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07 Aug 2012, 13:05
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When the new lawn mower quit working, Carl’s anger toward it was unleashed and he kicked the gate and broke it.
a) Carl’s anger toward it was unleashed and he kicked the gate and broke it
b) Carl became angry and the gate was kicked and broke
c) Carl’s anger toward it was unleashed and it was broken when he kicked the gate
d) Carl became angry and he kicked the gate and broke it
e) Carl kicked the gate and broke it when it angered him
Please need help with following questions
The OA is D
Does D need comma between 2 independent clauses to be correct (FANBOYS rule?)
d) Carl became angry, and he kicked the gate and broke it
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12. Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary couldn’t get away from their grandchildren, and this is why they didn’t make it to the opening night of the new theater performance.
a) Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary couldn’t get away from their grandchildren, and this is why they couldn’t
b) The grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary wouldn’t let them go, so this is the reason
c) The fact that Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary didn’t want to leave their grandchildren is the reason why they didn’t
d) This being the reason why Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary didn’t want to leave their grandchildren and couldn’t
e) The problem was that Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary couldn’t leave their grandchildren and that is why they hadn’t
OA is C
is in C a Vague pronoun?
C) The fact that Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary didn’t want to leave their grandchildren is the reason why they didn’t make it
It is not clear who (Mr or Mrs O'leary) or their grandchildren didn't make it
a) Carl’s anger toward it was unleashed and he kicked the gate and broke it
b) Carl became angry and the gate was kicked and broke
c) Carl’s anger toward it was unleashed and it was broken when he kicked the gate
d) Carl became angry and he kicked the gate and broke it
e) Carl kicked the gate and broke it when it angered him
Please need help with following questions
The OA is D
Does D need comma between 2 independent clauses to be correct (FANBOYS rule?)
d) Carl became angry, and he kicked the gate and broke it
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12. Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary couldn’t get away from their grandchildren, and this is why they didn’t make it to the opening night of the new theater performance.
a) Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary couldn’t get away from their grandchildren, and this is why they couldn’t
b) The grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary wouldn’t let them go, so this is the reason
c) The fact that Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary didn’t want to leave their grandchildren is the reason why they didn’t
d) This being the reason why Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary didn’t want to leave their grandchildren and couldn’t
e) The problem was that Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary couldn’t leave their grandchildren and that is why they hadn’t
OA is C
is in C a Vague pronoun?
C) The fact that Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary didn’t want to leave their grandchildren is the reason why they didn’t make it
It is not clear who (Mr or Mrs O'leary) or their grandchildren didn't make it
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09 Aug 2012, 18:46
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For your first question about the comma, you will find the the GMAT rarely tests proper comma usage in sentence correction. You might find commas testing when using the word 'which' (requires a comma) or when you need to include a comma to create a 3+ item list. On the whole, however, you will only use commas as signals that the problem is testing you on modifiers or parallelism.
As for vague pronouns (pronoun ambiguity), the GMAT has a surprising tolerance for them. That means you need to learn to tolerate them as well. If the GMAT is testing pronoun ambiguity, there will be some splits with ambiguous pronouns and some with the repeated noun (very rare). Focus instead on logical pronoun usage (using pronoun replacement) and number agreement.
KW
As for vague pronouns (pronoun ambiguity), the GMAT has a surprising tolerance for them. That means you need to learn to tolerate them as well. If the GMAT is testing pronoun ambiguity, there will be some splits with ambiguous pronouns and some with the repeated noun (very rare). Focus instead on logical pronoun usage (using pronoun replacement) and number agreement.
KW
