Glaciers form when the snow, sleet, and hail that fall in a

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Glaciers form when  the snow, sleet, and hail that fall in a given climatic region exceed the amount capable of being  lost through evaporation or meting.

A. the snow, sleet, and hail that fall in a given climatic region exceed the amount capable of being

B. a given climatic region's fallen snow, sleet, and hail exceeds the amount able to be

C. the amount of snow, sleet, and hail that falls in a given climatic region exceeds the amount

D. the snow, sleet, and hail falling in a given climatic region exceeds the amount able to be

E. a given climatic region exceeds the amount of snow, sleet, and hail that falls and cannot be

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anish123ster · Accepted Answer

My take C

A. the snow, sleet, and hail that fall in a given climatic region exceed the amount capable of being.. capable of being lost..doesnt seems right..not sure..

B. a given climatic region's fallen snow, sleet, and hail exceeds the amount able to be. .exceeds..singular..sub..plural..wrong.. 
 
C. the amount of snow, sleet, and hail that falls in a given climatic region exceeds the amount. .amount of...singular subject..falls..singular..exceeds..singular..correct..

D. the snow, sleet, and hail falling in a given climatic region exceeds the amount able to be.. falling..seems wrong..exceeds..singular..subject plural..wrong

E. a given climatic region exceeds the amount of snow, sleet, and hail that falls and cannot be.. .given climatic region exceeds..wrong..

OA please..

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Archit143 · Answer

PLs indicate ur choice and justify it with reasoning....

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petrifiedbutstanding · Answer

What is the OA?

I'm going with C since that's the only one that makes sense.

Archit143 · Answer

Posting OA : its C

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abhinav11 · Answer

thats totally meaning based question , I liked it please post the OE

Archit143 · Answer

Sure thing i ll post the OE....Today i ll post the OE.

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pqhai · Answer

Very good question Archit. I feel this one is GMAT like question. Does it come from OG?

I picked C because " the amount  of X, Y and Z  exceeds the amount  lost......"

We cannot compare  the snow, sleet and hail  with  the amount  ==> A, D are out.
We cannot compare  a given climatic region  with  the amount  ==> B, E are out.

Only C is correct.

direttore88 · Answer

Glaciers form when the snow, sleet, and hail that fall in a given climatic region exceed the amount capable of being lost through evaporation or meting.

A. the snow, sleet, and hail that fall in a given climatic region exceed the amount capable of being ...

B. a given climatic region's fallen snow, sleet, and hail exceeds the amount able to be ....

C. the amount of snow, sleet, and hail that falls in a given climatic region exceeds the amount

D. the snow, sleet, and hail falling in a given climatic region exceeds the amount able to be

E. a given climatic region exceeds the amount of snow, sleet, and hail that falls and cannot be

mihir0710 · Answer

Glaciers form when  the snow, sleet, and hail that fall in a given climatic region exceed the amount capable of being  lost through evaporation or meting.

A. the snow, sleet, and hail that fall in a given climatic region exceed the  amount capable of being 
 Terribly awkward : "the amount is capable of being lost" as if the amount has a capability of its own to do something (in this case, "being lost")

B. a given climatic region's fallen snow, sleet, and hail exceeds the amount able to be 
 Sub (fallen snow, sleet and hail) does NOT agree in number with Verb (exceeds)

C. the amount of snow, sleet, and hail that falls in a given climatic region exceeds the amount
 Perfect !! Notice the use of ellipses ....

D. the snow, sleet, and hail falling in a given climatic region exceeds the amount able to be
 Sub (the snow, sleet and hail) does NOT agree in number with Verb (exceeds)

E. a given climatic region exceeds the amount of snow, sleet, and hail that falls and cannot be
 Region exceeds the amount of snow, sleets and hails that falls !!!
Region illogically compared with the amount of x,y,z !!!

ChineseGMAT · Answer

Based on the comparison, I know C is the only correct answer, yet I am still confused about what falls in the region. THE AMOUNT or SNOW, SLEET AND HAIL? According to my knowledge, the answer is SNOW, SLEET AND HAIL - snow, sleet and hail, not the amount, falls in the region. Because of the "fallS", snow, sleet and hail is thought to be singular; can I view "snow sleet and hail" as a set, like a knife and fork.

