AG95 wrote:
Hi
VeritasKarishma /
GMATNinja , Can you please explain what 'They' is referring to in option D/E. I didn't mark these two options because of use of they.
VeritasKarishma wrote:
PiyushK wrote:
Although E conveys best meaning, E is not 100% correct. A prepositional phrase is placed between two clauses and such construction is technically ambiguous. phrase is eligible to modify any clause.
Subordinate clause, prepositional phrase, main clause.
While is a subordinate conjunction connecting a subordinate clause with the main clause.
While
Sub Clause,
Main Clause.
While
the Eastern and the Common appear equal in size when they are seen on a branch or in a nest,
in the air, the Common Nighthawk appears much larger because of its greater wingspan.For more on conjunctions, check:
https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2014/06 ... -the-gmat/Use of 'they' is fine. Remove non essential modifiers and replace complicated names with variables to understand the structure of the sentence. The sentence boils down to:
While A and B appear equal in size when they are ... (here, 'they' refers to A and B)
Correct.
"appear equal in size to each other" has redundancy. When we say "They are equal in size," we don't need to add "to each other". It's redundant. When "they are equal," it means they are equal to each other. So (D) is not correct.