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Faced with decline in dues and members that are aging, the city’s centuries-old private social clubs are trying to modernize traditions and renovate outdated interiors in order to attract millennials.
A) Faced with decline in dues and members that are aging,
B) Faced with declining dues and aging members,
C) With declining dues and aging members facing them,
D) Declining dues and aging members facing them,
E) As a result of decline in dues and facing aging members,
24 Jul 2021, 22:52
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
• The underlined portion is a modifier that is intended to modify the city's private social clubs.
A
→ when we refer to people, especially when we want the reader to think about the people as people, we use who, not that.
Who is used to describe people. That is used to describe everything else.
. . . a man who plays piano
. . . the dog that barks all night
. . . the building that collapsed
Native speakers of English often disregard this distinction.
Even the best news anchors—trained to write good copy—slip frequently.
On the GMAT, use who for people except in rare situations, such as when people form, say, a regiment or a band.
In the rare case that GMAC correctly pairs that with human beings, the options will all contain other errors.
• Faced with decline in dues has diction and meaning errors
→ the noun decline is weird in this context.
The noun form should be preceded by the word "a," and the noun form would be better if turned into the adjective, declining, to describe dues.
Decline in dues should be A decline in revenue collected from dues or declining dues
We can talk about an empire in decline, or a period of economic decline, but in this context, the word decline, especially without the indefinite article (a), results in bizarre diction (choice and placement of word).
• possible parallelism issue
Faced with X and Y
X = noun phrase (decline in dues)
Y = aging members (adjective → noun)
These things are both nouns (albeit one that needs an indefinite article), but if this option were a strong contender at the end, you could compare it to B and say that A is worse than B because option A's X and Y elements are not as "neatly" parallel as those in option B are.
ELIMINATE A
• This option sets up a modifier that modifies the cities’ private social clubs.
The introductory modifier is an adjective phrase.
Faced is a past participle, not a past tense verb.
• parallelism is spot on
X = declining dues (present participle adjective, noun)
Y = aging members (present participle adjective, noun)
KEEP
• The use of with is strange.
→ With . . . aging members facing them . . . is long-winded (wordy) and confusing.
→ The word with often connotes accompaniment. In this case it's meant to convey causation (why the social clubs must change) but does a terrible job.
ELIMINATE C
In what way are the declining dues facing the clubs? In what way are the aging members facing the clubs?
We are missing a "linking" word, a word to tie the intro phrase to the main clause.
E) As a result of [A] decline in dues and facing aging members,
• the noun decline should be preceded by the word "a" or turned into an adjective (declining) that describes dues. See option A.
• facing aging members is awkward and a bit confusing.
How, exactly, do social clubs face aging members?
Present participles are inherently active.
Past participles such as faced, on the other hand, are inherently passive.
Passivity in a noun modifier is not a bad thing.
This way makes more sense that the construction in this option: the clubs can be faced with [the problem of] aging members.
ELIMINATE E
The answer is B.
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Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
• The underlined portion is a modifier that is intended to modify the city's private social clubs.
A
Quote:
• wrong pronoun: that should be who
→ when we refer to people, especially when we want the reader to think about the people as people, we use who, not that.
Who is used to describe people. That is used to describe everything else.
. . . a man who plays piano
. . . the dog that barks all night
. . . the building that collapsed
Native speakers of English often disregard this distinction.
Even the best news anchors—trained to write good copy—slip frequently.
On the GMAT, use who for people except in rare situations, such as when people form, say, a regiment or a band.
In the rare case that GMAC correctly pairs that with human beings, the options will all contain other errors.
• Faced with decline in dues has diction and meaning errors
→ the noun decline is weird in this context.
The noun form should be preceded by the word "a," and the noun form would be better if turned into the adjective, declining, to describe dues.
Decline in dues should be A decline in revenue collected from dues or declining dues
We can talk about an empire in decline, or a period of economic decline, but in this context, the word decline, especially without the indefinite article (a), results in bizarre diction (choice and placement of word).
• possible parallelism issue
Faced with X and Y
X = noun phrase (decline in dues)
Y = aging members (adjective → noun)
These things are both nouns (albeit one that needs an indefinite article), but if this option were a strong contender at the end, you could compare it to B and say that A is worse than B because option A's X and Y elements are not as "neatly" parallel as those in option B are.
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
• I do not see any problems
• This option sets up a modifier that modifies the cities’ private social clubs.
The introductory modifier is an adjective phrase.
Faced is a past participle, not a past tense verb.
• parallelism is spot on
X = declining dues (present participle adjective, noun)
Y = aging members (present participle adjective, noun)
KEEP
Quote:
• nonsensical: the members who are getting older are facing the social clubs? In what way? Stoically? Menacingly?
• The use of with is strange.
→ With . . . aging members facing them . . . is long-winded (wordy) and confusing.
→ The word with often connotes accompaniment. In this case it's meant to convey causation (why the social clubs must change) but does a terrible job.
ELIMINATE C
Quote:
• Not much different from C in terms of nonsensical connotation. See the notes under (C)'s first bullet point.
In what way are the declining dues facing the clubs? In what way are the aging members facing the clubs?
We are missing a "linking" word, a word to tie the intro phrase to the main clause.
E) As a result of [A] decline in dues and facing aging members,
• the noun decline should be preceded by the word "a" or turned into an adjective (declining) that describes dues. See option A.
• facing aging members is awkward and a bit confusing.
How, exactly, do social clubs face aging members?
Present participles are inherently active.
Past participles such as faced, on the other hand, are inherently passive.
Passivity in a noun modifier is not a bad thing.
This way makes more sense that the construction in this option: the clubs can be faced with [the problem of] aging members.
ELIMINATE E
The answer is B.
COMMENTS
These posts range from very good to excellent.
Nicely done.
24 Jul 2021, 23:07
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Faced with decline in dues and members that are aging, the city’s centuries-old private social clubs are trying to modernize traditions and renovate outdated interiors in order to attract millennials.
A) Faced with decline in dues and members that are aging, Incorrect
parallelism error - members is not parallel with faced or decline
Also it changes meaning - ........decline in members that are aging
B) Faced with declining dues and aging members, Correct
C) With declining dues and aging members facing them, Incorrect
facing them uses redundant
D) Declining dues and aging members facing them, Incorrect
changes meaning
E) As a result of decline in dues and facing aging members, Incorrect
decline and facing are not in parallel
A) Faced with decline in dues and members that are aging, Incorrect
parallelism error - members is not parallel with faced or decline
Also it changes meaning - ........decline in members that are aging
B) Faced with declining dues and aging members, Correct
C) With declining dues and aging members facing them, Incorrect
facing them uses redundant
D) Declining dues and aging members facing them, Incorrect
changes meaning
E) As a result of decline in dues and facing aging members, Incorrect
decline and facing are not in parallel