Additionally, a friend of mine faced the problem of "snow and hail" when taking exam. He chose plural.
Thx

Additionally, a friend of mine faced the problem of "snow and hail" when taking exam. He chose plural.
Thx

abhimahna · Answer

Hi ChineseGMAT , Welcome to GMATClub.

The amount of snow, sleet, and hail that falls in a given climatic region exceeds the amount Look at the demonstrative pronoun that. It is joined with hail and is modifying the hail. You can see that the verb used after that is plural. This confirms that we are talking about hail when we are saying "that falls in a given climatic region". So, it is not the amount but the hail that falls. Also, the amount exceeds is used perfectly in C. Hence, C is the best answer here.

sayantanc2k · Answer

In my opnion, your argument makes sense. Nonetheless, in GMAT a wrong answer would generally not be distiguished from a right answer only because of such dubious issues - there would be a conclusive fault to eliminate a wrong answer.

mohshu · Answer

X exceeds Y..
here x and y shud be compared properly and parallel too

ans C does it,,,,

AD2GMAT · Answer

IMO, snow and sleet can be treated as -> "salt and water" that is material Noun and should be used as Singular. Hence option C makes perfect sense.

Your Kudos motivates me to put forward my view.

Regards.

DinkarDK · Answer

The point of this sentence is to explain the ratio of precipitation to loss of moisture that causes glaciers to form in a given climatic region. Some versions of the sentence obscure this explanation by introducing the climatic region into the ratio.

A. The phrase capable of being is excessively wordy. It introduces unnecessary ambiguity to the sentence, raising the possibility that a similar amount of water may or may not be lost through evaporation or melting. Comparison of precipitation forms with amount is illogical.
B. Able to be causes similar problems as capable of being in A. As in A, this has a similarly illogical comparison of precipitation forms.
C.  Correct.  This sentence makes the logical comparison between amounts of precipitation that fall and amounts that evaporate or melt.
D. The phrase able to be is wordy and ambiguous as in A and B. As in A, this has a similarly illogical comparison of precipitation forms.
E. This sentence makes the illogical comparison between a region and an amount of precipitation that falls. The verb cannot be has no logical subject. The double negative exceeds the amount that cannot be lost is confusing at best.

The correct answer is C.

Will2020 · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION - GMATPREP :

Logical predication; Idiom

The point of this sentence is to explain the ratio of precipitation to loss of moisture that causes glaciers to form in a given climatic region. Some versions of the sentence obscure this explanation by introducing the climatic region into the ratio.

A. The phrase capable of being is excessively wordy. It introduces unnecessary ambiguity to the sentence, raising the possibility that a similar amount of water may or may not be lost through evaporation or melting. Comparison of precipitation forms with amount is illogical.
B. Able to be causes similar problems as capable of being in A. As in A, this has a similarly illogical comparison of precipitation forms.
C. Correct. This sentence makes the logical comparison between amounts of precipitation that fall and amounts that evaporate or melt.
D. The phrase able to be is wordy and ambiguous as in A and B. As in A, this has a similarly illogical comparison of precipitation forms.
E. This sentence makes the illogical comparison between a region and an amount of precipitation that falls. The verb cannot be has no logical subject. The double negative exceeds the amount that cannot be lost is confusing at best.

The correct answer is C.

ballest127 · Answer

Hi Experts,

I have a question on C.

Why "falls" in the sentence 
"the amount of snow, sleet, and hail that falls in a given climatic region exceeds the amount" is correct?

"falls" here need to modify "snow , sleet and hail" , which are plural.
I don't think that falls should modify "amount" because it is illogical; the amount that falls ...

Please correct me.
Thank you.

patto · Answer

Hi! I know that falls is correct in C because it refers to AMOUNT. But what about the fall in A, is it correct? I'm not sure if the THAT refers to hail only (in which case fall is incorrect) or the combo "snow,sleet and hail"

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  patto . In option (A),  snow, sleet, and hail  is treated as a compound subject, so  fall  is an appropriate verb agreement, no different from saying,  The coua, fossa, and indri that  are  (not is) endemic to Madagascar...  The article  the  does not alter the subject-verb agreement. Meanwhile,  amount  in (C) is treated as a singular entity in the sentence, so  falls  is an appropriate verb, as though the author were conveying information about  the amount of  each  of these types of precipitation .

I hope that helps. If you need further clarification, feel free to ask.

- Andrew

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