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That: Refers to a person, animal, or thing
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Would be interesting to see an example in which that is referring to a person.
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Dear Experts,

I am trying to find the actual and strong reason why (A) is wrong.
Although "they" may be ambiguous, "they" can logically refer to wasps because we are talking about wasps and "wasps" is the nearest noun.

However. pronoun ambiguity is not an absolute rule. I'm not sure whether stronger reason to eliminate (A) is that "wasp consist almost entirely of females - the queen and her sterile female workers" doesn't make sense. (Hey, wasps should consist of Male and Female!) It should be a society that consists of ____
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Dear Experts,

I am trying to find the actual and strong reason why (A) is wrong.
Although "they" may be ambiguous, "they" can logically refer to wasps because we are talking about wasps and "wasps" is the nearest noun.

However. pronoun ambiguity is not an absolute rule. I'm not sure whether stronger reason to eliminate (A) is that "wasp consist almost entirely of females - the queen and her sterile female workers" doesn't make sense. (Hey, wasps should consist of Male and Female!) It should be a society that consists of ____
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Hello Tanchat,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, Option A incorrectly uses "where" to refer to "a society"; as "society" is not a physical place, "where" cannot be used to refer to it; remember, "where" can only be used to refer to physical locations.

We hope this helps.
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Dear Experts,

I am trying to find the actual and strong reason why (A) is wrong.
Although "they" may be ambiguous, "they" can logically refer to wasps because we are talking about wasps and "wasps" is the nearest noun.

However. pronoun ambiguity is not an absolute rule. I'm not sure whether stronger reason to eliminate (A) is that "wasp consist almost entirely of females - the queen and her sterile female workers" doesn't make sense. (Hey, wasps should consist of Male and Female!) It should be a society that consists of ____
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The explanation about the modifier "where" above is a great one.

There is another issue I could point out, though it's not as clear as that one. If we allow 'they' to clearly refer to the 'wasps,' the meaning is strange: "The wasps consist almost entirely of females."

'consists' means to be 'made up of.' So this is saying "The wasps (themselves) are made up of females." I want to say the GROUP of wasps (or, here, the 'society' of wasps) is made up of females. The wasps themselves are made up of... wasp body parts and organs and stuff.
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Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species of the world's social wasps, wasps living in a highly cooperative and organized society where they consist almost entirely of females—the queen and her sterile female workers.


A. wasps living in a highly cooperative and organized society where they consist almost entirely of

B. wasps that live in a highly cooperative and organized society consisting almost entirely of

C. which means they live in a highly cooperative and organized society, almost all

D. which means that their society is highly cooperative, organized, and it is almost entirely

E. living in a society that is highly cooperative, organized, and it consists of almost all


Choice A: This answer choice incorrectly uses "where" to refer to "a society"; as "society" is not a physical place, "where" cannot be used to refer to it. Additionally, the pronoun "they" does not have a clear antecedent; it could refer to "Yellow Jackets", "species", or "wasps". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.

Choice B: This answer choice maintains parallelism, conveys the intended meaning of the sentence, and avoids pronoun ambiguity. Thus, this answer choice is correct.

Choice C: This answer choice incorrectly uses a comma followed by the word "which" to refer to a clause. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.

Choice D: This answer choice repeats the same error found in Option D. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.

Choice E: This answer choice breaks parallelism between the adjectives "cooperative" and "organized" and the verb phrase "it consists...". This error occurs because this answer choice incorrectly groups the verb phrase into the same list as the adjectives. Remember, all elements in a list must be parallel. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect

Hence, B is the best answer choice.

To understand the concept of "Use of Which, Who, Whose, Where on GMAT", you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



To understand the concept of "Where v/s When on GMAT", you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



To understand the concept of "Avoiding Pronoun Ambiguity on GMAT", you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



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Pls put your solution is this format,or similar to gmat ninja’s . It’s much better to Grasp the solution instead of going back and forth to check the option
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There exists an O.A. in which “where” modifies the same noun. Furthermore, the construction is part of the underlined portion.


“Many population studies have linked a high-salt diet to high rates of hypertension and shown that in SOCIETIES WHERE little salt is consumed, blood pressure typically does not rise with age.”


You could argue that, unlike the use of “society” in this problem, the use of “society” in this OA is referencing a society of PEOPLE.

I’m clearly grasping at straws…..

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I am struggling to find the main verb in the sentence. Is it number?

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I am struggling to find the main verb in the sentence. Is it number?

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Hi Azoozasw39,

That's correct. The subject is Yellow jackets and the verb is number:

1. Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species of the world's social wasps...
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