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Updated on: 11 Mar 2019, 05:38
Originally posted by souvik101990 on 27 Feb 2015, 00:44.
Last edited by Bunuel on 11 Mar 2019, 05:38, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 11 Mar 2019, 05:38, edited 1 time in total.
Renamed the topic and edited the question.
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In the small, closed Bedouin world, in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and their families, subsequently lowering their chances for marriage should word get out that a genetic disease runs in her family.
A. in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and their families, subsequently lowering their
B. in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her family,subsequently lowering her
C. which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her family, subsequently lowering her
D. in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her families, subsequently lowering her
E. which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing carriers and their families, subsequently lowering their
This question is part of the GMAT Club Sentence Correction : Pronoun Revision Project.
A. in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and their families, subsequently lowering their
B. in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her family,subsequently lowering her
C. which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her family, subsequently lowering her
D. in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her families, subsequently lowering her
E. which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing carriers and their families, subsequently lowering their
This question is part of the GMAT Club Sentence Correction : Pronoun Revision Project.
27 Feb 2015, 01:22
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In the small, closed Bedouin world, in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and their families, subsequently lowering their chances for marriage should word get out that a genetic disease runs in her family.
• in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and their families, subsequently lowering their
'their' wrongly refers to singular ' a carrier'....should be 'her'
• in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her family,subsequently lowering her
correct..
• which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her family, subsequently lowering her
'which' is not correct here
• in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her families, subsequently lowering her
'families' is wrong .. it should be singular 'family'
• which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing carriers and their families, subsequently lowering their
'which' is not correct here
• in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and their families, subsequently lowering their
'their' wrongly refers to singular ' a carrier'....should be 'her'
• in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her family,subsequently lowering her
correct..
• which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her family, subsequently lowering her
'which' is not correct here
• in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her families, subsequently lowering her
'families' is wrong .. it should be singular 'family'
• which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing carriers and their families, subsequently lowering their
'which' is not correct here
28 Feb 2015, 09:55
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Family must be singular. ANd we must use her.
