It should have a corresponding possessive noun to refer to. Which we don't have in this case.
It's okay even if you don't know the correct idiom usage "consistent to/consistent with"!

(D) - eliminates any pronoun ambiguity.

Hope this helps!

I don't think the antecedent has to be possessive. It can just be a regular noun. In this case, there's still ambiguity I believe since "its" could refer to the west end or to the Meadowvale district as a whole. Let me know if I'm wrong.
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Undercover police detectives have observed large concentrations of gang members in the west end of the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there.

A) the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there

B) the Meadowvale district, where the crime’s growth is consistent with these findings

C) the Meadowvale district, findings consistent to its growth of crime

D) the district of Meadowvale, findings consistent with the growth of crime in the area

E) the district of Meadowvale, consistent with the growth of the crime there

POE

the growth of crime consistent with observed things or findings, not with the west end

A & B - which, where modify 'the west end', place cannt be consistent with the growth of crime

E- what consistent with the growth of the crime?

C & D - D is better than C

C - pronoun error, it refers what?

Answer - D
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Undercover police detectives have observed large concentrations of gang members in the west end of the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there.

A) the Meadowvale district, which is consistent to the growth of crime there
What is which refering to is not perfect in the sentence
therefore out

B) the Meadowvale district, where the crime’s growth is consistent with these findings
the crime is refering to particular crime which is not the case

C) the Meadowvale district, findings consistent to its growth of crime
it's is the problem here what is it refering is not providing conclusive answer therefore out

D) the district of Meadowvale, findings consistent with the growth of crime in the area
The meaning is perfect and the usage too therefore let us hang on to it

E) the district of Meadowvale, consistent with the growth of the crime there
what is consistent is not answered therefore out

Therefore IMO D
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